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单词 bar sinister
例句 bar sinister
“A bar sinister,” he said to Penny, pointing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The “bar sinister” of the novelists is probably the baston sinister, with the ends couped, which has since the time of Charles II. been familiar on the arms of certain descendants of the royal house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z
Then, when that moment of madness was upon them both, he had suddenly wounded her acutely sensitive, bitterly proud soul by drawing the bar sinister. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z
But there is nothing to lead us to believe that Franklin was more concerned about the second bar sinister in his coat of arms than the first. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z
Would'st 'rase the bar sinister from thy shield, Or, what is much the same, cast it i' the shade, So that it appear not for the lustre Of thy many and resplendent virtues? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z
I do not mean by this that any bar sinister defaced his escutcheon. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z
"Brindle is so pedigreed I don't believe he would thank you for the bar sinister you put on him." Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z
Whatever ills might overtake her, no bar sinister could ever mar, no breath of blame could cloud the lustre of this side of her family shield. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z
But there is always the little flaw, the bar sinister as it were, which they hope to override through influence; through my influence, which I may state, they never get.' Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z
I would rather smudge my fingers in saving her than wear the bar sinister of cowardice. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z
There is as yet no bar sinister on our coat of arms.... Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z
Thus tillage was marked with a bar sinister from its birth. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z
He was gazing out at the patch of blue that blazed hotly through the high, barred window and, seeing there reminders of the bars sinister that would henceforth stand between himself and the sky. The Law of Hemlock Mountain
But the Duke was still a child, and might die as Henry’s other sons had died; and other claims there were which, in the face of the bar sinister, could not fail to be asserted. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII
He was very pale, and the old scar and the new seemed to intersect one another, the latter like a bar sinister across honourable quarterings. The Sapphire Cross
The bar sinister was a veritable millstone around his neck which dragged him down to a level he abhorred. The Wilderness Trail
“I say, Harry, I wish thou hadst not that cursed bar sinister.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
But, Cleveland, you know that we come from an old and noble stock, where the bar sinister has never crossed our escutcheon, and I can not yet make up my mind to an immediate engagement. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life
The bar sinister stayed him from Broadweald, so the judges had said, and haughty Fitzooth had perforce to bear with their finding. Robin Hood
He was a man of about thirty years of age; of a thin spare body, less than medium height; and features slightly marked with, the bar sinister. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
What luck did you have in keeping out others—even Utah, with its bar sinister of the twin relic of barbarism? Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses
“And why not the bar sinister?” asks the other. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
The bar sinister would matter but little then;—would be clean forgotten. Ralph the Heir
Rising, I beheld for the last time the gaunt form of the Martyr standing on the deck,—a bar sinister sable blazoned athwart the golden shield of the climbing sun. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
He was not born in any of the revolted colonies, but in Bermuda, of good blood but with the bar sinister stamped upon his birth. A History of the United States
Also, she thought she was all-white, and never dreamed of a bar sinister. A Son Of The Sun
It is the bar sinister, the badge of dishonor. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
He has nothing to gain—even glory, for the Senate has fixed a bar sinister on gallantry in Indian warfare. Marion's Faith.
The Beauforts were descended from Edward III., but a bar sinister marred their royal pedigree. Henry VIII.
The 'bar sinister,' and the fancy that he is despised, fill him with ineffable gall and bitterness. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
Not a man of them left a bar sinister on th' scutcheon! The Freebooters of the Wilderness
Upon the other and hidden side, let it appear the black wolf's head as before, but surcharged with the bar sinister. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
The law of man disavows me—the bar sinister. Arms and the Woman
And verily a sin to be visited even unto the third and fourth generation, for the bar sinister would be upon his children; they would be half-castes with all of the opprobrium the name carried. Caste
He hath dared to strike out the bar sinister from his arms too; and goeth about the country as if he were truly royal. Oddsfish!
