"Vair" Quotes from Famous Books
... "And vair is Mary's present? It is zumzing ver pretty, ver nice, ver wot you call 'jollie,' I suppose. Zumzing better zan all, as she ... — A Pair of Clogs • Amy Walton
... includes the gonfalons of the Ladder, the Shell, the Whip, and the Dragon; that of Santa Croce, the Car, the Ox, the Golden Lion, and the Wheels; that of Santa Maria Novella, the Viper, the Unicorn, the Red Lion, and the White Lion; that of San Giovanni, the Black Lion, the Dragon, the Keys, and the Vair. Now all the households and families of Florence are included and classified under these four quarters and sixteen gonfalons, so that there is no burgher of Florence who does not rank in one of the four quarters and one of the sixteen gonfalons. ... — Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds |