‘Gardez Gresham’, had been chosen in the days of motto-choosing probably by some herald-at-arms as an appropriate legend for signifying the peculiar attributes of the family. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Of his life we know neither the beginning nor the end, but we know that between 1160 and 1172 he lived, perhaps as herald-at-arms (according to Gaston Paris, based on "Lancelot" 5591-94) at Troyes, where was the court of his patroness, the Countess Marie de ❋ De Troyes Chr��tien (1914)
His father was Jean Callot, a noble, the herald-at-arms for Lorraine, who desired that his son should become a soldier or a priest. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Hence the applause was by no means general when the herald-at-arms proclaimed, after a flourish of trumpets, the names and styles of the knights who were prepared, for the honor of their country and for the love of their ladies, to hold the field against all who might do them the favor to run a course with them. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1902)
The trumpets of the challenger then rung a flourish, and a herald-at-arms proclaimed at the eastern end of the lists, --- ` ` Here stands a good knight, ❋ Unknown (1894)
A solemn high mass was next performed, and at its close the herald-at-arms cast, in the Queen's name, a shower of gold and silver coin among the crowds who thronged the church; while Marie herself, descending from the platform, and attended as before, slowly left the sacred edifice and returned to the robing-room. ❋ Pardoe, Julia (1890)
She, like the officers of the duchy and the men of the train-bands, wore the Orléans livery; and thus they made of her a kind of herald-at-arms or heraldic angel. ❋ Anatole France (1884)
By a curious coincidence, M. de Chateaubriand and M. de Villele, two inveterate adversaries, were one in the column on the right, the other in that on the left, and the herald-at-arms of the order called both at once to the foot of the throne. ❋ Arthur L��on Imbert De Saint-Amand (1867)
The receptions took place as follows: the herald-at-arms of the order called in groups of four the new members from each column, and escorted them to the middle of the sanctuary. ❋ Arthur L��on Imbert De Saint-Amand (1867)
"Blood, sir! there's nothing like blood!" he would cry to Doctor Vigors; and he cried out for "blood, sir," till you might fancy that he was a butcher or a herald-at-arms, or a housewife making black puddings. ❋ George Augustus Sala (1861)
A herald-at-arms appeared at the bar of the Commons, and demanded the surrender of the five members. ❋ John Richard Green (1860)
The trumpets blew, and the herald-at-arms came forward and proclaimed GEORGE, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. ❋ Unknown (1852)
"Gardez Gresham," had been chosen in the days of motto-choosing probably by some herald-at-arms as an appropriate legend for signifying the peculiar attributes of the family. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)
The trumpets blew, and the herald-at-arms came forward and proclaimed GEORGE, by the ❋ William Makepeace Thackeray (1837)
The signal is given for the amusements to begin, when a loud voice is heard above the trumpets and the clash of instruments: the herald-at-arms pauses; and Odon d'Artiguelouve, who had cried, "Hold!" stands up in his seat, and thunders forth these ominous words: ❋ Louisa Stuart Costello (1834)
A solemn high mass was next performed, and at its close the herald-at-arms cast, in the Queen's name, a shower of gold and silver coin among the crowds who thronged the church; while ❋ Julia Pardoe (1833)
Alencon, herald-at-arms of France, appeared at Brussels, proclamation of war in hand; and, not be able to obtain an interview with the Cardinal Infante, he hurled it at the feet of the ❋ Unknown (1830)
