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In this hedge there is but one entry and one issue by likelihood that four horsemen may ride afront.
"These four came all afront and mainly made at me. I made no more ado, but took their seven points on my target thus " Shakespeare. The journey to Alton was eventless.
There was a varlet called Gobin Agace who stepped forth and said to the king: 'Sir, I promise you on the jeopardy of my head I shall bring you to such a place, whereas ye and all your host shall pass the river of Somme without peril. There be certain places in the passage that ye shall pass twelve men afront two times between day and night: ye shall not go in the water to the knees.
"Make way for Widow Carne, and the young Squire Carne," the loud voice of Captain Zeb commanded; "any man as stands afront of her will have me upon him. Now, ma'am, stand forth, and let them look at you." This was a sudden thought of Captain Tugwell's; but it fixed her rank among them, as the order of the King might.
Agricola doubting by the huge multitude of enimies, least his people should be assailed not onlie afront, but also vpon euerie side the battels, he caused the ranks so to place themselues, as their battels might stretch farre further in bredth than otherwise the order of warre required: but he tooke this to be a good remedie against such inconuenience as might haue followed, if the enimie by the narrownesse of the fronts of his battels should haue hemmed them in on ech side.
He told him also, that as we must of necessity stay here some time, so our Men would often come ashore; and he therefore desired him to warn his Men to be careful to give no afront to the Natives; who, he said, were very revengeful.
So he spake, and passed to the renowned tribes of men, and still the more did he set on Poseidon to aid the Danaans, who straightway sprang far afront of the foremost, and called to them: "Argives, are we again to yield the victory to Hector, son of Priam, that he may take our ships and win renown?
"Her'n?" echoed Adam. "Iss, o' Eve's. And he's allays a-showin' of it off, he is; and when they axes un questions he doan't answer, but he dangles the sale afront of 'em and says, 'What d'ee think? he says; and now he makes his brag that he shall hab the maid yet, while her man's a-dancin' gallus-high a top o' Tyburn tree."
"These four came all afront and mainly made at me. I made no more ado, but took their seven points on my target thus " The journey to Alton was eventless.
Ye see yander stump standin' nigh the bars?" "Yes I see it." "Wal, mister, thur you'll take yur stand ahine or afront o' it, whichsomever ye like best. Hyur's this other un, clost by the crib thur'll be my place. Thur's twenty yurds atween 'em, I reck'n. Is that yur distance?"
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