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Sentences ending with swords

Then they took up their swords. [11]
If I harry the rich in the midst of the Dakoon's men, it is gaining my own over naked swords. [11]
I remembered that the committee all wore plain and sober clothes, and carried no swords. [9]
Iras had ordered the commander of the Mellakes, or youths, a body-guard composed of the sons of aristocratic Macedonian families, to expel the troublesome creatures, and it diverted the thoughts of these devoted soldiers of the Queen to strike at them with their swords. [10]
The Fleshers' was such a dance as in England is called a country dance and they held leather-straps twisted to look like sausages; the cutlers' dance was less clumsy, and they carried naked swords. [10]
These are life-size statues of old-time emperors, electors, and similar grandees, clad in mail and bearing ponderous swords. [5]
During these wanderings, Pierre noticed that he was spoken of now as the "Seeker," now as the "Sufferer," and now as the "Postulant," to the accompaniment of various knockings with mallets and swords. [2]
They rushed at me with their little swords. [2]
His clothes were in tatters, and his fine face was like that of a warrior defaced by swords. [11]
They now encountered each other with swords. [4]

More example sentences with the word swords in them

Come, come, gentlemen, your swords, and we shall see the sights o' London. [9]
Is it in your mind that we shall cross swords one day? [11]
In my opinion, your good swords have been rather long idle. [10]
Our guards--two gorgeous young Arab sheiks, with cargoes of swords, guns, pistols and daggers on board--were loafing ahead. [5]
P. S.--I wish you would measure one of the largest of those swords we took to Alton and write me the length of it, from tip of the point to tip of the hilt, in feet and inches. [7]
He, Berthold Vorchtel, would make no complaint against him, for he knew that Wolff had been forced to cross swords with his Ulrich. [10]
Only the soldiers with swords at their sides held their heads erect. [10]
And we aslant will set our spears, Our good swords dipping free; And we will ravel back the years For love of her and me. [11]
But the swords were drawn back from him and he was at once blindfolded again. [2]
We elected to walk upright, for convenience's sake; we argued that if discerned, we should be taken for friends rather than enemies, and in any case we should be out of reach of swords, and these gentry did not seem to have any spears along. [5]
Few men had ventured to cross swords with him. [11]
He added: "They used to come to swords or pistols on such points. [11]
The officers buttoned up their coats, buckled on their swords and pouches, and moved along the ranks shouting. [2]
We cannot go to war against desert wastes; but as our host is already under arms and our swords have lain long in their scabbards, war we must have. [10]
Breastplates girt on to their bodies, and swords wielded in their hands made soldiers of the sages at once, and inspired them with martial ardor. [10]
They all seemed to tell; the swords always bent over the opponents' heads, from the forehead back over the crown, and seemed to touch, all the way; but it was not so--a protecting blade, invisible to me, was always interposed between. [5]
Then did they throw themselves into one attitude, then into another, striking their swords on the ground, first on the right side, then on the left: at last at it they went with incredible ferocity. [4]
Oh, maternal heart, thou dost bleed pierced with swords, more full of sorrows than any other! [10]
With one accord they rose in their places and swore over bread and a drop of blood of their chief that they would not sheathe their swords again till a thousand of Boonda Broke's and the Dakoon's men lay where their own kinsmen had fallen. [11]
Instead of swords they carried axes, and they were followed by sappers bearing tall ladders which, by Constantine's orders, they leaned up against the niche. [10]
Both gentlemen drew their swords and advanced to the middle of the lawn, and stood opposite one another, with flowing linen shirts open at the throat, and bared heads. [9]
They betted away the week at billiards or whist or picquet or loo, and sometimes measured swords for diversion, tho' this pastime the bailiff was greatly set against; as calculated to deprive him of a lodger. [9]
All at once the two were circling their swords in the air, and then Nick had flung open the shutter and leaped through the window, and was running and shouting towards the astonished gentlemen, all of whom wheeled to face him. [9]
We didn't reckon the swords was any good to the dead people any more, so we took one apiece, and some pistols. [5]
A copy of the General's letter to me accompanying the swords is herewith transmitted. [7]
The fire of the forge, by whose means pieces of worthless iron were transformed into swords and ploughshares, should use its influence upon her also. [10]
Some part of the edifice had been a baronial chapel, and here were effigies of warriors stretched upon their beds of stone with folded hands--cross-legged, those who had fought in the Holy Wars--girded with their swords, and cased in armour as they had lived. [12]
They paused outside the door, on Morris's hint, that he might see if the coast was clear, and return the swords to their place on the wall. [11]
