So far, with the exception of a few dagger-thrusts, no blood had been shed; but many were eager for conflict, and it would have certainly begun had not Savonarola's partisans done their best to keep the peace, and had not the friar been hourly expected from Pisa, whither he had repaired on the 13th day of the month with a second embassy.

And he fell to cleansing his dagger-blade carefully with a handful of bracken.

In a little room leading from the sacristy I was shown by a smiling custodian Lorenzo the Magnificent's coffin, crumbling away, and photographs of the skulls of the two brothers: Giuliano's with one of Francesco de' Pazzi's dagger wounds in it, and Lorenzo's, ghastly in its decay.

nodded Giles, with a morsel of venison on his dagger point.

"I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Morays' silver star, Waves o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake came winding far!SCOTT."Merchant's School Gram., p. 143.

They were doing the dagger-scene, which was put on the stage in a most novel manner.

How many murders are executed in double-quick time upon the keys which stab the air with their dagger-strokes of sound!

Hands gripped at him from the gloom, arms strove to clasp him, but his dagger-hand was swift and strong.

The worms have made dagger-holes through and through the "inspired leaves" of this fat little volume, till much strong thinking is now very perforated printing.

Leland was quite deceived by this old joke, probably ancient in his timethe sixteenth century, and refers to the dagger industry in perfect good faith.

His long yellow hair flowed behind him as he rode along, all clad in silk and velvet, with jewels flashing and dagger jingling against the pommel of the saddle.

"And this dagger pin in my scarf," said Frank.

" "No, the Kizliár mark," replied Ammalát, quietly unbuckling the dagger-belt from his waist; "and look at the blade.

, I should salute thee with my daggers poynte And never make thys parley; but I'me kynde, And youle confes it when you reade that letter.

His doublet, which on the present occasion was of green velvet, considerably frayed,for he was by no means particular about the newness of his apparel,was padded and quilted so as to be dagger-proof; and his hose were stuffed in the same manner, and preposterously large about the hips.

The stab was to be made with the dagger shut, then the spring touched and the split blades withdrawn.

Letting her dagger sleep in her bosom, and with an undefined belief in imaginary resources, she had consented to join hands with her giant hero before the priest; and when the wedding had come and gone like a white sail, she was seized with a lasting, fierce despair.

Cursing, Sire Philippe sprang upon the English King, and with a dagger smote at the impassive big man's heart.

I always stayed at the top until the end of the scene, but Mr. Ryder used to go down the other side rather heavily, and Mr. Kean, who wanted perfect quiet for the dagger speech, had to keep on saying: "Ssh! ssh!" all through it.

Poster's note: The dagger symbol has been replaced by the carat "^" for this plain-text file.

Wolfdietrich immediately resolved to rid the earth of this monster, and riding boldly into the city, he cried that he was ready to meet the king in his favorite game of dagger throwing.

And spied a bird upon a nest: Two eyes she had beseeching me Meekly and brave, and her brown breast Throbbed hot and quick above her heart; And then she opened her dagger bill, 'Twas not a chirp, as sparrows pipe At break of day; 'twas not a trill, As falters through the quiet even; But one sharp solitary note, One desperate, fierce, and vivid cry Of valiant tears, and hopeless joy, One passionate note of victory;

They said that if they were given money they could easily hire Damascenes to do the dagger work, there being, as the sahib doubtless knows, a common saying in these parts about Damascus folk and sharp steel.

From dimness of gloom, within the doorway, two vague figures rained dagger-blows.

Then, quick-breathing, flushed and trembling, she turned and sped away, leaving Beltane heavy-hearted, and with the dagger gleaming beneath his foot.