"Amice" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... said that Geoffrey took his name from his frequent pilgrimages to Rome, in which he wore the gray "palmer's amice." He was a favorable specimen of the Angevin character, the knight-errant element predominating over its other points, and rendering him honorable and devout, and not more turbulent than could be helped by ...
— Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... Andreas fabulae scenam, ac mecum sedulo agit ut Canossam comiter in Italiam, plurima testificans quam ille de me magnifice tum loqueretur tum sentiret. Sed surdo canebat fabulam. At interim 70 parum amice factum est ab Ammonio, qui non ignorabat linguae meae loquacitatem. Poteram aliquid vel in Pontificem vel in legatum effutire, quod ...
— Selections from Erasmus - Principally from his Epistles • Erasmus Roterodamus
... recompense for some service rendered to the Chapter in times gone by, the Sire de Chastellux had the hereditary dignity of a canon of the church. On the day of his reception he presented himself at the entrance of the choir in surplice and amice, worn over the military habit. The old count of Chastellux was lately dead, and the heir had announced his coming, according to custom, to claim his ecclesiastical privilege. There had been long feud between the houses of Chastellux and Auxerre; but on this happy occasion ...
— Imaginary Portraits • Walter Pater |
