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... originally settled within the mark or district on which the town subsequently stood. These constituted the original aristocracy from which the tradition of the Ehrbarkeit dated. In those towns founded by the Romans, such as Trier, Aachen, and others, the case was of course a little different. There the origin of the Ehrbarkeit may possibly be sought for in the leading families of the Roman provincials who were in occupation of the town at the coming of the barbarians in the fifth century. Round ...

— German Culture Past and Present • Ernest Belfort Bax

... met with before. The way they felt and spoke was new to me. They all talked in a very affectionate manner, betrayed at once that they worshipped one another, and seemed to have strong, open natures, much resembling each other. They were Ernst Trier, Noerregaard, and Baagoee, later the three well-known High ...

— Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth • George Brandes

... in the strange and wondrous aspect of the Searcher of the hearts of men, the trier ...

— Avataras • Annie Besant

... volunteer, if you insist on knowing, I will tell you. Julot, generally called Fine-Gueule, is a trier of women." ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume II (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant

... specially flourishing time of the whole district being that of Gothic and Byzantine dominion at Ravenna. A barbarian king, the Roxolan Rasparasanus, is said to have withdrawn to Pola after the submission of his nation to Hadrian; and the panegyrists of the Flavian house rank Pola along with Trier and Autun among the cities which the princes of that house had adorned or strengthened. But in the history of their dynasty the name of the city chiefly stands out as the chosen place for the execution of princes whom it was convenient to ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume VI • Various

... He was a trier all right, that fellow, and had things been otherwise, so to speak, I'd have been glad to see him win. But it was not to ...

— The Man with Two Left Feet - and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

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