9 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCUTCHEONLESS»
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scutcheonless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The earl of Gowrie, a tragedy
ii;.i.{.;b£H ojb Thai day that saw me, child, " sO.nGi.oH A widow, sitting in blood-
sprinkled weeds, : <:i'-$ m: laiiiouA Beside a coffin, scutcheonless, dishonoured,
Shut out the sun forever from these eyes. Life is one solemn,uighttto,rj»andiraney
...
Think, then, on their triumph, Could they but hail the union of my son, — My heir,
— my all on earth, — with the vile offspring Of one their pride rejects as
scutcheonless : A trader— a mere merchant ! Amb. You would blight, then. My
youthful ...
3
Epicteti Enchiridion: The Morals of Epictetus, Made English ...
No honor, no preferment shall I have, But 'scutcheonless descend into the grave.
This as a wonderous hardship you bemoan, A grievous ill, when really 'tis none;
The outward want of power, preferment, place, Is no more misery, than 'tis ...
4
Oscar and Autumnal Gleanings
J. H. R. Bayley. Would you wish to be seen as a visitor there ? Be sure go " incog.
" as a scutcheonless heir ; Or woe to your pedigree, honour, and fame ! So much
in a graveyard's position and name. But hold ! for my heart grows faint and sad, ...
... like the KAISER'S own, And Front de Baenf, who was also a bit of a filbert And
crowned with a cone, Half-drunk in a Norman castle with arches of Gothic stone. I
have seen the scutcheonless knight oppose Sir Brian To the sound of an old tin ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1913
Think, then, on their triumph, Could they but hail the union of my son, My heir, —
my all on earth, — with the vile offspring Of one their pride rejects as
scutcheonless : A trader— a mere merchant ! Amr. You would blight, then, My
youthful hopes, ...
7
The adventures of Mr. Ledbury and his friend Jack Johnson
... somewhere between Burton Crescent and Gray's Inn Road, of a modest and
unassuming appearance, with a triad of names upon the door-post, surmounted
by bell-knobs, and a scutcheonless hole for a latch-key in the door, which
bespoke ...
... weather-worn look ,' From the scars of tempestuous battles, Or the skeleton
inullions which Boreas shook With clattering, clamorous rattles, Which hurried a
scutcheonless monarch of trade To purchase its gloom and its glamour and
shade, ...
Anna Robeson Brown Burr, 1895
How different with the soi-disant Professeur de Langues, among whose
groupings are to be found the broken-down marchese, the scutcheonless count,
the unhorsed and swordless ritter, the unpensioned Gari- baldian, the unrequited
...
