candidateship

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During the spring months Nature lore was very much to the fore, and the members qualified for candidateship to the various grades by exhibiting their knowledge of the ways and habits of birds.

From For the Sake of the School by Brazil, Angela

For Mr. Trenchard, besides the wondrously sweetening power of his candidateship, came of a very ancient name in Dorsetshire.

From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Crane, Walter

The Irish opposition now turned to another topic, and brought forward the Roman Catholics for the candidateship of the legislature.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

Mr. Carlyle was intensely popular in West Lynne, setting aside his candidateship and his oratory; and West Lynne made common cause against Sir Francis Levison.

From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

All the different shades of the Opposition, M. de La Fayette and M. de Châteaubriand, M. Dupont de l'Eure and the Duke de Broglie, M. Odillon Barrot and M. Bertin de Veaux, seconded my candidateship.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William