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  • She has scarcely returned, and again taken up the slip of cambric, or square of half-wrought canvas, when Tartar's bold scrape and strangled whistle are heard at the porch-door, and she must run to open it for him; it is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • He reached up and tried to pull Rogov's hands away from his neck, but the Tartar's massive fingers were interlaced behind his neck, his thumbs pressing against the captain's throat.

    Arctic Fire Douglass, Keith 1997

  • Phoebe stared at the Tartar's cold eyes while she digested this information.

    A Summer Idyll Neels, Betty 1984

  • The Tartar's wooden features wore an expression which Phoebe could only imagine to be sympathy, although she spoke briskly enough.

    A Summer Idyll Neels, Betty 1984

  • Yemenite and the Tartar's piebald pony pranced in a cloud of dust as their riders slashed at each other.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • He thought he had no chance of hitting the right spot, but the point of his saif went in just below the Tartar's chin and above his high leather collar.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • Blood began to flow from the young Tartar's wide nostrils into his mustache.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • For the first time, an instant away from death, an expression of feeling crossed the Tartar's face.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • Daoud lowered the dabbus and tapped the Tartar's round skull through his mop of straight black hair.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • He wiped the man's face with the sleeve of his robe, went to the stream and washed the sleeve, then came back and pressed the wet wool to the Tartar's brow.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

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