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Meanings of first summons in English

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Usage of first summons in English
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The place was not tenable at the period of his first summons.
The Life of Francis Marion
2
The levies would come up at once when the first summons came.
A Prince of Cornwall / A Story of Glastonbury and the West in th...
3
At his daughter's first summons the great man hurried to her side.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 3
4
The soldiers at the nearest station had orders to obey his first summons.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
5
Rénine felt that the adversary would capitulate at the first summons.
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
6
It may be a week before you receive your first summons.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
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Constantine's first summons of a council was to Rome, in 313.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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Hold thyself in readiness to come down upon the first summons.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
9
The fortress surrendered to the Russians at the first summons.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878
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At the gates of this frontier town he delivered his first summons of feudality.
The Black Douglas
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Some surrender at the first summons; others hold out during a long and distressing siege.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
12
The attorney was dismissed, with directions to hold himself in readiness on the first summons.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
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This was her first summons to Mother Ravenel's office.
Unfinished desires: a novel
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When the first summons from the darkling earth
The Poetry Of Robert Browning
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The city will now give itself up, it is probable, upon the first summons of Aurelian.
Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra
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Sleeping boys never wakened at the first summons.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
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