annalist
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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
Amidst the crowd, our annalist has selected the names, colors, and devices of twenty of the most conspicuous knights.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
By much importunity," says an annalist, Mr. Ranford of Chowan, "in 1712 we prevailed upon Mr. Martin to let him baptize three of his Negroes, two women and a boy.
From The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson
The malignant annalist asserted, too, that Napoleon's motive was personal spite against Prussia.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
The information, it must be owned, bears the appearance of having been transmitted by some contemporary annalist, whose impartiality may have perhaps been biassed by some of the numerous incitements which operate upon courtiers.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
