If I win it (which God grant) you shall do me no harm; and if the English are able to defend themselves, so that I fail, I shall not lose heart or head on that account.
On hearing this, the four felt that they were lost, but nevertheless resolved to defend themselves as valiantly and to sell their lives as dearly as possible.
If before it had been a battle to destroy the whites, it was now a battle to defend themselves.
Their Behaviour was so brave, as to defend themselves, tho' ill furnish'd with Arms and Provisions against those who attack'd them with Plenty of all Things.
What can sheep, that are feeble creatures, and destitute of natural armour to defend themselves, expect, in the midst of ravenous wolves, but to be rent and torn to pieces?
He drove the Bellovaci and the Carnutes to collect in another great army to defend themselves; he set upon them with his usual skill; and destroyed them.
They had prayed to be allowed to keep their arms; affecting to believe, like the Nervii, that they would be in danger from the Gauls if they were unable to defend themselves.
The Veneti had collected every ship that they or their allies possessed to defend themselves.
La Salle immediately landed on the other side of the river; and, setting his men to work, they soon had a fort built, and were prepared to defend themselves.
Companies of militia were formed in all the towns and villages, and the English saw that the Americans were preparing to defend themselves.
Some of the principal inhabitants exclaimed against the introduction of foreign luxuries, and rather wished that their trade with England should furnish them the means of working their iron mines, and enable them to defend themselves.
They carry a gun and ammunition with them to defend themselves, as well as to provide themselves with food.
This measure was ineffectual; the grimpeiros were well provided with fire-arms, and determined todefend themselves as long as any gold could be found.
I have brought one of the colonel's pistols with me; but I want to put the boys in condition to defend themselves," added the planter.
Captain Titus Lyon, you and your gang have been bullying and persecuting the Union citizens of this vicinity long enough; and from this time they intend to defend themselves in earnest.
Accordingly they sent ambassadors to one another, and exhorted one another to defend themselves, and to endeavor to destroy these men.
They had also their servants about them to defend themselves, in case Moses should use force against them.
The wretched creatures could do nothing to defend themselves, for the swans were too wary to approach their breasts near enough to any of the savage little animals to allow of their getting hold of their soft feathers.
The owl summoned them from their sports upon the very day for which the witches had appointed the assault upon the castle, and informed them that they must prepare to defend themselves against an enemy who was about to attack them.
Then began so fierce a battle, that Ladasin and the Squires thought even the conqueror could not escape with life; but they were both hardy Knights, and their armour of excellent temper, and they knew how to defend themselves.
Thither he went; it was some forgemen, and they seeing him come among them in arms, took up lances and hatchets to defend themselves; but he bidding them not fear, besought them to give him some barley for his horse.
By nine o'clock on Wednesday morning the troops, disgusted by the order which forbade them to defend themselves, reversed their arms and fraternized with the people, the officers sheathing their swords.
The sergents de ville in the story below you," cried Poiret, "are going to defend themselves, They are making a barricade across the door of their corridor.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defend themselves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
