Was there a long carved oak buffet with a big, heavy cornice with three gilt dolphins in the centerand were there not dolphins in gilt on the backs of the chairsan armorial device?"

Turning the envelope she found on the reverse flap a curious armorial emblem, with the word "Elmhurst.

Their scant costume, which was merely a colored cloth about the loins, adorned with fringes and emblazoned with the armorial bearings of the prince to whom each belonged, revealed their gigantic proportions in all the bloated fulness of fat and extent of muscle.

" Jane's eye had seen, through the clouds of dust, the armorial bearings, which seemed to float in the dark glossy panels of the carriage, and she observed, "It is an earl's coronet, but they are not the Bolton arms.

On the pinnacles of the stalls are affixt the helmets and crests of the knights, with their scarfs and swords; and above them are suspended their banners, emblazoned with armorial bearings, and contrasting the splendor of gold and purple and crimson with the cold gray fretwork of the roof.

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"The roof is of carved oak, with very elegant pendants, profusely decorated with the armorial bearings and badges of King Henry VIII.

In memory of this expedition, the Douglases have ever since carried the armorial bearings of the Bloody Heart surmounted by the Crown; and a similar distinction is borne by another family.

In tracing its origin, it is found to be a corruption of the Indian "dodaim," signifying family mark, or armorial bearing.

The various armorial bearings displayed are those of noble families who have been connected with the town in the past.

From the armorial bearings above the tomb it would appear that the figure represents one of the daughters, or possibly the wife, of the sixth Earl of Devon.

A large arm-chair stood by the side of the burnt-out fire, shadowed over by the huge marble mantel-piece, the back of which was carried up twining and curving into a thousand arabesque and armorial devices until it blended with the richly painted ceiling.

A handsome bronzed gateway forms the entrance, which is surmounted by an escutcheon, containing what may be termed the Christian's armorial bearings, (see Ephesians vi. 14, &c.)

The little naked St. George on the gold coins, or the armorial pattern on the silver coins never inspired any one.

Two pillars at each end support an arch with several armorial bearings on as many shields sculptured above.

Some centuries later the Crusaders brought to Europe from the plains of Palestine the novel device of armorial bearings.

The only armorial bearings traceable are three shields over the castle-gate.

p. 276.).The armorial bearings of John Hardwick, of Hardwick, co. Derby, father of Bess, were: Argent, a saltier engrailed, and on a chief blue three roses of the field.

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When I set up a carriage, it was thought right that my armorial bearings should appear on the panels.

A vaulted hall contains the tombs of the ancient Dukes of Schleswig; massive slabs of stone, blazoned with armorial devices, covered with inscriptions which are not lacking in character.

Eight great disks, having gold backgrounds, and representing radiating suns, double-headed eagles, and the shields, gules and argent, the armorial bearings of Lübeck, are spread out gorgeously upon this quaint architecture.

King Ferdinand afterwards granted Mendez a canoe in his armorial bearings, in memory of the services he had rendered.]

She was born in 1776, the eldest daughter of that extraordinary Earl Stanhope, Jacobin and inventor, who made the first steamboat and the first calculating machine, who defended the French Revolution in the House of Lords and erased the armorial bearings'damned aristocratical nonsense'from his carriages and his plate.