"Signet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... order; 'Twas the Pope's own guard of honour. And at last the Holy Father Made his entrance, being carried On a throne by eight strong bearers. O'er his head were held by pages The great fans of peacock-feathers. Snow-white were his festal garments; And his right hand, raised in blessing, Wore the signet-ring of Peter. Low the crowd ...
— The Trumpeter of Saekkingen - A Song from the Upper Rhine. • Joseph Victor von Scheffel
... signet ring.] [Sidenote: Caesar's respect for Pompey's memory.] [Sidenote: Pompey's Pillar.] [Sidenote: Origin of ...
— History of Julius Caesar • Jacob Abbott
... belong to. I'll take anybody I can lay hold of to guide me to the hiding-place of my prisoner—in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia," said this new bailiff, who seemed to think that formula of words, like an absolute monarch's signet ring, was warranty ...
— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
... did, and for the same The king his signet gave, Which Tom about his middle wore Long ...
— Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)
... and he threw one arm over that of the chair, suffering his well-preserved white hand—always suggestive of poultices to me—with its signet ring, to droop in front of it—a hand which he moved up and down habitually, as he conversed, in a singularly soothing and mechanical fashion—his "pendulum" we used to call it in old times, Evelyn and I, when it was one of our chief resources for amusement to laugh at "Cagliostro," our sobriquet ...
— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield
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