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• 3. When he had arranged the army in such a manner as to present on every side the fair appearance of a compact phalanx, and so that none of the unarmed were to be seen, he called for the heralds, and came forward himself, having about him the best-armed and best-looking of his soldiers, and told the other leaders to do the same. —  The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
• "They come unarmed, and only ten of them Oho! —  The Norsemen in the West
• Being unarmed, and observing the body of Brown on the ground, Adams at once leaped into the bush and ran. —  The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers
• And the Eskimos are unarmed, apparently Ha! —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
• Stepping behind a tree, he motioned to his friends to do likewise; an example which they followed somewhat hastily on beholding the Indian who had wounded Harry step from the cover of the underwood and deliberately let fly another arrow, which passed through the hair of the Canadian they had brought with them From the several trees behind which they had leaped for shelter they now perceived that the Indian with the bow was Misconna, and that he was accompanied by eight others; who appeared, however, to be totally unarmed--having, probably, been obliged to leave their weapons behind them, owing to the abruptness of their flight. —  The Young Fur Traders

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