compeer

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Compeer Forbes, who is also a grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, did not relinquish his interest in Japanese affairs with his Ambassadorship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compeer, or perfect rival thou hast none— O Soul of Song!—O mind of royal merit.

From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Two Sharpers who each cozened his Compeer, Tale of the, i.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

So spake th' Apostate Angel, though in pain, Vaunting aloud, but rackt with deep despare: And him thus answer'd soon his bold Compeer.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

Give ear, O king, to The Tale of the Two Sharpers who each Cozened his Compeer.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir