Weathercock in example sentence
At length all this was devoutly believed; and the new sexton used to exhibit to the curious, for a trifling emolument, a good- sized piece of the church weathercock which had been accidentally kicked off by the aforesaid horse in his aerial flight, and picked up by himself in the churchyard, a year or two afterwards.
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The first words written on the parchment found in the leaden box were these:THE ACADEMICIANS OF ARGAMASILLA, A VILLAGE OF LA MANCHA, ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA, HOC SCRIPSERUNT MONICONGO, ACADEMICIAN OF ARGAMASILLA, ON THE TOMB OF DON QUIXOTEEPITAPHThe scatterbrain that gave La Mancha more rich spoils than Jason's; who a point so keen had to his wit, and happier far had been if his wit's weathercock a blunter bore; the arm renowned far as Gaeta's shore, Cathay, and all the lands that lie between; the muse discreet and terrible in mien as ever wrote on brass in days of yore; he who surpassed the Amadises all, and who as naught the Galaors accounted, supported by his love and gallantry: who made the Belianises sing small, and sought renown on Rocinante mounted; here, underneath this cold stone, doth he lie. All example sentences