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spere

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spere, speer, spier, spur
In medieval English residences and derivatives, a fixed screen projecting from the side of a great hall, near a door, to mitigate drafts and to screen the door’s entrance.
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Ne what jeweles men in the fyre caste, Whan that the fyr was greet and brente faste; Ne how somme caste hir sheeld, and sommme hir spere, And of hire vestimentz, whiche that they were, And coppes fulle of wyn, and milk, and blood, Into the fyr, that brente as it were wood.
Anger and community in the knight's tale by Griffith, John Lance / Fu Jen Studies: literature & linguistics
Opposing Harrison is state prosecutor, Brian Spere, who lives his own troubled home life.
Sworn Jury by Aguero, Matthew / Florida Bar Journal
7 repeats the motif of recurring seasonal change contrasted with the linear, finite lifetime of man: Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum quae rapit hora diem.
"Pulvis et umbra sumus" Horace in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises by Calloway, Katherine / The Hemingway Review
 
 
 
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