He then draws the explicit parallel with the story of Sir Gawain, the upright knight who, while staying in the castle of a king on the eve of a confrontation with a dragon, accepts a "token" from his importuning hostess — a frilled garter — and, despite his sense of transgression, fails to inform his host of what the wife has done.
Bed-ridden with influenza, his face flushed and swathed in scarves, Sir Arthur Sullivan Allan Cordunerr) sits bolt upright, ringing a small bell with all the strength his virus-wracked body can muster.
Writing on the eve of a battle, Sir Thomas presents a guide for living an upright and noble life in twenty short chapters, each containing a moral and a parable.
Sir Walter Scott was another truth-teller, another good and upright man.
The PR executive Sir Tim Bell arranged the now-famous photograph of Litvinenko, bald, propped upright, and attached to electro-cardiogram sensors.
Lee, who is tall and upright, and has very short dark hair and a habit of ending his sentences with the words "Sir" or "Ma'am," was, along with nine other cadets, attending a performance of "Turandot".
Sir Colin Davis, by contrast, is a kind of Eagle Scout of the classical music world: an upright citizen, faultless in his behavior, and widely admired.
Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks KCB (Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to give him his full title) is an upright military chap.
