| 单词 | viscounty |
| 例句 | Since this date the viscounty has been held by the Devereux family, and the holder ranks as the premier viscount of England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The duke of Leeds derives the title of one of his viscounties from Dunblane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Argentan was a viscounty from the 11th century onwards; it was often taken and pillaged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" For the Courtenays, who had without protest accepted a baronetcy and a viscounty, their earldom was dead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The viscounty of Léon fell by alliance, in the fourteenth century, to the house of Rohan, in whose favour is was raised in the sixteenth to a principality. Brittany & Its Byways Southend had felt much the same thing over the matter of Harry and the viscounty. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House The viscounty in the English peerage died with him; the Irish barony passed to the younger branch of his brother's family, for whom the viscounty was recreated in 1868. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Captain Richard Howe of the Royal Navy, afterwards Admiral and Earl, succeeded him in the Irish viscounty which had been bestowed upon their grandfather by William III. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Corneille was the son of Pierre Corneille, master of forests and waters in the viscounty of Rouen. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business The delectable P. nourishes expectations of a barony or viscounty at an early date. When William Came "I say, thank heaven he wouldn't have the viscounty!" Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House In reward for his fine record his peerage was made a viscounty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, who, however, inherits only the viscounty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 I presume that his ambition was at least a viscounty, if not an earldom, and a field-marshal's bâton. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 The charter that contains this enactment treats of villeinage also, and orders that whoever has a man for sale within the limits of the viscounty shall fix the price, and shall not change it afterwards. Two Summers in Guyenne But they discussed it eagerly for some minutes before agreeing that, wherever the truth lay, a viscounty could not be considered out of the way for the Tristrams—legitimate and proper Tristrams, be it understood. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington—the later peerage is a viscounty held by the Byng family—was in command of the allied English and Dutch fleet in the Channel. Sea-Power and Other Studies He could levy troops, declare war and peace, make laws, punish or pardon at will, build cities, forts, and castles, and grant out lands in fiefs, seigniories, counties, viscounties, and baronies. Pioneers of France in the New World She had never heard of the Bearsdale case, and she did not understand why—in certain circumstances—a viscounty would be more convenient. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House They had town councillors, who elected four consuls every four years, who represented the borough in the États Vicomtains—an assembly composed of the principal landholders and dignitaries of the viscounty. Two Summers in Guyenne You talk of my cousin, and then of a viscounty. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House "Of course there was a doubt there——" "Anyhow a barony—but a viscounty would be more convenient," murmured Southend. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House She put that point about the viscounty, which puzzled her, first of all. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House But it was all strange—the affair of the beastly new viscounty, Blinkhampton and its buildings, the Arbitration and the confidence of Mr Disney. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House "You might suggest the viscounty as contingent on the marriage." Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Harry heard Lady Evenswood's laughter; he heard her murmur to herself with an accent of pleasure, "A beastly new viscounty!" Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House "The viscounty would be more convenient if a match came about between him and the girl." Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House |
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