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Meanings of order of the golden fleece in English

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Usage of order of the golden fleece in English
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The mountebanks outside may be called counts, chevaliers, knights of the order of the golden fleece, or of the thimble, or of Malta.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 18...
2
The revival of the Order of the Golden Fleece is suggested.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919
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From MS. statute book of the Order of the Golden Fleece at Vienna.
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
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Wasn't a problem when the president involved him with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
The charlemagne pursuit
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Numerous Irishmen have worn the Order of the Golden Fleece-thatwhich there is no higher.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Over it hung a heavy gold chain, to which was attached the order of the Golden Fleece.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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Upon his marriage with Isabella of Portugal, he founded, at Bruges, the celebrated order of the Golden Fleece.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II
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He refused a lordship and declined the Order of the Golden Fleece, preferring the freedom of his own caste.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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When Charles was twelve he was present at an assembly of the Order of the Golden Fleece held in Ghent.
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
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He reminded me vividly of the pathetic little sheep which hangs on the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
A Personal Record
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The order of the Golden Fleece was on his breast, and also the sparkling diamond cross of the imperial house of Hapsburg.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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A messenger was already on his way from Madrid, bearing to him the order of the Golden Fleece, when death overtook him at Leipzig.
The History of the Thirty Years' War
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A messenger was already on his way from Madrid, bearing to him the order of the Golden Fleece, when death overtook him at Leipzic.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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'Illustrated by the examination, when the only fact you could adduce about the Argonauts was that Charles V. founded the order of the Golden Fleece.'
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1