He marched from hence, as if he meant not to draw bridle or sheathe sword until the Holy Sepulchre was won from the Saracens, yet we can hear with no certainty whether even a hamlet has been taken from the Saracens.
It began, "We shall not sheathe the sword," and for a long time it was blazoned on every hoarding.
Had he not sworn never to sheathe his sword while a Russian remained in arms near them?
Never to sheathe our swords while a foe to Circassia exists near her borders; to sink all private feelings of animosity, and to offer the hand of love and fellowship to all who will join us in this sacred cause.
Thomas Rowlandson, the merry wag, he who has covered with his never-flagging pencil enough of charta pura to placard the whole walls of China, and etched as much copper as would sheathe the British navy.
There is not work enough for all our hands; Scarce blood enough in all their sickly veins To give each naked curtle-axe a stain That our French gallants shall to-day draw out, And sheathe for lack of sport.
Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword, with an unbatter'd edge, I sheathe again undeeded.
Here Goths have given me leave to sheathe my sword.
Patricians, draw your swords, and sheathe them not Till Saturninus be Rome's Emperor.
Sheathe your sword at once, sir, and let his Majesty pass.
At that moment there was a sharp click of the outer door, and the doctor hurriedly began to sheathe his rapier, but not quickly enough for his action to be unseen.
There; sheathe your blade, and if his Majesty is awake, tell him that I beg an audience.
So, be quiet now, I say, And sheathe thy sword again.
A breath of submission we breathe not: The sword that we've drawn we will sheathe not: Its scabbard is left where our martyrs are laid, And the vengeance of ages has whetted its blade.
These pretty little sentiments do well for a child’s copy-book, but a man who acts upon them had better sheathe his sword for ever.
Is he likely to receive a brass crucifix worth two maravedis every year, and every year to sheathe it in gold?
Then draw your sword, and as I lift my arm To sheathe this in your breast, let yours pierce me; On this condition I may do your will.
But, if Thy rescued church may dare Still to besiege Thy throne with prayer, Sheathe not, we implore Thee, Lord, Sheathenot Thy victorious sword.
But I am very much afraid we shall both have to sheathe our swords for to-night.
Sheathe your swords, the whole of you, and yield yourselves prisoners.
Sheathe your swords, my lords, and back every man of you!
What you feared to attempt," she haughtily replied; "Sheathe this dagger in his demon heart!
If at the last hour my efforts do not succeed in maintaining peace, I hope that with God's help we shall so wield the sword that we shall be able to sheathe it with honor.
To us has fallen the privilege of proving that our mighty sword has been drawn in earnest and that we shall not sheathe it until America's plighted word is gloriously made good.
You all know his cruelty, and I call Heaven to witness, that I would rather now each man here should sheathe his dagger in my body, than suffer me to fall into the hands of my bloody and unnatural relation.
Believe me, we shall never sheathe the sword until the cause of humanity and chivalry is safe once more.
Blucher hated the very names of France and Bonaparte, and once more permitted to draw his sword, he swore never to sheathe it until the revenge of Prussia was complete.
Then he dropped his blade into the sheathe with a clang.
In these parts we struck our first blows for Freedom, and here, at point and edge, we will strike our last, and then sheathe our swords.
Then he dropped the blade into the sheathewith a clang, and said, 'Truly thou hast had thy last bloody supper.
But now I shall soon be called into service, and I swear to you, Queen Louisa, that I will not sheathe this sword before I have avenged your death, before Germany and Prussia are free again, and Napoleon has received his punishment.
No god ever ordered a soldier tosheathe his sword in the breast of a mother.
I do not know; but if there is he has never written a bible; he has never been in favor of slavery; he has never advocated polygamy, and he never told the murderer to sheathe his dagger in the dimpled breast of a babe.
