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When I left the shores of France I thought I was permanently out of danger from the death-dealing missiles of the enemy; not that I cared much then; I had received such a blow that I should not greatly have regretted a stroke that would have ended my earthly career.
Godfrey stood on his wooden tower, which was stationed near one of the gates, and by voice and action stimulated his soldiers to deeds of daring. His death-dealing javelin never missed its aim. The Egyptians employed every possible agent of defence, showering down boiling oil, combustible materials, and various descriptions of missile, on the heads of their assailants.
It was as though the huge brutes of the prehistoric world had taken form before them. Even those monsters had never carried within them such death-dealing power. As the sea closes in the wake of a ship, the troops fell in behind the tanks, and the silent procession took up the march toward the German lines. Hardly a sound beyond the labored breathing of the tanks broke the stillness.
In less than sixty seconds nearly a score of savages dropped to the death-dealing bullets, till the plain appeared strewn with dead bodies.
The Life suspended above them untwisted its loosely gathered in strands, the strands shone with a golden light and entwined again in soft forms. With death-dealing blows they laid the enemy black and broken about Grant's Mills, a mile away, and then went back to their homes telling each other how brave they had been. Pride swelled up their hearts.
Fiske says: "It was not enough that the Spanish soldier of that day was a bulldog for strength and courage, or that his armor was proof against stone arrows and lances, or that he wielded a Toledo blade that could cut through silken cushions, or that his arquebus and cannon were not only death-dealing weapons but objects of superstitious awe.
He was wrapt from this life to the next in the twinkling of an eye by forces, or a force, concerning which we know nothing save through the Word of God. I will go farther. I will venture to declare that this death-dealing ghost, or discarnate but conscious being, may not be, as you say, a dark angel perhaps not wholly evil perhaps not evil at all.
He could not see this death-dealing stream, for it was hidden in the bush, but he knew that it would continue to pour forth until several of these great receptacles had been emptied and the running brook with its refreshing coolness had become an instrument of frightful death.
It brought them face to face with that terrible storm whose thunderclouds were now thickly darkening over France the death-dealing typhoon of the Revolution. A proud thought came into his head. "My time is come. I shall die defending her." "Do you and all the servants save yourselves," he said to Dominique.
Who can withstand Arjuna in fight, or him who hath the discus for his weapon in battle, or myself as well? Who can withstand the unapproachable Bhima? And who, having regard for his life, would come near the twin brothers who firmly grasp their bows and resemble the death-dealing Yama in intelligence?
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