historical eunuchs in ancient China
the eunuch served the royal court
castrated eunuchs were common in certain societies
the eunuch's duties included guarding the harem
the emperor trusted his eunuchs with important tasks
eunuchs were often influential in imperial politics
the eunuch's loyalty was unquestionable
the eunuch's castration was a brutal procedure
eunuchs were sometimes used as spies
the eunuch's attire was distinct from other court officials
So that the eunuch faction could all have rockin mansions complete with swimming pools and Alexis.
1,900 years ago, a eunuch called Cai Lun improved the paper-making process.
" No, Khaleesi, " Irri murmured, " it is your eunuch Grey Worm and the bald men. Will you see them" ?
A line appeared on Cersei's pale white brow, between those lovely eyes. " You put too much trust in that eunuch" .
600 years ago Zheng He, a famous eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, traveled to Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean seven times.
She also mentored a eunuch who went on to become a hugely important general- Mentoring a eunuch sounds like a euphemism, but it’s not.
Fenring was one of the might-have-beens, an almost-Kwisatz Haderach, crippled by a flaw in the genetic pattern—a eunuch, his talent concentrated into furtiveness and inner seclusion.
The Asian cult of the Magna mater imported towards the end of the second Punic war in 205 BC included the self-castrated eunuch priests of their self-castrated god Attis. Ouch.
So long as the shuffle of love and pain went on within proper walls Mrs. Speers could view it with as much detachment and humor as a eunuch.
I should have listened more attentively to these words, and, thus having been " made a eunuch for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake, " 45 I would have with greater happiness expected thy embraces.
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