"Gardant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of York at that time was, argent, a cross, gules, viz. St. George's Cross. The Conqueror charged the cross with five lyons, passant gardant, or, in memory of the five worthy captains, magistrates, who governed the city so well, that he afterwards made Sir Robert Clifford governour thereof, and the other four to aid him in counsell; and, the better to keep the City in obedience, he built two castles, and double-moated them about; and, ...
— A Righte Merrie Christmasse - The Story of Christ-Tide • John Ashton
... him as the tiger moved. But the great beast went sideways, gardant, only that its head was low, three noiseless instantaneous strides it made, and stood ...
— The Research Magnificent • H. G. Wells
... royaume. Allant, venant dans l'ombre ainsi qu'un grand fantome, Fier, levant dans la nuit son cimier flamboyant, Homme auguste au dedans, ferme au dehors, ayant En lui toute la gloire et toute la patrie, Belle ame invulnerable et cependant meurtrie, Sauvant les lois, gardant les murs, vengeant les droits, Et sonnant dans la nuit sous tous les coups des rois, Cinquante ans, ce soldat, dont la tete enfin plie, Fut l'armure de fer de la vieille Italie, Et ce noir siecle, a qui tout rayon semble ote, ...
— La Legende des Siecles • Victor Hugo
... per pall,—dexter division.—Sapphire a cross gules ensigned with fleur de lis between six martlets topaz.—Sinister—quarterly sapphire and ruby, first and third, three fleur de lis; topaz, second and fourth, three lions passant gardant of the same, supported by two angels, and surmounted by a coronet; the whole resting on an angel bearing a scroll with a motto in old English ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 266, July 28, 1827 • Various |
