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...blue crosslet on an argent field floating above a troop of horsemen, whose armour glanced in the setting sun. “There are the Lances of Lynwood, Arthur... ... walking them about, or removing the stains of dust and mud from their own armour, while others were exchang- ing greetings with the villagers, who we... ... but at that instant little Arthur darted into the hall with news that the armourer was come from Taunton, with two mules, loaded with a store of good... ...es, the Seneschal and the Squire, were gathered round the steps, where the armourer was dis- playing, with many an encomium, his bundles of lances, hi... .... Gaston d’Aubricour and Ralph were disputing respecting a certain suit of armour, which the latter disapproved, because 13 Yo n g e it had no guards... ...ustace took Leonard into the court to visit the horses and inspect the new armour. They were joined by Gaston, who took upon himself to reply to the q... ...n.” “Is he of honourable birth?” asked Sir Philip. “At least he bears coat armour,” answered Reginald. “His shield is gules, a wolf passant, or, and I... ...earth, examining by its flaring smoky light into the state of his master’s armour, prov- ing every joint with a small hammer. Near him, Eustace, with ... ...sisted Sir Reginald to arm; Leonard was roused, and began to fasten on his armour; the men-at- arms came forth from their tent, and the horses were sa...

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...said this, he unlocked a high closet, and disclosed a complete suit of brass armour, of gigantic di mensions. ‘I want you to wear this next Monday, T... ...rely locked up in the small cav ern with the sky light, hard at work at the armour. With every additional piece he could manage to stand upright in, ... ... wife. Here was a sight for the common people of Mudfog! A live man in brass armour! Why, they would go wild with wonder! The day the Monday ... ...up in the four wheel chaise. ‘Laughing? If they laugh at a man in real brass armour, they’d laugh when their own fathers were dying. Why doesn’t he g... ...ence to demand a single glass of rum on the putting on of every piece of the armour, got, by some means or other, rather out of his calculation in the... ... mention the something strong which went on the top of it. Whether the brass armour checked the natural flow of perspiration, and thus prevented the s... ...hief with white spots, an article not strictly in keeping with a suit of armour some three hun dred years old, or thereabouts. ‘Twigger, you vil... ...I’m very sorry for it, sir, ’ replied Mr. Jennings; ‘but nobody can get that armour off, without his own assistance. I’m quite certain of it from the ... ...ight have been to carry him, they couldn’t get on very well under the brass armour. So, Mrs. Twigger had plenty of time to de nounce Nicholas Tulrum...

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...gh, Moving athwart the evening sky, Seemed forms of giant height: Their armour, as it caught the rays, Flashed back again the western blaze, In ... ...ard on every part, Of something disarranged. Some clamoured loud for armour lost; Some brawled and wrangled with the host; “By Becket’s bones,” ... ... nor divine. Should once to peace my soul incline, Till I had dimmed their armour’s shine In glorious battle-fray!” Answered the bard, of milder mo... ...o, All was alive with martial show; At every turn, with dinning clang, The armourer’s anvil clashed and rang; Or toiled the swarthy smith, to wheel Th... ...air, To fix his princely bowers. Though now in age he had laid down His armour for the peaceful gown, And for a staff his brand, Yet often would... ...eak, He ne’er shall bend, although he break.” V. “But see;—what makes this armour here?” For in her path there lay Targe, corslet, helm;—she viewed... ...forced to yield, When the dead Douglas won the field. These Angus gave—his armourer’s care, Ere morn, shall every breach repair; For naught, he said, ... ...ll every breach repair; For naught, he said, was in his halls, But ancient armour on the walls, And aged chargers in the stalls, And women, priests, a... ...and grey-haired men; The rest were all in T wisel Glen. And now I watch my armour here, By law of arms, till midnight’s near; Then, once again a belte...

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...ht, others of anger and recrimination. Every one in the house ran together to the spot whence the cries proceeded, namely, the lower court, where the armourer and blacksmith had their workshops....

