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  • I struggled to free myself, and even though weighed down by these immense bodies, I succeeded in struggling to my feet, where, still grasping my long-sword, and shortening my grip upon it until I could use it as a dagger, I wrought such havoc among them that at one time I stood for an instant free.

    January 2009 2009

  • I struggled to free myself, and even though weighed down by these immense bodies, I succeeded in struggling to my feet, where, still grasping my long-sword, and shortening my grip upon it until I could use it as a dagger, I wrought such havoc among them that at one time I stood for an instant free.

    With a volcanic wrench of prose, he composed a fight scene 2009

  • I recalled the long-sword glimmer of a body of water far larger than the campus pond.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • Each horseman is to carry shield and spear, long-sword and short-sword, bow, quivers and arrows, and your carts are to contain implements of various kinds - axes and stone-cutting tools, augers, adzes, trenching-tools, iron spades and the rest of the implements which an army needs.

    De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Medieval Warfare in the reign of Charlemagne 2009

  • He pulled out a gleaming long-sword, stalked over to the nearest green, and hacked away.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • He pulled out a gleaming long-sword, stalked over to the nearest green, and hacked away.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • He pulled out a gleaming long-sword, stalked over to the nearest green, and hacked away.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • True, the knight had a long-sword, but he wore no armor and therefore had little protection against Kaz2s blows.

    Kaz the Minotaur Knaak, Richard A. 2004

  • The wound had stanched itself, thanks to the woolen tunic the force of the German long-sword had pushed into its narrow mouth; Drusus could feel broken pieces of ribs moving under his hands, but cuirass, leather jerkin, and ribs had managed to prevent the blade invading the interior of chest and belly.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • As always, Jugurtha counted upon his many thousands of Numidian horse to unsettle the Roman front; superb riders, they used neither saddle nor bridle, and wore no armor, relying for their punch and power upon fleetness, bravery and their deadly accuracy with javelin and long-sword.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

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