| 1. | "That is right," replied the mendicant "dismiss your lackey.. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 2. | Those who envied this mendicant said that he belonged to the police. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 3. | The mendicant orders derive their whole subsistence from such oblations. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 4. | The establishment of the two great mendicant orders of St Dominic and St. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 5. | At the hint from the mendicant his master made him a sign to retire, and he was obliged to obey. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | "This mendicant insists upon speaking to you, and pretends that you will be very glad to see him.. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 7. | The mendicant orders are like those teachers whose subsistence depends altogether upon their industry. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 8. | The mendicant raised his eyes suddenly, stared intently at Jean Valjean, then dropped his head quickly. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 9. | The regular clergy, and particularly the mendicant friars, affected a total exemption from all ecclesiastical jurisdiction. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 10. | In the daytime nobody was seen there but mendicants devouring their crusts, and children at play. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |