Everywhere there are snares or battles, poniards or cannon.
The patriots stole silently round the walls, and when they reached the back, they easily climbed the fence by sticking their poniards between the bricks, and sprang into the garden.
To escape from an humiliating position, Olympia poniards herself in St. Irvyne; even as Verezzi, to escape a melodramatic embarrassment, poniardshimself in Zastrozzi.
The conquerors, fatigued with killing and robbing, plunged their poniards into the skins filled with mezcal, and an orgie soon succeeded theft and murder.
The wounded endeavoured to rise, for the purpose of burying their poniards in the bodies of those who were fighting around them.
Again and again had the Jacobins called the mob into the Assembly, and compelled the members to vote with the poniards of assassins at their breasts.
The decree of accusation was proposed, and carried, without debate, beneath the poniards of uncounted thousands of assassins.
I leaned against a column in order to whisper in Irene's ear, as she passed, a word as cutting as the crystal poniards of the bravos of Venice, which break in the wound and slay without a drop of blood.
Then those that bore it instantly drew swords and poniards and essayed to enter in its wake.
In several boats behold seventy men, armed withponiards and revolvers, and a few miscellaneous muskets.
Be easy," said Aramis; "I will take two poniards and give one to Parry.
We shall take to ourselves the poniards and the rope," replied the duke.
Stab on, stab on, thus should yourPoniards play, Aloud deepe note vpon this trembling Kay.
However, without speaking as positively as if I had myself been an eye- witness of the scene, I do not hesitate to declare that all that has been said about assaults and poniards is pure invention.
For my part I invoke on myself the poniards destined against Robespierre.
A mark of interest shown by Marguerite in her husband might thrust one of the three threatening poniards into his heart instead of turning it aside.
However, without speaking as positively as if I had myself been an eye-witness of the scene, I do not hesitate to declare that all that has been said about assaults and poniards is pure invention.
Citizens-Directors, I reiterate the demand I made for my dismissal; I wish to live in tranquillity, if the poniards of Clichy will allow me to live.
Everywhere the patriots had regained their courage, while the poniards of the emigrants, armed against us, had disappeared.
Were there twenty poniards in Villafana's hand, and were his arm as extended as his malice, yet could he not reach even to the heel of Don Hernan.
Vitet first shows us the King in his room at four o'clock in the morning, dipping Spanish poniards into holy water and tremblingly handing them to his minions without even daring to utter his enemy's name.
The daggers and poniards only differ from the swords in the smallness of their dimensions.
How, in the next place, were these clipped flints fitted with handles, so as to make hatchets, poniards and knives?
Hapless men in black; at last convicted of poniards made to order; convicted 'Chevaliers of the Poniard!
Against pistols andponiards he would scarce count as a combatant.
His time seems come, and he already fancies four pistols to his head, or the same number of poniards pointed at his ribs.
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