Anecdotes of Heraldry, in Which Is Set Forth the Origin of the Armorial Bearings of Many Families (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Have neither the dramatic attraction of purely fictitious tales, nor the grace and elegance of classic or romantic inventions, I reply that, if they be inferior to the species of. Composition above-mentioned in grace and elegance, they are superior to them in truth and precision; and in the fact, that they do not refer to mere mythical personages, but to real men; to kings, to warriors, to statesmen, or to sages, who, during the little time allotted them, did their best to serve their native land, or their fellow.

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