"Ket" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were insurrections in several counties of England, having for their object the restoration of the Catholic religion, and the redress of grievances. The insurgents in Northamptonshire were 20,000 strong, headed by one Ket, a tanner, who possessed himself of Norwich. The earl of Northampton, marching rashly and hastily against him, at the head of a very inferior force, was defeated with loss. In the rout lord Sheffield, ancestor ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Volume 5 (of 18) - Amboyna; The state of Innocence; Aureng-Zebe; All for Love • John Dryden
... the Dun Cow), look like insertions made by scribes of an antiquarian turn of mind,[FN3] and are probably of very ancient date; in other cases, as for example in the "Boar of Mac Datho," where Conall dashes Anluan's head into Ket's face, the savagery is quite in 'keeping with the character of the story, and way have been deliberately invented by an author living in Christian times, to add a flavour to his tale, although in doing so he probably imitated a similar incident in some other legend. To ...
— Heroic Romances of Ireland Volumes 1 and 2 Combined • A. H. Leahy
... principal chief, or man in very great authority. His superior consequence is signified by a repetition of the word eti-ket-ti-ca. This title ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins |
