vanward

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Then also, in the vanity of youth, For show of nimbleness, he started oft505 Into the vanward, till at last he fell.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

In the vanward, or vanguard; misprinted "vanward" in some editions.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

Till this hour St. George's standard Led the advancing march of time; England! keep it streaming vanward, Conqueror over age and clime!'

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

Forth then went the banners of the Wolf, and the men of the vanward fell to threading the rock-maze toward the north, and in two hours’ time were clear of the Dale under Shield-broad. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

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 Morris, William