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They were proud of their independence and had revolted in AD 47 when the then-governor Publius Ostorius Scapula threatened to disarm them.
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They expected greater things from him, regardless of how trying the circumstances, and they were disappointed.
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They were married over the week-end, though he was easily sixty and she could not have been even thirty.
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They have quarreled with their respective fathers, they are proud to be Saxons, they display a highly-evolved sense of justice, they support the rightful king even though he is of Norman-French ancestry, they are adept with weapons, and they each fall in love with a " fair maid " ( Rowena and Marian, respectively ).
They are today particularly proud of the memory of Vice Brigadiere Salvo D ' Acquisto, who was executed by the Germans in Palidoro ( near Rome ) during World War II.
They are loquacious yet capable of silence ; gregarious yet so close to the earth that single families or even men alone might live and travel for long periods away from other human beings ; proud, yet capable of a gentle self-ridicule.
: They are proud and wilful, but they are true-hearted, generous in thought and deed ; bold but not cruel ; wise but unlearned, writing no books but singing many songs, after the manner of the children of Men before the Dark Years.
They were proud of this achievement as attested in the Epic of Gilgamesh which opens with a description of Uruk its walls, streets, markets, temples, and gardens.
They are proud of their socialist traditions, and have fought for a better future for their children and their grandchildren.
They are also very proud and will condemn anyone ( even their own people ) if any disgraced acts are committed.
They each had a high regard for the other's work and Albert, unlike many men of his day, was proud of his wife's artistic career and success.
They made Murray proud once again in game six, when Glen Murray scored in the second overtime to win the game for the Kings, 1 – 0.
They are also well known for being very proud of their Black African identity, the main reason behind the Fur's opposition to all governments that have been ruling Sudan since 1956 and led by central and northern Sudan Arab elites.
They think it's because I'm superior: proud, or peculiar or ' posh ', as they say: and its because I wouldn't know what to do, how to carry myself, where to stop.
They are intense and brooding, proud and warlike, and this has made them little trusted by their fellow kin of Ulthuan.
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