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I was there, and I saw it, too; saw it all, just as he pictures it. And I see it yet the little battle-ax, the dainty plumed cap, the white armor all in the soft June afternoon; I see it just as if it were yesterday. And I rode with the staff the personal staff the staff of Joan of Arc. That young count was dying to go, too, but the King held him back for the present.
Tukukan!" or the name of the pueblo from which the head was taken. This is to divert the battle-ax of their enemy from their own necks. The head is washed in the river by sousing it up and down by the hair; and the party returns to the fawi where the lower jaw is cut from the head, boiled to remove the flesh, and becomes a handle for the victor's gangsa.
She was followed by Grace and her band. There was a chorus of giggles from the chosen helpers that was sternly checked by Julia. Before their eyes stood a large, open paste-board box lined with the colors of both classes, in which reposed the Crosby hatchet, likened to a battle-ax by Julia. Its handle was decorated with sophomore and junior ribbons, and around the head was a wreath of immortelles.
The moon shone full on their faces, and I discovered they were Southrons, and that young Heselrigge was at their head. "He aimed a blow at my head with his battle-ax, and in a voice of triumph exclaimed to his soldiers, 'The plunder of Bothwell, my lads! Down with its lord! All but the lady Helen shall be yours!" "In a moment every sword was directed toward me.
Barbour's best-known book is called The Bruce, and in it, instead of the quiet tales of middle-class people, we hear throughout the clash and clang of battle. Here once again we have the hero of romance. Here once again history and story are mingled, and Robert the Bruce swings his battle-ax and wings his faultless arrow, saving his people from the English yoke.
But now listen, you old battle-ax; I've taken enough off of you. You went up on my property when I was making an inspection of it and made an attempt on my life; and if I hear a peep out of you, from this time on, I'll go down and swear out a warrant." "I didn't aim to kill you," defended the Widow, weakly. "I just tried to shoot you in the leg."
A battle-ax blade is held at an angle of about 60 degrees, and an egg is placed at the top in a position to slide down. If the egg slides down the blade to the bottom the man named is innocent but if it sticks on the ax he is guilty. There is also a blood test employed in Bontoc pueblo, and also to the west, extending, it is said, into Lepanto Province.
After Saratoga, what Arnold? To say nothing of Mutius Scaevola minus a hand, General Knox a thumb, and Hannibal an eye; and that old Roman grenadier, Dentatus, nothing more than a bruised and battered trunk, a knotty sort of hemlock of a warrior, hard to hack and hew into chips, though much marred in symmetry by battle-ax blows.
When he was not with his flock, the northern wolves sometimes scattered it; but when the holy father was there with his prayers and his battle-ax, England won the day! This nettled the Scottish king, so he penetrated one day, with a large band, as far as Durham itself, and for a short time blocked the prelate up in his stronghold. This was the period of Mr. Gatty's picture.
They are safer there than they would be elsewhere. Men go to war armed with a wooden shield, a steel battle-ax, and one to three steel or wooden spears. It is a man's agility and skill in keeping his shield between himself and the enemy that preserves his life. Their battles are full of quick, incessant springing motion.
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