 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 páginas
...last blow he ought to receive without resenting it. In both cases, the act was accompanied with these words: — " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee knight; be worthy, brave, and loyal." The names of the saints used in dubbing varied according... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1835 - 358 páginas
...times with the flat part of his sword upon the shoulder, finished the ceremony by pronouncing these words — " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee a knight. Be valiant, hardy, and loyal." The young knight was now entirely possessed with... | |
 | Gertrude (fict. name.) - 1837 - 238 páginas
...commanded it should be done. He is here, you see, dubbing him a knight, in the usual form, and pronouncing the words, ' In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I dub thee knight: be worthy, brave, and loyal; and God grant you may never flee from your enemies!'"... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1839 - 354 páginas
...times with the flat part of his sword upon the shoulder, finished the ceremony by pronouncing these words — " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee a knight. Be valiant, hardy, and loyal." The young knight was now entirely possessed with... | |
 | Europe - 1847 - 202 páginas
...lord then dubbed him by giving three blows on his neck with the flat of his sword, and pronouncing the words, " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee knight ; be brave, hardy, and loyal." The young knight then assumed his helmet, and mounting... | |
 | 1848 - 588 páginas
...words, " I dub thee knight, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The kings of France used the words " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee knight : be loyal, bold and true." Sometimes, we are told, these words were added after the... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1849 - 444 páginas
...finished, it was by three strokes with the flat of a sword on the right shoulder, accompanied with these words, " In the name of God, St Michael and St George, I make thee a knight : be brave, hardy, and loyal." These were the last blows to which he was to submit... | |
 | Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 844 páginas
...the gentler sex. Having reached his fourteenth year, he was armed with a sword, and elevated to the rank of squire. Thenceforth practice at arms, acquisition...the saddle, oftentimes without touching the stirrup, and rode forth among the people. The times usually selected for these ceremonies were the leading church... | |
 | William Douglas Hamilton - 1852 - 200 páginas
...spurs, halberd, and coat of mail, investing him at the same time with the honour of knighthood, in these words, — "In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee a knight; be valiant, hardy, and loyal." As soon as the ceremony was completed, it was incumbent... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1853 - 570 páginas
...times with the flat part of his sword upon the shoulder, finished the ceremony by pronouncing these words — " In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I make thec a knight. Be valiant, hardy, and loyal." T,he young knight was now entirely possessed with... | |
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At the conclusion of this service he again knelt before the officiating knight, who rose from his seat and conferred upon the candidate the order of knighthood, by applying three blows with a naked sword upon the neck or shoulders, or sometimes a gentle... 