Face swords and the big guns and death? [5]
They were not ten feet from him, and swords flashed before his eyes, but still he did not stir a hair's breadth. [11]
The bandage was taken off his eyes and, by the faint light of the burning spirit, Pierre, as in a dream, saw several men standing before him, wearing aprons like the Rhetor's and holding swords in their hands pointed at his breast. [2]
Shall it be swords or pistols? [11]
When they crossed swords again, Iberville, whether by chance or by momentary want of skill, parried Gering's disengage from tierce to carte on to his own left shoulder. [11]
And we both stood still; for it seemed an army, with swords wranglin' and bridle-chains rattlin', was marchin' down on us. [11]
Ere he had spoken far, flippant gallants had ceased to flutter handkerchiefs, to move their swords idly upon the floor. [11]
It was the song of a bannered army, marching over the battle-field with conquering voices, and swords as yet unsheathed and red, carrying the spoils of conquest behind the laurelled captain of the host. [11]
Meanwhile, the Nubians smote their mailed breasts with their swords in honour of David and Kaid. [11]
A strange alertness seemed to be upon him, and, as Leicester found when the swords crossed, he was quicker than his bulk gave warrant. [11]
Of course the seconds struck up the swords and started the duel over again. [5]
Only when the rebels tried to press onward, they did their duty and forced them back with swords and lances. [10]
She kept that raiment always, and wore it several times upon occasions of state, and it is preserved to this day in the Treasury of Orleans, with two of her swords, and her banner, and other things now sacred because they had belonged to her. [5]
The Spanish swords raged among them, and overpowered by the general terror, the officers followed the example of the soldiers, the flying army, like a resistless torrent, carrying everything with it, even the smith. [10]
There were sentimentalists present; others who, because it had become etiquette not to cross swords, thought it indecent. [11]
The Dutchmen with Powhatan continued to make trouble, and confederates in the camp supplied them with powder and shot, swords and tools. [4]
Iberville forbore to point a moral, but walked to the mantel, above which hung two swords of finest steel, with richly-chased handles. [11]
On seeing this, Pierre moved forward with his breast toward the swords, meaning them to pierce it. [2]
There are few perfectly sound trees in the forest, few horses without a blemish, few swords without a stain, and scarcely a man who has passed his fortieth year that has not a worm in his breast. [10]
I knew no one in Jamaica--no one at all except the governor, Lord Mallow, and him I had fought with swords in Phoenix Park five years before. [11]
Then all at once the horses plunged into wild gallop, and the hillsmen came thundering down towards the chief and Cumner's Son, with swords waving and cutting to right and left, calling aloud, their teeth showing, death and valour in their eyes. [11]
Unsling your swords, off with your knapsacks, brothers! [11]
They generally passed off with nothing worse than bruises and scratches, but now and then swords were drawn. [10]
Among other adventures of his was a duel of a desperate sort, fought with swords, at the Castle. [5]
In that moment of agony came footsteps beating on the path, and by tacit consent our swords were still. [9]
He said we must slick up our swords and guns, and get ready. [5]
Books were much more precious than swords and silver-gilt bowls and second-best beds in those days, and when a departing person owned one he gave it a high place in his will. [5]
As for the men, the swords were there, wet with the blood they had drawn, but they made no sign. [11]
Some of the men had rusty guns by them, some had swords on and had shawl belts with long, silver-mounted pistols stuck in them. [5]
Then between the master-at-arms with a drawn sword and two corporals with drawn swords behind, the thief, stripped to the waist, is placed. [11]
They had scarcely made half a dozen passes before each knew that he was pitted against a master of the art--an art partly lost in an age which better loves the talk of swords than the handling of them. [11]
By and by Joan entered, and they rose and saluted with their swords, and she asked what their pleasure might be. [5]
One part of it dispersed and waded knee-deep through the snow into a birch forest to the right of the village, and immediately the sound of axes and swords, the crashing of branches, and merry voices could be heard from there. [2]
You use words instead of swords, traps instead of lances, and you cast not our bodies, but our souls, into irons. [10]
The companies stood in close ranks before his house, impetuous shouts and bursts of music made the windows rattle, and now the officers pressed into his room, holding out their swords, vowing fealty unto death, and entreating him to remain their commander. [10]
De Troyes and Iberville, thinking that a truce and parley were meant, returned the salute with their swords, and presently the canoes of both parties made over to the shore. [11]
The firs, where Iberville and Gering had just plucked out their swords, were not far, and both men heard. [11]
As you see, I went out unarmed, and it would not be well done to cross swords here. [10]
