Like the brave soldier who gathered into his own breast the spears of the enemy, Christ has taken the sting from our sorrows and made us more than conquerors over the wounds of earth.

The inhabitants will disappear abruptly behind their barns and houses, like desert Arabs amid their rocks, and I shall look to see spears in their hands.

You must not bring your spears into church.

They shook their spears at her.

They endeavored to force their way through that hedge of spears before the elephants could come up, and showed marvellous courage in hacking at the spears with their swords, exposing themselves recklessly, careless of wounds or death.

" Full oft from that host hissing flew The whistling spear on the fierce folk.

If it be possible, O son of Kronos, this trial of valour against Phenician spears for life or death I would fain defer unto the utmost: and I beg of thee to grant unto the sons of the men of Aitna for long time a portion in good laws, and to make their people to dwell among glories that the citizens have won.

There was a Struggle, a screaming, a mule rolled over, a wounded man sprang up in a cacolet with a spear through him, and then through the narrow gap surged a stream of naked savages, mad with battle, drunk with slaughter, spotted and splashed with bloodblood dripping from their spears, their arms, their faces.

It was now dark, and the enemy were advancing with a great noise, quarrelling about the booty that they had taken, when such of the rear-guard as were not disabled started up and rushed toward them, while the tired men, shouting as loud as they could, clashed their spears against their shields.

THE SAXON SWINEHERD.The men employed in herding swine during the Anglo-Saxon period of our history were, in general, thralls or born slaves of the soil, who were assisted by powerful dogs, capable even of singly contending with the wolf until his master came with his spear to the rescue.

He took the spear from Varronius, balanced it a moment, discarded it and chose another, feeling its point with his thumb.

my hunting-spear by my side?

When shall I, I said to my soul, lift the spear like the noble Fingal?

The brief lead that Lurton Zimbardo's ship had was enough to keep the Silver Spear out of the clutches of their pursuers, but not by much.

Why, Natty was almost as great with the spear as with the rifle; though I never heard that he got a sight of the sogdollager.

Whenever he said that, he used to hurl the spear within their confines.

When I first went to India we used to take out our pig-spear over the zillah with us as a matter of course, as we never knew when we might hit on a boar.

THE WEDDING Illustrations The Rescue of Jarvis Ferrars 'Duke Radford Meets with an Accident Katherine and Miles Spearing for Fish "With all her strength Katherine hauled at the rope" Bartering with the Indians Drifting Down the River CHAPTER

As we left the house we found the whole bluff and the meadow below in commotion,Indians running with their guns and spears across their shoulders to the scene of alarmsquaws and children standing in front of their lodges and looking anxiously in the direction of the unusual and unaccountable soundsgroups of French and half-breeds, like ourselves, fleeing to gain the bridge and place themselves within the pickets so lately erected.

The rulers ceased in Israel; A shield was not seen in five cities Nor a spear among forty thousand.

In the deep archway there were guards, dressed in brocaded and purred suits, with long-handled spears beside them, who sat and threw dice.

On one occasion, in particular, an Englishman came behind him, and was in the very act of inserting a spear between the clasps of his armour, when his companion struck the dastardly fellow to the earth, and resumed the fight in front of the battle.

On prétend, que Monsieur Shak-a-spear en a emprunté d'assez beaux sentiments!"

Sometimes a grommet, or ring of cordage, is worked upon the spear near one end, to prevent the hand slipping when making a thrust.

As Berchther skillfully flung his spear past the child and slew the wolf, Walgund sprang forward and caught the babe in his arms, exclaiming that if he were only sure his grandchildren would be as handsome and fearless as this little boy, he would soon consent to his daughter's marriage.