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...etest of all thy bounding tribe), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel is philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions and the virtue of respect for one's enemies. (Summary from Wi...

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... of powder, besides swords, cutlasses, and the iron part of some pikes and halberds. In short, we had a large magazine of all sorts of store; and I ma... ...by me from the mutinous seamen whom I re- duced, two swords, and three old halberds. T o their slaves they did not give either musket or fusee; but th... ...their slaves they did not give either musket or fusee; but they had each a halberd, or a long staff, like a quarter-staff, 71 Daniel Defoe with a gre... ...perately. They divided the firearms equally in each party , as well as the halberds and staves. They would have had the women kept back, but they said... ..., till they came up to the teeth of the enemy; and then, indeed, the three halberds they had were of use to them; and they would often drive a whole l... ...hem; and they would often drive a whole little army before them with those halberds, and sharp- ened sticks put into the muzzles of their muskets. But... ...m whom they thought had been dead; and then they made their way with their halberds and pieces, standing close together in a line, through a body of a...

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...n Gerfalcon, a fine hawk Germane, closely allied Gest, deed, story Gisarm, halberd, battle-axe Glaive, sword Glasting, barking Glatisant, barking, yel...

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...n Gerfalcon, a fine hawk Germane, closely allied Gest, deed, story Gisarm, halberd, battle-axe Glaive, sword Glastings barking Glatisant, barking, yel...

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... should have heard them cheer, and shout, “Long live the Prince of Wales!” The soldiers presented arms with their halberds, opened the gates, and pres... ...e Prince of Wales, my person is sacred; and thou shalt hang for laying thy hand upon me!” The soldier brought his halberd to a present-arms and said m... ...er, spacious enough to mass the army of a German principality upon, was a picture to see, with its ranks of royal halberdiers in polished armour, and ... ... company of musicians. The advance-guard of the expected procession now appeared in the great gateway, a troop of halberdiers. ‘They were dressed in s... ...lue cloth, embroidered on the front and back with the three feathers, the prince’s bla- zon, woven in gold. Their halberd staves were covered with cri... ...ings. At the door stand tall guards, as rigid as statues, dressed in rich and picturesque cos- tumes, and bearing halberds. In a high gallery which ru... ...it— 187 The Prince and the Pauper a shelter for sentinels in bad weather. He had hardly seated himself when some halberdiers, in charge of an officer... ...vey this precious paper within and send it to the King.” He hurried away, leaving the prisoner in the grip of the halberdiers. “Now is my evil luck en...

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...nges had arrested one of the ringleaders and had ordered him to be hanged near the cross of Du Trahoir; but in attempting to execute this command the ... ...may count upon me, my lord, provided you want to make a complete upheaval of the city.” “’Tis that exactly. How many men, think you, you could collect... ...ime the marshal charged, but he was welcomed by musket shots, while stones fell like hail from all the windows. He left there three men. He beat a ret... ... The twenty men marched straight toward the barrier, but from behind the beams, from among the wagon-wheels and from the heights of the rocks a ter- r... ... either. Then, my lord—” 375 Dumas “Then what?” asked Mazarin. “Look at my hat and cloak.” And D’Artagnan displayed four gunshot holes in his cloak a... ...me of the League, and whose eyes are so intently fixed on this window that they will see you if you raise that curtain much; and now come to the other... ...Set your mind at rest,” replied Athos. “Aha!” continued D’Artagnan, “it is clear that they are afraid of something or other; for look, the sentinels a... ...bove. At last he determined to discover the cause of this stillness. He crept from his hole and stood, hidden by the black drapery, beneath the scaffo...

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... I can say a mass or flourish a partisan.” And with that he made his heavy halberd to play around his head as a shepherd boy flourishes his light croo... ..., noble Captain,” re- plied the Clerk of Copmanhurst; “to my bow and to my halberd, I should rather say; and yet I have redeemed him by my divinity fr... ...o- fession to pass out of this world in company with a Jew, I heaved up my halberd to beat his brains out; but I took pity on his grey hairs, and judg... ...n favour of holy Church, thou must do penance.” Accordingly, he raised his halberd, and would have laid the staff of it lustily on the Jew’s shoulders... ... which the disordered state of England rendered peculiarly necessary. T wo halberdiers, clad in black, guarded the drawbridge, and others, in the same... ... Malvoisin entered, attended by four warders clothed in black, and bearing halberds. “Daughter of an accursed race!” said the Preceptor, “arise and fo... ..., attended by the Preceptor and Mont-Fitchet, and followed by the guard of halberdiers, to move forward to the seat appointed for her. As she passed t... ...- tains some memorials of the battle. Horseshoes, swords, and the heads of halberds, or bills, are often found there ; one place is called the “Danes’...

