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gilds

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gilds: see guilds guilds or gilds, economic and social associations of persons engaging in the same business or craft, typical of Western Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Midnight and sleep blot out these scenes and thoughts: and when the morning shines again, it gilds the house-tops of a lively city, before whose broad paved wharf the boat is moored; with other boats, and flags, and moving wheels, and hum of men around it; as though there were not a solitary or silent rood of ground within the compass of a thousand miles.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
The more the vanquished hath of fair renown, The greater glory gilds the victor's crown.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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