"I slew many men that night, for the gods of my fathers guided my arm.

Zál set off in pursuit, and slew a great number of the enemy; but when Afrásiyáb was made acquainted with this defeat, he immediately released Nauder from his fetters, and in his rage instantly deprived him of life.

Liane slewed round to talk over the back of the seat.

she cried, "'tis Black Roger, that slew my father!"

Ventidius, at the head of the Roman army, routed the Parthians, and slew their young king Pacorus who commanded them, on the same day that Crassus, another Roman general, had been slain, and his whole army cut in pieces by the same people.

Slaves who slew their masters were to be freed.

He who slew the children in Egypt is he who took little children up in his arms and blessed them.

He soon overpowered and slew the monster, and having given his body to be devoured by dogs, plundered and razed his castle to the ground.

2. HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE BROTHERS OF AJACCIO When the Emperor needed an agent he was always very ready to do me the honour of recalling the name of Etienne Gerard, though it occasionally escaped him when rewards were to be distributed.

Bacon saw that the moment for a charge had arrived, and, raising himself in his stirrups, he shouted: "There are the devils who slew your friends and kindred.

"Lord," quoth he in sobbing breaths, "a good day for theethislord Dukea good day for Pentavalona joyous dayblessed day for me You'll mind they slew mother and father and sister, lordbrother and wife and child?

Then Israel went forth with all that he had and came to the pit where tofore he had sworn to God; and slew there beasts to make sacrifices to the God of Isaac his father.

God is my witness, how I slew the wolf, The lion, and the dragon; how I punished That fell enchantress with her thousand wiles; And how I suffered, midst the storm of snow, Which almost froze the blood within my veins; And how that vast unfathomable deep We crossed securely.

Landing his forces, he laid siege to their chief city Ismarus, which he took, and with it much spoil, and slew many people.

Nissr sagged drunkenly, lost headway and slewed off her course, turning slowly in the thin, cold air.

And Sapor did as she bade him, and the city fell down in a heap, and he stormed it and slew Daizan on the spot.[207]

could'st thou ere forget, When fast by Culann's fort on yon black night, Thou fought'st and slew the ban-dog dark as jet, Which scared the thief, and put the foe to flight!

Sometimes slaves slew their dealers, sometimes one another.

Dark as the forest leaves that strew the ground, The Indian hunter here his shelter found; Here cut his bow and shaped his arrows true, Here built his wigwam and his bark canoe, Speared the quick salmon leaping up the fall, And slew the deer without the rifle-ball.

I slew the White Demon, and the tremendous giant, Akwán Díw.

On the second occasion the whites were on their guard, and though they had one man killed and two wounded (leaving but thirteen unhurt men in the fort), they easily beat off the assailants, and slew half a dozen of them.

165 So arm'd, immortal Moore uncharm'd the spell, And slew the wily dragon of the well.

Calthon, mourning for his brother, was captured, and bound to an oak; but at daybreak Ossian slew Dunthalmo, cut the thongs of Calthon, gave him to Colmal, and they lived happily in the halls of Teutha.

Whereupon her husband, Count Geraint, started up and slew the "russet-bearded earl.

Lucius Portius Licinus and Titus Popilius, the lieutenant-generals, who had the command of the camp, fought valiantly in defence of the rampart, and slew the elephants while in the very act of crossing it.