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Becket

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Becket
Saint Thomas à. 1118--70, English prelate; chancellor (1155--62) to Henry II; archbishop of Canterbury (1162--70): murdered following his opposition to Henry's attempts to control the clergy. Feast day: Dec. 29 or July 7


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For their prelates; when they are proud and great, there is also danger from them; as it was in the times of Anselmus, and Thomas Becket, Archbishops of Canterbury; who, with their croziers, did almost try it with the king's sword; and yet they had to deal with stout and haughty kings, William Rufus, Henry the First, and Henry the Second.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The white child's name was Thomas a Becket Driscoll, the other's name was Valet de Chambre: no surname--slaves hadn't the privilege.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
---De Bigot,'' he added to his seneschal, ``thou wilt word this our second summons so courteously, as to gratify the pride of these Saxons, and make it impossible for them again to refuse; although, by the bones of Becket, courtesy to them is casting pearls before swine.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
 
 
 
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