Seven or eight li to the west of the city there is what is called the King's new monastery, the building of which took eighty years, and extended over three reigns.

Under Giovanni, Cosimo's father, the balls were eight in number; under Cosimo, seven; under Piero, seven, with the fleur-de-lis of France on the uppermost, given him by Louis XI; under Lorenzo, six; and as one walks about Florence one can approximately fix the date of a building by remembering these changes.

The Florentine fleur-de-lis on the pediment is very beautiful.

Every fleur-de-lis in Florence is beautifuleven those on advertisements and fire-plugsbut few are more beautiful than these.

The two Chinese were living in central China, and there they recruited, Li at his own expense and Tsêng out of the resources at his disposal as a provincial governor, a sort of militia, consisting of peasants out to protect their homes from destruction by the peasants of the T'ai P'ing.

Here they met with Che-yen, Hwuy-keen, Sang-shâo, Pâo-yun, and Sang-king; and in pleasant association with them, as bound on the same journey with themselves, they passed the summer retreat of that year together, resuming after it their travelling, and going on to T'un-hwang, the chief town in the frontier territory of defence extending for about eighty li from east to west, and about forty from north to south.

This proto-Mongol state of the Mu-jung, which the historians call the "Earlier Yen" state, conquered parts of southern Manchuria and also the state of Kao-li in Korea, and there began then an immigration of Hsien-pi into Korea, which became noticeable at a later date.

The Su-khu-li with tinkling bells proclaim, "Our Sar would speak!

Had he so soon conquered his affections, that he could associate with lier on terms of friendly intimacy?

The fleurs-de-lis with which this sceptre was originally adorned have been replaced by golden leaves, bearing the rose, shamrock, and thistle.

He took away the old fleurs-de-lis from the great gates of Peronne.

But since it descended to me, on the east we were defeated by Ts'e, and then my eldest son perished; on the west we lost seven hundred li of territory to Ts'in; and on the south we have sustained disgrace at the hands of Ts'oo.

Cf. St. Bartholomew, Exchange, Acc'ts Books, 3 ff., where in 1598, and regularly in subsequent years, appears the item: "Alowed to this account for the geft of the Lady Wilfordes xx li for the pore xx[s]."

She sent a little servant to look for him, and the child met Li by chance, and said: "Lord, our Elder-Sister awaits you at the house.

Look, for example, at the fleur-de-lis over the door; at the Madonna and Child next it, on the right; at the girl's head next to that; at the baby girl at the other end of the room; and at the older boy and his pendant.

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