His ensign's name was Mr. Sorrow; he did bear the pale colours, and his scutcheon was the book of the law wide open, from whence issued a flame of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul] Reference
Though my 'scutcheon's not spotless, who'll mind a few stains?. From Wordnik.com. [When hearts are trumps] Reference
Her scutcheon shows white with a blazon of red. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference
My scutcheon plain declares that I am Alisander, —. From Wordnik.com. [Love’s Labour ’s Lost] Reference
Honour is a mere scutcheon: and so ends my catechism. From Wordnik.com. [The first part of King Henry the Fourth] Reference
Honour is a mere scutcheon - and so ends my catechism. From Wordnik.com. [From The Ridiculous To The Sublime] Reference
Crawley, but of Mr. Dawson of Mudbury, and so had a coal-scuttle in her scutcheon. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
The doorway retains its original doors with an ornamental iron scutcheon over the keyhole. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
They also grieve at Bertram's skirt-chasing as a stain on his family's honourable scutcheon. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Surely, such thoughtless manifestation of curiosity is a blot on the scutcheon of true politeness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charlotte Bronte] Reference
On a scutcheon of pretence in the centre, Argent, a lion ramp. gules, debruised with ragged staff, proper. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
Earnest shunned, repentance dreaded, flaunt at the apex like a scutcheon, fill the trump of judgment with their. From Wordnik.com. [Peer Gynt] Reference
His standard-bearer was Mr. Harmless: his were the white colours, and for his scutcheon he had three golden doves. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy War] Reference
Doubters, his were the red colours; his standard-bearer was Mr. Destructive, and the great red dragon he had for his scutcheon. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy War] Reference
Gilbert's spouse, accordingly, must, if a genuine Oliverres, have come into the world with a considerable blot on her 'scutcheon. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
His son, Alfred Smith Mogyns, succeeded to the main portion of his wealth, and to his titles and the bloody hand of his scutcheon. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Snobs] Reference
This is the blot in this good man's scutcheon; and a strange blot it is, that such a one as Noah should be thus overtaken with evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Quartered within his scutcheon; th 'affiance, made. From Wordnik.com. [The Merry Devil] Reference
The scutcheon of Seymour's was definitely blotted. From Wordnik.com. [The White Feather] Reference
But he makes no advances, and the stain on my scutcheon is not yet wiped out. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of St. Austin's] Reference
A scutcheon over the door somewhat jars in sentiment where there is a washing at every window. From Wordnik.com. [Edinburgh Picturesque Notes] Reference
His colours were the white colours for the town of Mansoul; and his scutcheon was the dead lion and dead bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul] Reference
His standard-bearer was Mr. Harmless: his were the white colours, and for his scutcheon he had the three golden doves. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul] Reference
He sat upon me -- publicly, and the resultant blot on my scutcheon can only be wiped out with blood, or broken rules, 'he added. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of St. Austin's] Reference
Glennaquoich, I had only to propose to him to carry his d-- d bear and bootjack party per pale, or in a scutcheon of pretence, or in. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley — Volume 2] Reference
His standard-bearer was Mr. Suffer-Long: his were the black colours, and for a scutcheon he had three arrows through the golden heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul] Reference
He was of aristocratic birth, born of an Irish mother, with a small bar sinister on his scutcheon that pushed him out and set him apart. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers] Reference
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