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  • But before that, very early in the morning, after a night spent with his head in his hands, he rode out with Gaston and Des Barres to a hill which they call Montjoy, because from there the pilgrims, tending south, see first among the folded hills Jerusalem itself lie like a dove in a nest.

    The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892

  • As such a spot was a common meeting place of hostile armies, the term Montjoy came to be used as a war cry.]

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • West of the city there was a mountain called Montjoy, upon which there was a strong fort which commanded the harbor and the town.

    The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power 1841

  • “We would not seek a battle as we are,” King Henry soon tells the French herald Montjoy, adding imperishably, “nor as we are, we say, we will not shun it.”

    The Pity of War 2009

  • “We would not seek a battle as we are,” King Henry soon tells the French herald Montjoy, adding imperishably, “nor as we are, we say, we will not shun it.”

    The Pity of War 2009

  • He had known all the pretty Montjoy sisters scattered over Society, but of them all Diana was the youngest, the prettiest, most tasteful, and wittiest — one of those women who, without money to speak of or impeachment of virtue, contrive that all about them shall be elegant to the point of exciting jealousy.

    Maid in Waiting 2004

  • She was a Montjoy; wonderful breeders, you remember them — the seven Montjoy sisters — all pretty.

    The White Monkey 2004

  • On each side of the dais stood the two hundred gentlemen of the King's house in violet and gold, the bright steel blades of the battle-axes they bore on their shoulders reflecting back the light in dazzling rays, and immediately in front stood the herald Montjoy with his trumpeters.

    Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats

  • Mademoiselle shivered, and half turned towards me; but the talk came to an abrupt ending, for the herald Montjoy made a sign, and the trumpeters, advancing each a step, sounded a flourish.

    Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats

  • When in September 1601 a real Spanish force did arrive at Kinsale, Montjoy had to concentrate in Munster.

    England under the Tudors

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