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For then, without any more ado, Pantagruel struck him such a blow with his foot against the belly that he made him fall backwards, his heels over his head, and dragged him thus along at flay-buttock above a flight-shot.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

For then, without any more ado, Pantagruel struck him such a blow with his foot against the belly that he made him fall backwards, his heels over his head, and dragged him thus along at flay-buttock above a flight-shot.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Our Captain understanding by our Cimaroons, which with great heedfulness and silence, marched now, but about half a flight-shot before us, that it was time for us to arm and take us to our weapons, for they knew the enemy was at hand, by smelling of their match and hearing of a noise: had given us charge, that no one of us should make any shot, until the

Sir Francis Drake Revived Philip [Editor] Nichols

And ere they trail'd a flight-shot, the fierce curs

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845

And ere they trail'd a flight-shot, the fierce curs

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2 George Gilfillan 1845

If the truth must be told, far as her flight-shot was, those arrows hit the mark.

The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Butts for archery were established, and bows and arrows were to be let, at so many shots for a penny, -- there being abundance of space for a farther flight-shot than any modern archer can lend to his shaft.

Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

There stands the Maypole, as thou seest, half a flight-shot from the King's Oak, in the midst of the meadow.

Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801

Lance Outram halted his party, at the distance, as he himself described it, of a flight-shot from the house, and advanced, alone, and in silence, to reconnoitre; and having previously commanded

Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

Martin had still proceeded as gravely as he began, and doubtless would have delivered an admirable lecture of morality, which might have exceedingly contributed to my reader's repose both of body and mind (the true ultimate end of ethics), but Jack was already gone a flight-shot beyond his patience.

A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706