He that once brandishesthe sword, newly welded, let him be named Siegfried, the winner of victory.
The mighty Donner, accompanied by Froh, climbs a high rock in the valley's slope and brandishes his hammer, summoning the clouds about him.
Not for that did Ceres stay her steps; the very sanctity of the place inflames her wrath; with angry hand she brandishes her axe, ready to strike Jove himself.
He brandishes the thunder in his right hand; giants lie prostrate under his feet, and an eagle stands at his side.
Undeterred by this threat, Gunther volunteers to undergo the test, but he quails when he sees the heavy spear which Brunhild brandishes and when he perceives that twelve men stagger beneath the weight she proposes to throw.
Every one must first tell his exploits, then he brandishes the ax three times without striking a blow, after which he strikes the tree once, and only once, making a gash.
Then seizing a sword, he brandishes it with a shout as a signal to the spectators that the act is completed.
He brandishes a ruler in his right hand, his left holds a bundle of manuscript; he recites.
He tears the urchin from the saddle, seizes a club, and leaping upon Fodder's back, brandishes his weapon, and cheers on his men to victory.
The crowd look sidewise at Mr. Roundjacket, who returns them amiable smiles, and brandishes his ruler in pleasant recognition of Hibernian friends and clients in the assemblage.
And the old cross on the calvary hails him from afar, and curses him, crossing its stern arms as it stretches out and brandishes them.
He brandishes his knightly sword against the physiologists who experiment on animals.
XXXIV King Marsilies is turn'ed white with rage, His feathered dart he brandishes and shakes.
His spear in hand he brandishes and wields, Towards Carlun has turned the point of steel.
Our poet brandishes no mimic sword, To rule a realm of dunces self-explored; 50 No bleeding victims curse his iron sway; Nor murder'd reputation marks his way.
The midmost man brandishes that lance so that its edge-studs hardly stay therein, and he strikes the haft thrice against his palm.
The palace-housepost which thou sawest, that is his lance; and he brandishes this spear till its two ends meet, and he hurls a wilful cast of it when he pleases.
The left hand is lowered and holds a bow with a double curve, while the right brandishes a large curved dagger over the head.
Coming in at the door we see a band of assailants from the opposite party, determined to attack the enemy in their entrenchments; most of them flourish their cudgels, but one of the heroes brandishes a sword.
He soon brandishes it, still smoking, and with a single blow he cleaves in two the anvil, henceforward useless.
He brandishes it intrepidly toward the horde of combatants.
Thor brandisheshis hammer, and in a formidable and joyous voice invokes the wind and the clouds.
The Annamite assumes a swaggering air and brandishes his whip like a man sure of his facts, but a significant contraction of his eyebrows gives me the impression that he is not wholeheartedly in agreement with my plan.
He brandisheshis sword before kings, and they tremble at every moment.
He, eager for battle, had already clasped on the greaves of gold right and left, and scorning delay, brandishes his spear.
So clamouring he pursues, and brandishes his drawn sword, and sees not that his rejoicing is drifting with the winds.
Elsewhere in dreadful guise Mezentius brandishes his Etruscan pine and hurls smoking brands; but Messapus, tamer of horses, seed of Neptune, tears away the palisading and calls for ladders to the ramparts.
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