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...to the spot whence the cries proceeded, namely, the lower court, where the armourer and blacksmith had their workshops. There was a group of children,... ...within the solar is the place for the noble damsels.” “That is full of old armour, and dried herrings, and stockfish.” “Move them then! A fair greetin... ...t-fish, and our earth coal, and they bring us fine cloth, linen, and stout armour. I am glad to see yonder Flemish ensign. If luck goes well with us, ... ...hitburn, but one summer’s day a tall, gallant, fair-faced esquire, in full armour of the cumbrous plate fashion, rode up to the gate, and blew the fam... ...ad reckoned for the winter needs, were pledged to Sunderland merchants for armour and weapons; the colts running wild on the moors were hastily caught... ... campaign was over, and she was not at all uneasy about them, for the full armour of a gentleman had arrived at such a pitch of perfection that it was... ...ying there to be smothered, made prisoner, or killed, by breaking into his armour. The knights could not have moved at all under the 75 Charlotte M. ... ...ose be- side him, so that escape would have been impossible. He was in the armour in which he had fought, dimmed and dust-stained, but still glancing ... ...gh such light as came in shone upon his fair hair and was reflected on his armour, and on one golden spur that still he wore, the other no doubt lost ...

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...spread the white sails aloft, while their fine ser vants brought them their armour. Then they made the ship fast a little way out, came on shore agai... ...een crossed in love, and brave men who had been killed in battle, with their armour still smirched with blood; they came from every quarter and flitte... ...ehind you, or I may bring heaven’s anger upon you; but burn me with whatever armour I have, build a barrow for me on the sea shore, that may tell peop... ...of—still an gry with me for having won the cause in our dis pute about the armour of Achilles. Thetis had of fered it as a prize, but the Trojan pr... ... forget and forgive even in death, but must the judgement about that hateful armour still rankle with you? It cost us Argives dear enough to lose such... ... over him and lamented him we performed his funeral rites. When his body and armour had been burned to ashes, we raised a cairn, set a stone over it, ... ...le about her The Odyssey – Book XII 147 rock while you are putting on your armour, she may catch you with a second cast of her six heads, and snap u... .... In one thing only did I dis obey Circe’s strict instructions I put on my armour. Then seizing two strong spears I took my stand on the ship Is bow... ...l the plain was filled with horsemen and foot soldiers and with the gleam of armour. Then Jove spread panic among my men, and they would no longer fac...

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...cy. Take, for instance, Gustave Dore’s drawing of Don Quixote watching his armour in the inn-yard. Whether or not the Venta de Quesada on the Seville ... ...primitive draw-well in the corner that he meant Don Quixote to deposit his armour. Gustave Dore makes it an elaborate fountain such as no arriero ever... ... he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice him... ...put his scheme into execution. The first thing he did was to clean up some armour that had belonged to his great-grandfather, and had been for ages ly... ... country, and did honour to it in taking his surname from it. So then, his armour being furbished, his morion turned into a helmet, his hack christene... ... (which was one of the hottest of the month of July) he donned his suit of armour, mounted Rocinante with his patched-up helmet on, braced his buckler... ...hat even if he had been, still he ought, as a novice knight, to wear white armour, without a device upon the shield until by his prowess he had earned... ...e, as he had read in the books that brought him to this pass. As for white armour, he resolved, on the first opportunity, to scour his until it was wh... ... ed. and to the ladies, who, seeing a man of this sort approaching in full armour and with lance and buckler, were turning in dismay into the inn, whe...

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...n bear, and wielding in his right hand a huge two edged battleaxe. For his armour his grandsire had hidden in the house’s innermost recess, to see if ... ...rs among the clouds; and each man as he saw them speeding along with their armour would say: (ll. 242 246) “King Zeus, what is the purpose of Pelias?... ...ater nymph Oenoe bore to Thoas. Now for all the women to tend kine, to don armour of bronze, and to cleave with the plough share the wheat bearing fie... ... Pelasgian war men of the Macrians had landed. Therefore they donned their armour and raised their hands against them. And with clashing of ashen spea... ...hair, they and the Dollones. Then three times round his tomb they paced in armour of bronze and performed funeral rites and celebrated games, as was m... ... same time by command of Orpheus the youths trod a measure dancing in full armour, and clashed with their swords on their shields, so that the ill ome... ...ld give me from a serpent’s jaws seed which will raise up earthborn men in armour of bronze; and on the same day I must slay them. This task—for there... ...m a jot by their onset. And as when through the holes of the fur nace the armourers’ bellows anon gleam brightly, kin dling the ravening flame, and ... ...of failure or great renown.” (ll. 206 211) Thus he spake, and donned his armour of war; and they cried aloud, wondrously eager. And he drew his swor...

