halbard

I saw one very strange thing, which was this: a soldier in my presence gave one of his fellows a blow on the head with a halbard, penetrating to the left ventricle of the brain; yet the man did not fall to the ground.

The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

I saw one very strange thing, which was this: a soldier in my presence gave one of his fellows a blow on the head with a halbard, penetrating to the left ventricle of the brain; yet the man did not fall to the ground.

The Journey to Perpignan. 1543 1909

On each landing there was a Swiss Guard, halbard in hand, and in the heavy slumber spreading through the palace one only heard the regular monotonous footsteps of these men, ever marching up and down, in order no doubt that they might not succumb to the benumbing influence of their surroundings.

The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871

On each landing there was a Swiss Guard, halbard in hand, and in the heavy slumber spreading through the palace one only heard the regular monotonous footsteps of these men, ever marching up and down, in order no doubt that they might not succumb to the benumbing influence of their surroundings.

The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

On each landing there was a Swiss Guard, halbard in hand, and in the heavy slumber spreading through the palace one only heard the regular monotonous footsteps of these men, ever marching up and down, in order no doubt that they might not succumb to the benumbing influence of their surroundings.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

Swiss guard with his white stockings and the halbard, and the little milliner's assistants and the scullion lined up staring. "

Damaged Goods; the great play "Les avaries" by Brieux, novelized with the approval of the author Eug��ne Brieux 1895