vanward
Example Sentences
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And the vanward said that Desir, together with all his force, was already at Cluses, the which he had do dight with bulwarks of iron and stone.
From Old French Romances by William Morris
England in doubt of her, France in despair of her, all without heart - Stand on her side in the vanward of ages, and strike on her part!
From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne
This mighty consummation made, the host Mov'd on for many a league; and gain'd, and lost Huge sea-marks; vanward swelling in array, And from the rear diminishing away,– Till a faint dawn surpris'd them.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by John Keats
And where it trod he saw the torch Of conflagration stalk the skies, And in the vanward of its march The monster form of Havoc rise.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
A vanward regiment of the Prussian packs Has gained the shadow of the city walls.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