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... and blessed, and see- ing him ride away with his troop, clanking in their armour. After that he remembered nothing, save the being put into a homelie... ... was the sea. ‘Baron! Lord Clifford, like my father! He was a man in steel armour; I remember how it rang, and how his gorget— yes, that was the thing... ...patient words that now and then dropped from him, such as ‘Patience is the armour and con- quest of the godly;’ or, ‘Shall a man complain for the pun-... ...the brown anchoret’s gown but in riding gear, partially defended by slight armour, and with a cap on his head, which made him look much younger than h... ...ew all the refinements of warfare in an age when the extreme weight of the armour rendered training and skill doubly necessary. Spearman was evidently... ...lkeld; ‘he has none of the training of a knight. How can you tilt in plate armour, you who have never bestridden a charger? These are not the days of ... ...e down all foes before him.’ The objection was of force, for the defensive armour of the fifteenth century had reached a pitch of cumbrousness that re... ...now not that a horse is here that could be depended on,’ began Threlkeld. ‘Armour too requires to be fitted and proved.’ He spoke in a hesitating voic... ...rk for knights and men-at-arms, and all that did not too closely touch the armourer’s trade—had three sturdy attendants, having lost one in an attack ...

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...nd. 63 Edgar Lee Masters Adam Weirauch I WA S crushed between Altgeld and Armour. I lost many friends, much time and money Fighting for Altgeld whom ... ... Editor Whedon Denounced as the candidate of gamblers and anarchists. Then Armour started to ship dressed meat to Spoon River, Forcing me to shut down... ...ouse And my butcher shop went all to pieces. The new forces of Altgeld and Armour caught me At the same time. I thought it due me, to recoup the money... ...car franchise. Of course I was one of the fellows they caught. Who was it, Armour, Altgeld or myself That ruined me? Ezra Bartlett A CHAPLAIN in the a... ...dren 123 I was attorney for the “Q” 48 I was crushed between Altgeld and Armour. 63 I was just turned twenty-one, 100 I was not beloved of the vil...

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...Betwixt the monstrous horns of elk and deer, His own forefathers’ arms and armour hung. And ‘this’ he said ‘was Hugh’s at Agincourt; And that was old ... ... with our cause, The sole men we shall prize in the after-time, Y our very armour hallowed, and your statues Reared, sung to, when, this gad-fly brush... ...pon the women, and aghast The women stared at these, all silent, save When armour clashed or jingled, while the day, Descending, struck athwart the ha...

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...ch my figure might have resembled that of the Pitan, and, disguised in his armour, might have deceived the lynx-eyed Mahrattas, into whose camp I was ... ...ntered the tents a host of menials sprang for- ward, some to ease me of my armour, some to offer me re- freshments, some with hookahs, attar of roses ... ...thousand delicacies of Eastern life. I motioned them away. “I will wear my armour,” said I; “I shall go forth to-night. Carry my duty to the princess,... ...sed like a blackamoor. I allowed Ghorumsaug to divest me of the heathenish armour and habiliments which I wore; and having, with a world of scrubbing ...

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...d, and the men-at-arms, with helmets and shields, looking as if Sir Eric’s armour that hung in the hail had come to life and was walking about. They s... ...Long Sword, like a good and true Christian warrior, arrayed in his shining armour, his sword by his side, his shield on his arm, and a cross between h... ...n again into the hall, where there was a great assembly of Barons, some in armour, some in long furred gowns, who had all been attending his father’s ... ...ither to the Convent of St. Ouen, or, which would be better, to the trusty armourer, Thibault, who would soon find man and horse to send after the Cou... ...missing Alberic, but Osmond said he was gone into the town to Thibault the armourer, and this was a message on which he was so likely to be employed t... ...d they occupied themselves, as best they could, with fur- bishing Osmond’s armour, and helping each other out in repeating some of the Sagas. They onc... ... stairs to the Castle hall. Many of the Norman knights and barons, in full armour, were gathered there; but 77 Yo n g e Richard looked only for one. ... ...ard looked only for one. He knew Sir Eric’s grizzled hair, and blue inlaid armour, though his back was towards him, and in a moment, before his entran... ...ot give him so much of his company as usual, but was always at work in the armourer’s forge—a low, vaulted chamber, opening into the Castle court. Ric...

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...statue— that is to say, an erect and stately and motionless man- at-arms, clad from head to heel in shining steel armour. At a respectful distance wer... ...his own devices. Hanging upon hooks in the oaken wain- scoting were the several pieces of a suit of shining steel armour, covered all over with beauti... ...ass the army of a German principality upon, was a picture to see, with its ranks of royal halberdiers in polished armour, and its troops of brilliantl... ... larly mounted, took place in his rear; the King’s Guard formed in single ranks on either side, clad in burnished armour; after the Protector followed... ...ed!” exclaimed the ragged claimant, in a mighty excitement. “Go, my good St. John—in an arm-piece of the Milanese armour that hangs on the wall, thou’...