On one wall hung a large wooden crucifix, painted with glaring colours; on the other a touching picture of the Mater Dolorosa, with the swords in her heart, looked down upon her. [10]
The Mukaukas and his son have declared all their possessions to the uttermost dinar and hide of land; they have faithfully paid the taxes, and consequently their property belongs to them as our swords, our horses, our wives belong to you or me. [10]
Hur had assembled his shepherds and they stood armed with lances, slings, and short swords, ready to attack the enemy who ventured to step on shore. [10]
When they saw him at the window now, their swords clashed on their thighs and across their breasts, and they raised a great shout of greeting. [11]
They induced also half a dozen sailors, "expert thieves," to accompany them to live with Powhatan; and altogether they stole, besides powder and shot, fifty swords, eight pieces, eight pistols, and three hundred hatchets. [4]
Kaid's pale face had all last night's friendliness, as he bade David farewell with great honour, and commended him to the care of Allah; and the swords of the Nubians clashed against their breasts and on their shields in salaam. [11]
Among these appeared Gering and the governor, who thrust themselves forward with drawn swords and pistols. [11]
There were fine gentlemen with swords and silk waistcoats and silver shoe-buckles, and ladies in filmy summer gowns. [9]
Douglas and I, for the first time this canvass, crossed swords here yesterday; the fire flew some, and I am glad to know I am yet alive. [7]
Then came the flash of swords, puffs of smoke, the thrust of lances, and figures falling from the screaming, rearing horses. [11]
Before she sat down she looked up to the mantel, but the swords were there. [11]
An Afterword: I doubt not we shall come to the heights where there is peace, though we climb thereto by a ladder of swords. [11]
Then in the days of sharp-pointed swords, a spectator was an occasional victim--the end of a broken sword flew five or ten feet and buried itself in his neck or his heart, and death ensued instantly. [5]
The hilts of daggers, rapiers, and swords are gilt thrice over, and have scabbards of velvet. [4]
The guests sat, closely crowded together, in a circle, and seemed grave and taciturn; but their words sounded passionate, imperious, defiant, and the speakers often struck their coats of mail with their clenched fists, or pounded on the floor with their swords. [10]
The next morning Cambyses assembled his generals and rewarded them with different tokens of distinction, such as costly robes, gold chains, rings, swords, and stars formed of precious stones. [10]
Those friends of Caesar who wore swords drew them, and Caracalla, who was unarmed, called to Antigonus to give him his. [10]
And I, tossed by the tide of circumstance, Lifting weak hands against a host of swords, Paused suddenly to hear her gentle words Making powerless the lightnings of mischance. [11]
Your bow, the blue bow from Delft, the knot of ribbons the color of the sky, fluttered on my left shoulder as I dashed upon swords and lances. [10]
Then, as Fournel, blinded, staggered back upon the book-shelves, he snatched two antique swords from the wall. [11]
No alarm had been given, and as time passed his chances seemed growing, when suddenly there sprang from the grass round him armed men, who closed in, and at the points of swords and rapiers seized him. [11]
In the windows at the vacant end of the room stood six or eight, narrow-bladed swords with large protecting guards for the hand, and outside was a man at work sharpening others on a grindstone. [5]
When he was asleep the Indians, armed some with clubs, and some with old English swords, entered into the house. [4]
Formerly the student's armpits were not protected--and at that time the swords were pointed, whereas they are blunt, now; so an artery in the armpit was sometimes cut, and death followed. [5]
He advised the architect to make a specialty of country houses, and promised some day to order one: he disputed boldly with the other young man as to the practical uses of settlement work, and even measured swords with the missionary. [9]
Caribou and moose antlers hung along the wall, with arquebuses, powder-horns, big shot-bags, swords, and even pieces of armour, such as Cartier brought with him from St. Malo. [11]
The flashing swords and torches in the hands of the Spirits of Light, and the dimly gleaming stars above their heads, had not so far dispelled the darkness as that the two young people could identify each other. [10]
He again attacked, and the sound of the large swords meeting clashed on the soft air. [11]
The bold Brandenburger and my brother were perchance at this very hour crossing swords. [10]
And they kneeled all down and put the pommels of their swords to the knight, and so he received them. [5]
The Alemanni were all condemned criminals, who were allowed no armor, and only blunt swords wherewith to defend themselves. [10]
For a moment after they took up their swords they eyed each other calmly. [11]
We will have a tilt with lances, and then we will fight with our swords. [10]
It is but a pretty masquerade, in which feminine vanity beats hard against strangely-clothed bosoms; and masculine conceit is shown in the work of the barber's curling-irons and the ship-carpenter's wooden swords and paper helmets. [11]

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