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  • Zarono was struggling to his feet when a painted savage rushed upon him from behind and brained him with a war-axe.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The longbows of his Bossonians were useless; we harried them from behind trees and bushes, and then, working into close quarters, fell on them with war-axe and knife and cut them to pieces.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The other two whirled with the instant, steel-trap quickness of savages, but even as his knife sank home, the Cimmerian struck a tremendous blow with the war-axe in his right hand.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The other two whirled with the instant, steel-trap quickness of savages, but even as his knife sank home, the Cimmerian struck a tremendous blow with the war-axe in his right hand.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • A feathered chief wheeled from the door, lifting a war-axe, and behind the racing Cimmerian lines of fleet-footed braves were converging upon him.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • I stole back and brought the others, and as soon as he heard us coming, he sprang up and ran at the door to beat it in with his war-axe.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Zarono was struggling to his feet when a painted savage rushed upon him from behind and brained him with a war-axe.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Quickly I girt my belt closer, settled war-axe and knife in their beaded sheaths, strung my heavy bow and saw that my buckskin quiver of arrows was in place at my left hip " groping with my fingers in the utter darkness " and then I crawled from the thicket and went warily in the direction of the drum.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Quickly I girt my belt more firmly, settled war-axe and knife in their beaded sheaths, strung my heavy bow and made sure that my quivers was in place at my left hip " groping with my fingers in the utter darkness " and then I crawled from the thicket and went warily toward the sound of the drum.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The longbows of his Bossonians were useless; we harried them from behind trees and bushes, and then, working into close quarters, fell on them with war-axe and knife and cut them to pieces.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

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