The only person I know of in the world who sleeps with a noble air is Agamemnon, whom Guerin has represented lying on his bed at the moment when Clytemnestra, urged by Egisthus, advances to slay him.
By the latter you leave a door open, that the enemy may flee; by the former, you slay him.
If necessary, we can slay Ruteni and the guard, and we can be away with Flavia before the others return.
Rather than think she might become yours would I slay her with my own hand!
And when the camel heard me say "Let him live who gave me life, slay him who slew me!
And the prince drew his sword, and rushed at the ox to slay him, as he had done the other.
This, however, is mere conjecture, but on the night of that landing, De Leon awoke from a heavy stupor to find the boatman raising his axe to slay his friend Montgomery.
Oh, madame, slay that boy,” said Miss Beattison in a fierce little whisper.
You may fly to the sea, but you can fly no farther; you will find neither ships nor bridge there; there will be no sailors to receive you, and the English will overtake you there and slay you in your shame.
In such cases it is neither safe to slay nor to be slain.
In the restless nights, after he had been asleep all day, fits of blind rage came upon Simmons and held him till he trembled all over, while he thought in how many different ways he would slay Losson.
At length the Germans, on the right wing, having gained the top of the hill, dislodge the enemy from their position and pursue them even as far as the river at which Vercingetorix with the infantry was stationed, and slay several of them.
Therefore, if there be any spirit in us, let us avenge the death of those who have perished in a most unworthy manner, and let us slay these robbers.
Or have we any reasons to doubt that the Romans, after perpetrating the atrocious crime, are now hastening to slay us?
Have faith in God; and say to him once for all, 'Though thou slay me, yet will I love thee; for thou lovedst me in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world.
I wonder if that were the least of Booth's crimes--to slay this public servant in the stolen hour of recreation he enjoyed but seldom.
The hunted fugitive who struck through our hearts to slay him, should stand beside his stately bier to see how powerless are bullets and blades to take the real life of any noble man!
It is a trial of strength between our magic to-day; if his medicine proves the stronger, turn me out or slay me; but if mine, then I promise you I will not leave you till we have made a good account with your Arab foes.
Then did they beat me with their whips till, in my pain, I called on Muhanga, the Mighty Spirit that upholds the sky and rules the thunder and rain, to slay me.
I need not stand, like you, against my comrade and my friend, with my point at his throat, and slay the man who has been to me even as a brother, lest he slay me.
I am pledged to slay this man within twenty-four hours; will not that content you?
I would it could be so arranged that some resistance might be made in the palace; you slay a man so much easier with his helmet on and his sword in his hand!
And this man could not slay me after all," was the thought that for a moment softened her heart, and bade her acknowledge some shadow of compunction for her admirer.
And this he vowed to prevent, ay, though he should slay his dark-eyed love with his own hand.
But you know, also, a man who would not scruple to slay his own father for the worth of the clasp that fastens his gown.
At the slightest symptom of treachery or wavering he wouldslay him with his own hand.
It would be fine sport, thought Placidus, to make her slay this yellow-haired darling of hers with her own hand.
Is it such a grave matter, my Hippias, to slay a fat old man?
For I will slay you, and leave you for the crows to pick your bones.
Know, therefore, that such messages come not from me; and slay any man who seeks to harm one hair of the stranger's head.
Therefore I have said[14] that each man must prove himself, that he may know in what estate he may best slay sin and put a check upon his nature.
O could we but see the heart of Christ, when, hanging on the Cross, He was so eager to slay death, and hold it up to our contempt!
He is satisfied and well-pleased if you are constantly striving and desiring to slay these sins and to be rid of them by your death.
Again, you pledge yourself to continue in this, and more and more to slay your sin as long as you live, even until your death.
He then turned to the assembly, who had wished his friend and brother's death, and after reproaching them, he lifted up his club and began to slay them on every side.
Now therefore arise, slay and eat of my dog that lays there.
Were it not for the strong wall that separates their quarter from the town, we might make straight for their houses and slay them before the alarm could be given.
Sailors are a turbulent race, and were you recognised here they might make a tumult, and slay you before a word of what was going on reached me.
It is for us they will be hunting, and if they catch and slay us they will not trouble to search the island further.
He evidently supposed that his captors were about to slay him, and he looked up, as he thought, the last time, at the moon and the stars, and his lips moved in deep and silent adoration.
One the sword shallslay as he sits in the mead-hall Angry with ale; it shall end his life, 50 Wine-sated warrior: his words were too reckless!
The stalwart warriors round Sturmere shall never 250 Taunt me and twit me for traitorous conduct, That lordless I fled when my leader had fallen, Ran from the war; rather may weapons, The iron points slay me.
O dear long-suffering land, Slay thou the serpent ere he slime the core!
Take thou our houses and amenities, Take thou the hand that parting clings to ours, And going bears our heart into the fight; Take thou, but slay the serpent ere he kill!
And ever this fear was in my heart, seeing I was a stranger, lest some foe should slay me, and take this woman to himself.
Then the Lord resolved to punish those faithless spirits, and slay the sinful giant sons, undear to God, those huge, unholy scathers, loathsome to the Lord.
They were resolved, in vengeance for their brothers, to slay the tribes of Israel with the sword, at the break of day.
And many men, the rulers of the state, conspired against Me night and day, how they might slay Me.
We will not wreak God's vengeance on these faithless men, nor slay this sinful race, till thou hast brought thy children unto Zoar, and thy wife with them.
If any man shall slay thee with his hands, on him shall fall a seven-fold vengeance, and torment for that deed of sin.
Put not the lad, thy son, to death, nor slay him with the sword!
Slay not thy son, dear Abraham, but take the lad from the altar alive.
For most he injureth himself and his soul's honour whoso shall slay another with the sword.
And if one look upon thee with desire, thinking thou art my wife, I fear lest, in his longing for thy love, some foe may slay me with the sword.
He bargained with two ruffians strong, Which were of furious mood, That they should take these children young, And slay them in a wood.
To the question, "With what weapon did Samson slay the Philistines?
Are you drawn forth among a world of men To slaythe innocent?
O, 'twas the foulest deed toslay that babe, And the most merciless that e'er was heard of!
DON RUY GOMEZ: My friend, you are my guest, and I will slay The man that dare lay hands on you.
Then came they to the island where are fed the Oxen of the Sun; and because his comrades would slay them, destruction came upon them, and Ulysses alone came alive to the isle of Calypso.
