A Hand-book of Mottoes Borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public Companies |
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Page 38
... better I think to better . BROOKE . De monte alto . From a high mountain . Maude . This motto is used by the family of Maude , to show their descent from Eustace de Mont Alto , an Italian warrior , who followed the Con- queror on his ...
... better I think to better . BROOKE . De monte alto . From a high mountain . Maude . This motto is used by the family of Maude , to show their descent from Eustace de Mont Alto , an Italian warrior , who followed the Con- queror on his ...
Page 39
Dedit meliora dabitque . He has given better things and will give them . Or , Debet meliora dabitque . He owes better things and will give them . ORMEROD . Deeds not words . DAWSON , of Low Wray . RICKFORD , of Aylesbury . SAINTHILL ...
Dedit meliora dabitque . He has given better things and will give them . Or , Debet meliora dabitque . He owes better things and will give them . ORMEROD . Deeds not words . DAWSON , of Low Wray . RICKFORD , of Aylesbury . SAINTHILL ...
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... Better death than shame . LLOYD , of Ferney Hall . MACKWORTH . bt . " Here on my bended knee I beg mortality , Rather than life preserved with infamy . " - SHAKSPEARE . Gwell angau na gwarth . Death before disgrace . FENTON . Gwell ...
... Better death than shame . LLOYD , of Ferney Hall . MACKWORTH . bt . " Here on my bended knee I beg mortality , Rather than life preserved with infamy . " - SHAKSPEARE . Gwell angau na gwarth . Death before disgrace . FENTON . Gwell ...
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A Hand-book of Mottoes: Borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public ... Charles Norton Elvin No preview available - 1971 |
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