Lexicographical Neighbors of Standfasts
Literary usage of Standfasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Egypt by Sir John Pentland Mahaffy, Joseph Grafton Milne, Stanley Lane-Poole, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1901)
"... placed his light troops, armed with short lances, in front, and kept a body
of 10000 chosen men, whom he called the " standfasts," in the rear. ..."
2. A History of Egypt in the Middle Ages by Stanley Lane-Poole (1901)
"... placed his light troops, armed with short lances, in front, and kept a body
of 10000 chosen men, whom he called the " standfasts," in the rear. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"L. standfasts Cordial Comforts. — I have lately procured a copy of an interesting
book, entitled " A Little Handful of Cordial Comforts : scattered ..."
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