vanward
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“She is not Cleopatra, but she is at least Charmian,” wrote Keats, conscious that his damsel was not in the vanward of the pageant of ladies.
From Hearts of Controversy by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
A man should be only partially before his time—to be completely to the vanward in aspirations is fatal to fame.
From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
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 William Morris
And I will lead the vanward Thorough the English country.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
In the vanward, or vanguard; misprinted "vanward" in some editions.
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
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