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...deadening of her heart to meet the shock. She fancied she had put on proof-armour, unconscious that it was the turning of the inward flutterer to stee... ...ied publicly pardon, not exoneration by any means; and now that she was in armour she had no dread of the public. So she said. Redworth’s being then e... ...nocked at rusty gates, they shouldered all the weapons of black Insomnia’s armoury and became her soldiery, doing her will upon themselves. Of her ori... ...e knightly class,’ she said; ‘and it is not necessary that you should wear armour and plumes to proclaim it; and your appearance would be ample protec... ...ury. But she was armed only if necessary, and there was no requirement for armour. Emma did not question at all. She saw the alteration in her Tony: s... ... a fellow hasn’t a chance with her, not a chance. She comes out in blazing armour if you unmask a battery. I don’t know how it might be if she were in... ...oftness that a dread of him haunted her. Coward, take up your bur- den for armour! she called to her poor dungeoned self wail- ing to have common nour... ...the knuckles. Promise!’ ‘Come to me to-morrow.’ ‘To-morrow you are in your armour-triple brass! All cre- ation cries out for now. We are mounted on ba... ...g randomly on the subject, had struck this cuirassier, making light of his armour, without causing any change of his ha- bitual fresh countenance. As ...

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...ll remember how gaily and confidently the young man strides along with the armoured angel by his side. Absurdly enough, Benham and his dream of high a... ...rn and yew became the wilderness of the world, and through it they went—in armour, weightless armour—and they wore long swords. There was a breeze blo... ...nconvenience; his mind was running in the direction of pedestrian tours in armour of no particular weight, amidst scenery of a roman- tic wildness… . ... ...being was not triumphantly glad to have won her, that the image of the two armour-clad lovers was not still striding and flourishing through the lit w... ...l one wanting. The Amanda he had loved most wonderfully was that Amanda in armour who had walked with him through the wilderness of the world along th... ... a phantom. I loved and I love Arnanda, not Easton’s Amanda, but Amanda in armour, the Amanda of my dreams. Sense, and particularly the sense of beaut... ...thero, “only leads to me. The human spirit rebels against this everlasting armour on the soul. After Han came T’ang. Have you never read Ling Po? Ther...

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...d Masters still remain:a very fine one, by Caravaggio, of a knight in gilt armour, hangs in the dining- room, near a full-length of poor Louis XVI. , ... ...as if, in the Malta mythology, they had been turned into freestone. In the armoury is the very suit painted by Caravaggio, by the side of the armour o... ...ong the sides of an aqueduct, quite a Royal work of the Caravaggio in gold armour, the Grand Master De Vignacourt. A most agreeable contrast to the ar...

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...raits, representing the fore fathers of the Bellingham lineage, some with armour on their breasts, and others with stately ruffs and robes of peace. ... ..., but of the most modern date; for it had been manu factured by a skilful armourer in London, the same year in which Governor Bellingham came over to... ...sman and ruler. Little Pearl, who was as greatly pleased with the gleaming armour as she had been with the glittering frontispiece of the house, spent... ..., tremulous, but powerful, insomuch that the hall re echoed and the hollow armour rang with it—”truth in what Hester says, and in the feeling which in... ...o her former mood by the shimmer of the sunshine on the weapons and bright armour of the military company, which followed after the music, and formed ...

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... when they turned them; and they were clothed each from head to foot in an armour of sapphire plates shot with steely emerald. Surely the dragon-fly t... ...n his steel, and fling away the shield.” And likewise: “Examine thine armour in every joint, For slain was the Giant, and by a pin’s point.”... ...discern the flashing of their helms and the glistening of steel-plates and armour of gold and silver. Seeing this, the colour went from the cheeks of ... ...alternately interwound before and about him, and were even as a glittering armour of emerald plates, warding from him the assaults of the host; and lo...

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...on entend le timbre Des cymbales do Bivar.” The redbreasts and the brooks of Europe, in that dry and songless land; brave old names and wars, strong c...

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... 182 The Rescue clung closer to his soul—like a garment of light— like an armour of fire. He was unwilling to face the facts. All his life—till that ... ... the rails of its verandah and visible from head to foot two figures in an armour of chain mail with pointed steel helmets crested with white and blac... ...er, and had brought the captives into the lagoon. But the two men in chain armour on watch outside the door of the small house were Belarab’s two part... ...ith her face wet with tears, out of a vivid dream of Lingard in chain-mail armour and vaguely recalling a Crusader, but bare-headed and walking away f...