...castle without pennon or banner displayed! - Seest thou who they be that act as leaders?" "A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous," said...iron, and a padlock painted blue on the black shield/' 5 "A fetterlock and shacklebolt azure/' said Ivanhoe; "I know not who may bear the device, but well...

...castle without pennon or banner displayed ! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ? ' ' A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said...What device does he bear on his shield ? ' replied Ivauhoe. ' Something resembling a bar of iron, and a padlock painted - blue on the black shield.'*...

...from Ivanhoe, ch. xx1x, compare the precision of Ivanhoe's words with the simplicity of Rebecca's. "'What device does he bear on his shield?' replied...painted blue on the black shield.' 'A fetterlock and shacklebolt azure,' said Ivanhoe." EXERCISES XXII. Show how the following violate the rule of brevity....

...pennon or banner displayed. Seest thou who they be that act as leaders?" "A knight clad in sable armor is the most conspicuous," said the Jewess : " he alone...seems to assume the direction of all around him." 2. "Seem there no other leaders?" exclaimed the anxious inquirer. " None of mark and distinction that...

...Front-de-Boeuf, in "Ivanhoe"? Eebecca is asked what device the Black Knight bears upon his shield. " Something resembling a bar of iron, and a padlock painted blue on the black shield," she replied. " A fetterlock and shacklebolt azure," said Ivanhoe ; " I know not who may bear the device,...