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...walls, where men at arms, in hauberk and morion, marched back and forth with halberd at shoulder under flapping banners with the rude figure of a drag... ... door. Along the walls stood men at arms, in breast plate and morion, with halberds for their only weapon — rigid as statues; and that is what they ... ...g Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 234 gathering from far and near. Presently a halberd fell across my back, as a reminder, and I knew what it meant. I w...

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...y the sergeants of the watch, who eyed him sternly as he passed near their halberds. “But he passed on unmoved by their halberds, “Unmoved by the crie...

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...rst Folio Scena Secunda. 173 Enter the Coarse of Henrie the sixt with Halberds to guard it, 174 Lady Anne being the Mourner. 175 ... ...eare: First Folio Scena Tertia. 1933 Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with Halberds, carrying 1934 the Nobles to death at Pomfret. 1935 ... ...ll. Exeunt Actus Quintus. Scena Prima. 3371 Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led 3372 to Execution. 3373 Buc. Will not King Ric...

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...e. Another street. [Enter the corpse of KING HENRY the Sixth, Gentlemen with halberds to guard it; LADY ANNE being the mourner .] LADY ANNE : Set dow... ...n your lordship. [Exeunt.] SCENE III: Pomfret Castle. [Enter RATCLIFF, with halberds, carrying RIVERS, GREY, and VAUGHAN to death .] RATCLIFF: Come,... ...SCENE I: Salisbury. An open place. [Enter the Sheriff, and BUCKINGHAM, with halberds, led to execution .] BUCKINGHAM: Will not King Richard let me s...

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...s goods?” and a tall, grim, steeple-hatted figure, armed with a formidable halberd, stood over him. “Good master corporal,” he began, trembling; but t... ... hear him. “Away with thee, son of iniquity or I will straightway lay mine halberd about thine ears. I bethink me that I saw thee at the fight of Worc...

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...ighness the Duke of Cumberland, under whom he had the honour of carrying a halberd at the famous engagement of Fontenoy — or if not there, he may have...

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...’s pay the scanty gain. All brave in arms, well trained to wield The heavy halberd, brand, and shield; In camps licentious, wild, and bold; In pillage... ...ye, my mates! I go to call The Captain of our watch to hall: There lies my halberd on the floor; And he that steps my halberd o’er, T o do the maid in... ... and productive, in marked contrast to the greater part of Scot- land. 60. Halberd. A combination of spear and battle-axe. See Wb. 63. Holytide. Holid...

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...in. There was one huge lanky fellow, that looked like a soldier, and had a halberd; another was habited in a sailor’s costume, with a fascinating patc... ... patch on his eye seized incontinently on Mr. Hayes; the tall man with the halberd kept the door; two or three he- roes supported the one-eyed man; wh... ...r. Justice Gobble, of this town: a’n’t I, Tim?” said Mr. Brock to the tall halberdman who was keeping the door. “Y es indeed,” said Tim, archly; “we’r... ... said the leader, Mr. Brock. “Oh, in course,” echoed the tall man with the halberd. “What’s a thrifling detintion, my dear?” continued he, addressing ... ...and drink to the health of your pretty wife here.” This promise, to do the halberdier justice, he fulfilled. He called upon the landlady to produce th... ... missives were, after some consultation, entrusted to the care of the tall halberdier, who seemed to rank as second in command of the forces that marc... ...nt Danes,” said the master, “give way, my men!” and, thrusting forward his halberd (seven feet long, richly decorated with velvet and brass nails, and...

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...s. fly, be gone! DUKE SOLINUS : Come, stand by me; fear nothing. Guard with halberds! ADRIANA: Ay me, it is my husband! Witness you, That he is born...

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...e. 1659 Duke. Come stand by me, feare nothing: guard with 1660 Halberds. 1661 Adr. Ay me, it is my husband: witnesse you, 1662 ...

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... of the company, and three years lance speisade; dis- daining to receive a halberd, as unbecoming my birth. Where- fore I was ultimately promoted to b... ...a morgenstern, made of a large stock banded with iron, like the shaft of a halberd, with a round globe at the end with cross iron pikes, saith, ‘Here ... ...“And I daresay,” said Lord Menteith, aside to Anderson, “the weight of the halberd of the sergeant of the rounds of- ten made him open them.” Being ap... ...Walter Scott erty belonging neither to Spanish pike, brown-bill, partizan, halberd, Lochaber-axe, or indeed any other modern staff- weapon whatever.” ...

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...im. Henry VI, Part III , Act IV , scene iii 62 First Watchman : Unless our halberds did shut up his passage. Second Watchman : Ay, wherefore else g...

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... his arraignment; tip staves before him; the axe with the edge towards him; halberds on each side: accompanied with LOVELL, VAUX, SANDS, and common ...