blazonry

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If this natural impulse to live after physical death cannot be relied upon, then life itself is a myth and the starry blazonry of the midnight sky is a flaunting lie.

From Time Magazine Archive

That night the celebration reached its full blazonry.

From The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. by Mabey, Charles R.

His requiem the fearful tone Of waters falling from their throne In the mid air, his burial shroud The wreathings of thy torrent cloud, His blazonry the rainbow thrown Superbly round thy brow of stone.

From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas)

"Well, we can do nothing; it can't be helped, I suppose?" said Miss Margaret, looking down very sadly on her medi�val blazonry.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

I missed the Latin, the blazonry, and the sounding detail of public service so often seen spread over every inch of crumbling old tombstones.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams