1 He stood in the middle of the assembly and the good herald Pisenor brought him his staff.
2 He adopted the important air of a herald in red and gold.
3 The Grand Master, having allowed the apology of Albert Malvoisin, commanded the herald to stand forth and do his devoir.
4 So that not the fierce-fanged tiger in his heraldic coat can so stagger courage as the white-shrouded bear or shark.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale. 5 He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.
6 Well, then, your government would do well to choose from the past something better than the things that I have noticed on your monuments, and which have no heraldic meaning whatever.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 7 About the time when the sun shall have reached mid heaven, the old man of the sea comes up from under the waves, heralded by the West wind that furs the water over his head.
8 There are few who cannot recall that day and remember the one little incident which heralded the dawn of a new life.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 9 The dawns were heralded by the descent of a chill stillness; the woodcutters slept, their fires burned low; the snapping of a twig would make you start.
10 The shouts of the multitude, together with the acclamations of the heralds, and the clangour of the trumpets, announced the triumph of the victors and the defeat of the vanquished.
11 The trumpets instantly sounded, while the heralds proclaimed the Lady Rowena the Queen of Beauty and of Love for the ensuing day, menacing with suitable penalties those who should be disobedient to her authority.
12 The heralds then proclaimed silence until the laws of the tourney should be rehearsed.
13 Having announced these precautions, the heralds concluded with an exhortation to each good knight to do his duty, and to merit favour from the Queen of Beauty and of Love.
14 This proclamation having been made, the heralds withdrew to their stations.
15 After he had been summoned twice by sound of trumpet, and proclamation of the heralds, it became necessary to name another to receive the honours which had been assigned to him.