| 1885 - 322 pages
...shown " the spiral tusk of the narwhal," which used " to be sold as the real horn of the unicorn." a Guillim remarks that " some have made doubt whether...to be seen) may take away that needlesse scruple." * It is to be specially observed that the Gryphon, despite his strange form and double nature, is not... | |
| Frederick Edward Hulme - 1886 - 256 pages
...hath been much questioned amongst naturalists, which it is that is properly called the Unicorn ; and some have made doubt whether there be any such Beast as this or no. But the great esteem of his horn (in many places to be seen) may take away that needless scruple."... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1898 - 512 pages
...of Animal*.' Guillim is no sceptic, and ' an Unicorne sejant' is for him not even exorbitant : — ' Some have made doubt whether there be any such Beast, as this, or no. But the great esteeme of his Home (in many places to be scene) may take away that needelesse scruple.'... | |
| John Vinycomb - 1906 - 306 pages
...no two seem to agree except when they copy from one another." "Some writers" (says Guillim, p. 175) "have made doubt whether there be any such beast as this or no. But the great esteem of his horn (in many places to be seen) may take away that needless scruple."... | |
| A. C. Wootton - 1910 - 456 pages
...authority on heraldry, Guillim, in 1660, however, comments thus on the scepticism of his contemporaries : " Some have made doubt whether there be any such beast as this or not. But the great esteem of his horns (in many places to be seen) may take away that needless scruple." The unicorn was introduced... | |
| George Wyndham - 1915 - 620 pages
...pole on his forehead) is no monster, no, nor even an ' exorbitant animull.' ' Some,' it is true, ' have made doubt whether there be any such Beast as this, or no. But the great esteeme of his Horne (in many places to be scene) may take away that needlesse scruple.'... | |
| Charles Tindal Gatty - 1917 - 298 pages
...pole on his forehead) is no monster, no, nor even an " Exorbitant animull." " Some," it is true, " have made doubt whether there be any such Beast as this, or no. But the great esteeme of his Home (in many places to be scene) may take away that needlesse scruple."... | |
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