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She soon turned it into a game in which she was a good fairy fighting the hosts of the goblin Dust, and must have them completely vanquished by four o'clock, or her magic wand, which had for the time being taken the shape of a broom, would vanish and leave her weaponless. Needless to say, she was in complete possession of the field when the clock struck the charmed hour.
Pellam snatched an axe from the hands of one standing by, and smote eagerly at Balin; but Balin put his sword between his head and the stroke, and the sword was struck from his hand. Then, weaponless, Balin dashed through the circle of guests towards a door, looking for a weapon while he ran, but none could he find.
Down another street they saw fighting going on a weaponless crowd swaying and struggling aimlessly. A number of armed men charged this crowd men who by their breastplates and swords the Big Business Man recognized as the police. The crowd ceased struggling and dispersed, only to gather again in another place. The city was in a turmoil of excitement without apparent reason, or definite object.
It seemed altogether probably that a few might be caught in such a position that their guards could be killed or driven off. All readily agreed to this plan, Aunt Debby leading off by volunteering to ride ahead on her mare, as a scout. Harry suddenly remembered that he was weaponless. "What shall I do for a gun?" he asked, anxiously.
But it was only in the pursuit that they became truly conscious of the difficulty, nay, seeming impossibility, of effecting their object. The guard was armed, and ten in number; they but two and weaponless. Hopeless, they nevertheless followed on. Two miles from Savannah there is a famous spring, the waters of which are well known to travellers.
Even that terrible bludgeon, so uplifted by the son of Pandu, the Suta's son, O king, cut off with many keen arrows capable of bearing a great strain. Beholding his adversary weaponless. Karna began to strike him with many straight shafts, but took care not to afflict him greatly.
The trireme behind was manning her other banks and drawing down apace. Hiram cast a hopeless glance toward her. “I know those ‘eyes’—those red hawse-holes—the Nausicaä. Come what may, Themistocles must not read the packet in the cabin. There is one chance.” He approached the splintered hatchway and outstretched his hands—weaponless.
From my own experience may be drawn proof of the contention that birds do practise defensive and offensive tactics, and also that they have their moments of unreflecting play. It hits out with such force and precision that a weaponless man who stands before the bird when it is angry and vicious is ridiculously overmatched.
For, indeed, this enterprise he had undertaken in the flood tide of his passion and fierce anger was dangerous enough since he, quite weaponless, was following up a very desperate armed man who would know that for him there could be henceforth no question of mercy.
The dust hid him; only I was now weaponless, for the haft of my spear it was but a light throwing assegai broke in two, leaving nothing but a little bit of stick in my hand. And the other one was upon me. Then in the darkness I saw a light. I fell on to my hands and knees and flung myself over sideways. My body struck the legs of the man who was about to stab me, lifting his feet from beneath him.