Earls

**] It also appears that the aldermen or governors of counties, who, after the Danish times, were often called earls, [***] [7] were admitted into this council, and gave their consent to the public statutes. ❋ David Hume (1743)

There came to meet them men from those realms, and said that the earls were a short way off with a great host. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

If this is so, the declaration of the earls is the first clear evidence we have that the barons of England were beginning to realize their legal right of resistance and to get sight of the great principle which was so soon to give birth to the constitution. ❋ George Burton Adams (1888)

Mormaer of the province became the earl; and the Crown appointed _vice - comites_, sub-earls, that is sheriffs, who administered the King's justice in the earldom. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

Two kings commanded one division, and certain chieftains, called earls, directed the other. ❋ Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 (1849)

The old demarcations of the heptarchy, as thou knowest, are scarce worn out; it is even now less one monarchy, than various states retaining their own laws, and inhabitated by different races, who under the sub-kings, called earls, acknowledge a supreme head in the Basileus of Britain. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

He says he will name his thanes and kinsmen as "earls", the first earls of Scotland in history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Hrothgar loved peace more than war and was glad when the earls were his friends, and he said: 'I will build a great hall, a house of joy for all my friends. ❋ Florence Holbrook (1896)

"So, O great King, as says Homerus, this wise king called his earls, knights, sea-captains, and housecarles, and said unto them, 'Which of these two kings is in the right, who can tell? ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)

Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count. ❋ Wendy Sachs (2011)

The four classes are thralls (slaves who are described as swarthy, twisted, and ugly), karls (freeman farmers, described as strong and ruddy, of red hair and complexion), jarls (earls, described as fair of skin and complexion), and the kings (even fairer than the jarls). ❋ Unknown (2010)

A quintet of terrific actors, made up of Lawrence Redmond, Todd Scofield, Stephen Patrick Martin, Michael Glenn and Nathan James Bennett, plays all the scheming dukes and earls. ❋ Peter Marks (2010)

Narr controlled more than half the remaining country, while the remaining dukes, earls, and barons fought among themselves for the outer territories. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The playing of the four women characters is variable, although there is something to be said for Gemma Jones's Hippy-costumed, witchy Mad Margaret, as she reaches into her shoulder bag for a handful of dust to cast a spell on all the naughty besuited dukes, earls and lesser lords. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)