penants

Updated: July 13, 2025

Then came a vanguard in brighter colors with crimson penants who attacked the fields and broad thoroughfares; then the King's Own in scarlet jackets and wide sweeping banners, bronze tinted, who charged the smaller streets and factory roofs, and finally the brave array of all the dazzling host itself, who hurled their golden, sun-tipped lances into every nook and cranny, awaking to life all save those whose souls were dark within.

Frederick Orin Bartlett - The Seventh Noon

I WILL, very firmly said, shall meet every one of her objections." "Ah, my poor fellow!" said la Peyrade, clapping him on the shoulder, "from Chrysale down how often have we seen brave warriors lowering their penants before the wills of women accustomed to master them!" "We'll see about that," replied Thuillier, making a theatrical exit.

Honoré de Balzac - The Lesser Bourgeoisie