Ever and anon would come the faint crack of caliver or petronel from her high poop, and the thunder of her stern-chase guns.
Immediately (and ere I might shoot again) his fellows dragged him down, and lying prone on their bellies let fly wildly in my direction with petronel and musquetoon.
Then receive the wages of your service, heretic," said Somerville, at the same moment discharging the contents of a petronel full in Sir Thomas's visage.
Pierce did love fair Petronel Because she sang and dancèd well And gallantly could prank it; He pulled her and he haul'd her And oftentimes he call'd her Primrose pearls prick'd in a blanket.
Guy Fawkes, presenting a petronel at him, "or I lodge a bullet in your brain.
He is the cause of all the mischief," answered Guy Fawkes, unwillingly replacing the petronel in his belt, "and may live to injure you and your father.
Perceiving a man at one of the loopholes, Catesby discharged his petronel at him, and it was evident from the cry that followed that the person was wounded.
Repressing the exclamation that rose to his lips, he drew a petronel from his belt, and waited till the person addressed him.
A ball from the petronelof Guy Fawkes pierced his brain, and dropping from his saddle, he sank, together with his horse, which he dragged along with him into the quagmire.
Aware of the advantage of making a prisoner of importance, Catesby controlled the impulse that prompted him to sacrifice Topcliffe to his vengeance, and firing his petronel in the air as a signal, he drew his sword, and sprang upon him.
He was followed by Streete, with his drawn sword in one hand and a petronel in the other, prepared to finish his work.
Perceiving Topcliffe among the latter, and enraged at the sight, Catesby discharged another petronel at him, but without effect.
This done, he planted himself in front of the panel, and with a petronel in each hand, menaced his opponents.
And he discharged the petronel full at the squire.
And as he spoke, he snatched the petronelfrom Fogg, and with the but-end dealt him a tremendous blow on the head, felling him to the ground.
Scarcely an instant elapsed before he was beside the squire, and presented a petronel at his head.
This done, she gave the bridle to the rector, and handing him the petronel at the same time, told him to take care of his prisoner, for she must pursue her journey.
Her father had been killed by a bursting petronel a few years before, and had left his only child to the charge of his friend and comrade-in-arms.
But Maximilian, now drawing a petronel which hung at his belt, cocked it as rapidly as his embarrassed motions allowed him.
He had both dagger and arquebus, and I my hand petronel and dagger too.
The carbineer had similar defences, but carried a carbine or petronel (Plate XLI.
A petronel bullet had glanced off my front plate, striking it at an angle, and had left a broad groove across it.
Sir Stephen, who had been struck by a petronel bullet, and wore a crimsoned kerchief bound round his snow-white head, saw the wisdom of the advice, and moved his townsmen as directed.
Saxon lay across the waggon with his eyes glinting like diamonds and his petronel presented at the full length of his rigid arm.
Another character in this drama is a needy, scheming knight, who lives upon the town, and rejoices in the name of Sir Petronel Flash.
To complete our discomfiture, the sergeant tapped his petronel significantly and exclaimed in perfect English: "Now, sirrahs, you will perceive that escape is no easy matter.
At that moment the door opened and a sturdy countryman entered, pulling his forelock as a mark of respect to Sir George, and handed him a petronel which I recognized only too well.
That man shot my father with a petronel not a furlong from this house.
Roundhead stood watching me intently, the smoke from his petronel hanging round like a pall, and slowly ascending in the chill night air.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "petronel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
