quittance

Example Sentences

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Right easily can I find proof of quittance, and to spare.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

"All the more pleasure in receiving it," and placing a couple of gold pieces on the table, I received my quittance and change.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

There is something base In mere existence—something in the face Of men and women which accepts the earth, And all its havings, as its right of birth, But not its quittance, not its resting-place.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

We will acknowledge your title as good, and we will demand of you quittance for the above sum, which you will grant us as king of France.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

"Omittance is no quittance," said Schalk, darting up at his half-brother a venomous look.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm