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Whiles, heart-hungry in arms that monster deadly to combat,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Whiles, heart-hungry in arms that monster deadly to combat,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Nay, sure mine were the hands did most in the storm of the combat,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891 Various
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Ordering the lion to stay where it had lain during the combat,
King Arthur and His Knights Maude L. Radford
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And once again, in the presence of this witness, I pledge my word that if you return successful from the combat,
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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Whiles, heart-hungry in arms that monster deadly to combat,
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Thou hast described him, that slayer of his enemies, as dismayed and appalled with fear, even him, who by fighting at the lotus lake (of Kuvera) became the destroyer of Yakshas and Rakshasas and who, in proud defiance, invited to a single combat,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Hearing that Karna hath been slain by Savyasaci in single combat,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He hath whippd with rods; dares me to personal combat,
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As the armies stood in silence, watching the preparations for the combat,
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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