They say, child, thou art of the lineage of the Prince of Air!
The lineage of cheese is demonstrably beyond all record.
His great fortune and yours have jointly increased: if I may tell you so, it is a pleasure to all who understand fitness to know that this is so, and that your lineage and his will hold so great a place in the State.
Maybe thou art of higher lineage than she, yet nevertheless it beseemeth to me that with her is the happiness of ye both.
Gold Harald then demanded that he should halve the kingdom with him, in accordance with the rights which his birth and lineage gave him there in Denmark.
But never a word did he relate of the lineage of Olaf, yet held he him in high favour.
They were nigh upon the best estates at each place, and they have ever since been the possessions of men of the lineage of Skuli.
Now there came to the ears of Earl Hakon the fame of a man overseas westward who called himself Oli, & whom men held for a King; and he misdoubted from the talk of certain folk that this man must be of the lineage of the Norwegian Kings.
E'en from Prometheus' self thy lineage trace, And ransack history to adorn thy race.
Certes, Don Quadragante, notwithstanding your high lineage and your great prowess in arms, this is great folly in you to defy the best king in the world.
But King Œnopion, proud of his lineage as son of Dionysus and Ariadne, thought it far from fitting that his daughter should wed this wandering woodsman, superhuman as his strength might be.
Christopher was of the lineage of the Canaanites, and he was of a right great stature, and had a terrible and fearful cheer and countenance.
Thus only is it, Lord, that I know the lineage of the faith.
Now it befell that of the first lineage succeeded an old worthy man, that was not rich, who was called Changuys[388].
But among them they had seven principal nations that were sovereigns of them all, of which the first nation or lineage was called Tartar; and that is the most noble and the most praised.
And after that, Hadrian, who was emperor of Rome, and of thelineage of Troy, rebuilt Jerusalem and the temple, in the same manner as Solomon made it.
The kingdom of Cathay borders towards the west on the kingdom of Tharse, of which was one of the kings that came with presents to our Lord in Bethlehem; and some of those who are of the lineage of that king are Christians.
His lineagewas old; and nobody in Provence attached more importance to descent.
The lineage of the hidalgo was so ancient, that all traces of it were lost; and of the doctor, Fame spake loudly, as a personage who could do anything but raise the dead.
For blood and lineage he himself had a must profound respect.
Even such a person acquires a high lineage and birth in this world.
Polygamy is also very prevalent among the Yakuts, whose lineage seems to be Eastern Turk.
We have already told you of his lineage and of his age; but now I must tell you what he did after his return, in regard to those barons who had behaved well in the battle.
NOTE 1] It is a custom, I may tell you, that these kings of thelineage of Prester John always obtain to wife either daughters of the Great Kaan or other princesses of his family.
The king of the province is of the lineage of Prester John, George by name, and he holds the land under the Great Kaan; not that he holds anything like the whole of what Prester John possessed.
Few only have done it, and these of the lineage of the Gods and dear to Jupiter.
And Turnus, if thou wilt inquire more deeply into his descent, is of the lineage of Inachus, and cometh in the beginning from the land of Mycenae.
My good sword loyal, Thy lineage at least," said Fridthjof, "is royal.
The early kings of Norway traced their lineage directly to Seming.
He was of thelineage of the noted war-chief, Abojeeg, or Wab Ojeeg.
One such incident goes far to vindicate the affections of this people, and should teach us, that they are of the same general lineage with ourselves, and only require letters and Christianity, to exalt them in the scale of being.
Of Thracian lineage are the steeds ye view, Whose hostile king the brave Tydides slew; Sleeping he died, with all his guards around, And twelve beside lay gasping on the ground.
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, was called upon to solve this problem of the future, that is to say, to decide upon the fate of his lineage and his country.
They traced their lineage to Hsieh, appears in the Shû as Minister of Instruction to Shun.
It is said that she was a daughter of the House of Thâi, which traced its lineage up to Shan-nung in prehistoric times.
The author of this poem will not be suspected of laying any stress on the mere circumstance of lineage or birth, as relating either to families or nations.
Long robes of white my shoulders must embrace, To speak my lineage of ethereal race; That simple men may reverence and obey The radiant offspring of the Power of day.
Where Freedom's sons their high-born lineage trace, And homebred bravery still exalts the race: Book V.
Here reigns a prince, whose heritage proclaims A long brightlineage of imperial names; Where the brave roll of Incas love to trace The distant father of their realm and race, Immortal Capac.
The sachem proud replied: Thy garb and face Proclaim thy lineage of superior race; And our progenitors, no less than thine, Sprang from a God, and own a birth divine.
Can these be fashion'd on the social plan, Or boast a lineage with the race of man?
Long robes of white my shoulders must embrace, To speak my lineage of ethereal race; Book II.
It was delicious to hear him bragging of his pilgrim ancestor,--while in the same breath he would blandly sneer at certain "poor gentry" who could trace back their lineage to Coeur de Lion!
Of what lineage were the present counts and lords of Flanders.
Of the same matter, and of how the lineage of Hugh Capet reigned thereafter.
And truly it was said that the holy man was not guilty, albeit by his lineage he was a distinguished Ghibelline.
Hugh Capet, as we before made mention, the lineage of Charles the Great having failed, was made king of France in the year of Christ 987.
My lineage is a blot on me," retorted a sage, "thou art a blot on thy lineage.
A man of high lineage abused a wise man of lowly birth.
When the news of these insults to the lineage of the Amals reached Pannonia, the three brothers in fury snatched up their arms and laid waste almost the whole province of Illyricum.
And one was not long in discovering that the intelligence of each and all had manifestly a wider outlook than that of the man of single racial lineage and of one country.
