 ... immunity in respect of any complicity with the views of their respective authors. It cannot be too often repeated that the Council, as a body, has no theories of its own. Its formation is due to the existence of some facts which cannot and ought not...  English Heraldry - Page 5by Charles Boutell - 1867 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Aeronautical Society of Great Britain - Aeronautics - 1866 - 168 pages
...existence of some facts which cannot and ought not to be ignored. First, the almost universal desire common in all ages of the world, and amongst all races of men, for obtaining more command over the comparatively unoccupied space which has continually eluded all... | |
 | William Smith Ellis - 1869 - 408 pages
...are coeval with the art of war itself. — Art. " Heraldry " in Brewstcr's Edinburgh Ci/clopeedia. It is an indisputable fact that in all ages of the...some way associated with a military life and with the art of warfare. Soldiers and particularly those m high command have always delighted to adorn their... | |
 | Bible - 430 pages
...and France having preceded us in heraldic lore. Modern authorities in the science, while they admit " that in all ages of the world and amongst all races of men, some form of symbolic distinction has been in use and favour, still maintain that the heraldry of antiquity is only... | |
 | Herbert Norris - Design - 1999 - 566 pages
...precedents and laws of inheritance. It admits of augmentation and expansion. Origin and development. In all ages of the world, and amongst all races of men, some form of symbolic expression has been in use and favour. Warriors of distinction have adorned their shields... | |
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