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The declaration having been pronounced by the Chancellor of the Order, the new knight was invested by the Queen and Prince Albert with the Garter and the George, and received the accolade." "Albert then placed the Garter round the King's leg," wrote the Queen.
It was this that gave Psmith the idea of publishing Kid Brady's autobiography in Cosy Moments, an idea which made the Kid his devoted adherent from then on. Like most pugilists, the Kid had a passion for bursting into print, and his life had been saddened up to the present by the refusal of the press to publish his reminiscences. To appear in print is the fighter's accolade.
If only on our breasts the tokens Duty gives us spell out the words, 'semper fidelis, then ours will be the royal accolade: 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. To give ourselves, unstained and gladly, thus may we keep the White Feast on the birthday of the King." Then the choir stood again, but Lloyd scarcely noticed what it sang.
A part of the ceremony consisted in the sovereign's touching the kneeling subject's soldier with the flat of a sword and saying, "Arise, Sir Knight." This was called "the accolade." Richard did not stay long in England after his coronation. In 1191 he went with Philip of France on a Crusade. The French and English Crusaders together numbered more than one hundred thousand men.
It filled him with a singular pride such as he had not felt since his first rise of salary at the bank. Mme Gavarni was moved to dignified praise. 'Some speed, kid! she observed. 'Some speed! Henry blushed modestly. It was the accolade. Every day, as his skill at the dance became more manifest, Henry found occasion to bless the moment when he had decided to take lessons.
Miss Silsby always used the first person singular, though she never danced; and if she had, in the costume of her charges, the effect would have been a fatal satire. By now Kedzie was familiar enough with names of great places to realize the accolade. To be recognized by the Noxons was to be patented by royalty. And Newport was Mecca.
Self-will and resentment were in his tone. "Knight of Enderby we have made you," he said, "and Knight of Enderby you shall remain. Look to it that you pay the fees for the accolade." "Your Majesty," said Enderby, reaching out his hand in protest, "I will not have this greatness you would thrust upon me.
The sword used by the king at the time he gave the accolade is still kept by Rubens's descendants. While he was in London Rubens was very nearly drowned in the Thames going down to Greenwich in a boat. Peter Paul will say all that is proper, like the well informed man that he is. Peter Paul is very successful in painting portraits.
Then came other aunts and uncles and cousins. With what noisy good cheer the men entered the house after they had put up their horses! I remember how they laid their hard, heavy hands on my head and shook it a little as they spoke of my "stretchin' up" or gave me a playful slap on the shoulder an ancient token of good will the first form of the accolade, I fancy.
But Aunt Constance was not sorry for a breathing-pause before being subjected to an inspection through glasses by the Hon. Mrs. Bembridge Corlett, which was the name of the unique sister-sample, and herself subjecting Mr. Pellew to a similar overhauling by her own numerous relatives. She had misgivings about the accolade he might receive from Mrs.
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