Being very thin she, too, like Papik, suffered from the bar sinister of nature. The Eternal Maiden
That there was a bar sinister did not matter. A Splendid Hazard
Some secret, perhaps, of shame and disgrace—some bar sinister in their shield; and, good heavens! The Baronet's Bride
It was the wisdom of God that entailed upon the union of the white and dark-skinned the bar sinister. Caste
It was the weight that crushed her almost to lifelessness; it was the bar sinister. The Daughter of Anderson Crow
At the same moment, verbally, he cast the bar sinister on my genealogy. The Road
They tell me—my very good friends tell me, that this is the mark of shame, the bar sinister of the hand of justice. The Mississippi Bubble
At the same time it was the presence not of a bar sinister but of a yardstick sinister in his coat of arms that chiefly filled him with shame. The Art of Letters
No wonder the youth once wrote to Augusta, his half-sister, expressing a covetous appreciation of her parentage, even with its bar sinister. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
Would his great-grandfather forget the bar sinister of little Don's birth and would her own misfortune be viewed by him with the tenderness and perfect understanding accorded her by old Caleb? Kindred of the Dust
Captain Dorvaston was supposed to read a passage from The Special Monthly Journal, to this effect: "The shield bore for device a bar sinister, with fleur-de-lys rampant"; then he said, "That ain't heraldry." Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
Breeding tells, is fertile in social intuitions, as Carteret reflected, even when deformed by an ugly bar sinister. Deadham Hard
There is no such thing in heraldry as a bar sinister. Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults
He briefly stated his history, which Ethelrida already knew; he made no apology for his bar sinister; indeed, he felt none was needed. The Reason Why
Had she been merely of illegitimate birth, he would have overlooked the bar sinister. The House Behind the Cedars
At the further end the royal arms had been erected without the bar sinister which Monmouth had formerly worn. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734
Money, position, personal appearance and even brains are of no avail if there be the bar sinister—unfit. Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.
But she can't be presented, Kitty; for our high and mighty Royals frown on vice, and not a single creature with the bar sinister can creep into Court, however many may creep out. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
For on the father's side, the Markrute brother and sister were of very noble lineage; even with his bar sinister the financier could not brook the disgrace of Elinka. The Reason Why
Enough," said Dunois, "my bar sinister may never be surmounted by the coronet of Croye—I will live and die French. Quentin Durward
And a great bar sinister of roller towelling stretched across the front of the window on which was a ticket, and the ticket said in bold black letters: “LOOK!” The History of Mr. Polly
I can show more than thirty quarterings upon my shield, each the mark of a noble house, and I will not be the first to put a bar sinister across them. Dawn
He himself was in the habit of jocularly alluding to this disfigurement as his "bar sinister." The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
He was of aristocratic birth, born of an Irish mother, with a small bar sinister on his scutcheon that pushed him out and set him apart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
The forgotten deeds of desperate valor—all useless now, and stained forever with the bar sinister of his treason. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story
They did not tell her that Graydon had enlisted as a private soldier in the United States Army; Jane only knew that she loved him and that the bar sinister existed. Jane Cable
No bar sinister could tell a stronger tale. Dark Hollow
Whatever their bar sinister, the Montivertes flourished and grew rich, and a suspicion of something irregular, some high-handed disposition of the benefit of clergy, helped rather than hurt their business. The Story of Julia Page
If I had him near at hand, and of my own blood too, though with the bar sinister, is not here the question. Barry Lyndon
There clandestinely did he favor her graciously by adding a bar sinister to our knightly escutcheon and a strain of the blood royal to our family. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales
Plainly speaking, Monsignor, we men have no right whatever to launch human beings into the world with the 'bar sinister' branded upon them. The Master-Christian
I will draw across your escutcheon such a bar sinister as your princely coronet will not be large enough to hide. Joseph II. and His Court
Even this does not exhaust her family history; there is something like a bar sinister in her escutcheon. A Second Book of Operas
If they choose to consider that Boston bringing-up a social bar sinister, so be it. The Californiacs
You display no coat of arms that no bar sinister may be displayed. The Lion's Skin
"And why not the bar sinister?" asks the other. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
I bedewed his grave with my tears, worked a bar sinister on his family escutcheon, and, for the general expenses of his funeral, sent in my very moderate bill to the transcendentalists. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5
"I say, Harry, I wish thou hadst not that cursed bar sinister." The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne
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