There was an exchange of bugle blasts; then a parley from the walls, where men-at-arms, in hauberk and morion, marched back and forth with halberd at shoulder under flapping banners with the rude figure of a dragon
displayed upon them; and then the great gates were flung open, the drawbridge was lowered, and the head of the cavalcade swept forward under the frowning arches; and we, following, soon found ourselves in a great paved court, with towers and turrets stretching up into the blue air on all the four sides; and all about us the dismount was going on, and much greeting and ceremony, and running to and fro, and a gay display of moving and intermingling colors, and an altogether pleasant stir and noise and confusion.
"Thank you, I am quite well," answered the Queen, demurely, as she sat up and
displayed the tiny golden crown upon her head.
Normandy, with its vast variety of vegetation, its blue skies and silver rivers,
displayed itself in all the loveliness of a paradise to the new sister of the king.
It must be owned, that if an interest
displayed in his success could have bribed the Disinherited Knight, the part of the lists before which he paused had merited his predilection.
He executed the order in the twinkling of an eye, and unrolling a piece of tappa,
displayed to my astonished gaze the identical pumps which I thought had been destroyed long before.
Leaves of the Nenuphars and silken skirts the same pale green, On flower and laughing face alike the same rose-tints are seen; Like some blurred tapestry they blend within the lake
displayed: You cannot part the leaves from silk, the lily from the maid.
To this manly spirit, posterity will be indebted for the possession, and the world for the example, of the numerous innovations
displayed on the American theatre, in favor of private rights and public happiness.
Both Montgomery and Moreau
displayed particular solicitude to keep them ignorant of the taste of blood; they feared the inevitable suggestions of that flavour.
Great choice, according to the captain, is certainly
displayed by the beaver in selecting the wood which is to furnish bark for winter provision.
For these one looked much more anxiously than for the charms of nature, which every where were so profusely
displayed.
The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when
displayed in any unusual manner.