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Example sentences for "great renown"

  • The seven other archer captains were also men of great renown; among them were Egbert of Kent and William of Southampton; but those first named were most famous of all.

  • Four days hence, in Finsbury Fields, our good King Henry, of great renown, holdeth a grand shooting match, and all the most famous archers of merry England will be thereat.

  • And thus ended the famous bout between Little John and Eric o' Lincoln of great renown.

  • This was Eric o' Lincoln, of great renown, whose name had been sung in ballads throughout the countryside.

  • And there also came Anadhrishti of great prowess, and Uddhava of great renown, of great intelligence, of great soul, and a disciple of Vrihaspati himself.

  • Sauti said, 'The illustrious Sesha amongst them, of great renown, leaving his mother practised hard penances, living upon air and rigidly observing his vows.

  • Thou art of great renown, always adored by the wise and by the great Rishis with minds rapt in contemplation.

  • At the battle of the Alma, co-operating with the Guards, this brigade, under Sir Colin Campbell, won a great renown.

  • Their firmness and valour helped their great commander to a great renown, as they were honoured to share with him the dangers and the glories of the campaign, and so “win laurels that shall never fade.

  • Such are the men whose good conduct in quarters and in peace evince a sterling character which, never failing in the day of battle, is capable of sustaining a great renown.

  • So over him shouted loudly Lykaon's glorious son: "Thou art smitten on the belly right through, and I ween thou shalt not long hold up thine head; so thou givest me great renown.

  • Now hast thou robbed me of great renown, and lightly hast saved them, because thou hadst no vengeance to fear thereafter.

  • Then made answer unto her the lame god of great renown: "Be of good courage, let not these things trouble thy heart.

  • They were to be commanded by the borgne de la Heuse, a knight of great renown, and a native of Normandy, to whom the king ordered vessels and money to be delivered, that he might embark for Wales.

  • What the Chateau de Bazoches lacks in great renown it makes up for in imposing effect.

  • Midway between Châtillon and the source is Duesme, a smug, unheard of little hamlet, the successor of a feudal bourg of great renown in its day.


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