spearsmen

The spearsmen trotted up, and formed a guard beside the opening.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

The Uighur leader was squatting at the opening, and a double ring of spearsmen stood shoulder to shoulder on guard.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

We passed through the corridor of the spearsmen and over the threshold of the great doorway.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

Hundreds of the soldiers were crouching behind the parapets, companies of archers with great bows poised, arrows at their cheeks, scores of leather jerkined men with stands of javelins at their right hands, spearsmen and men with long, thonged slings.

The Metal Monster 2004

I stepped into a wide corridor, lined with spearsmen and lighted by torches of some resinous wood.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

The Uighur spearsmen were streaming down the wide road.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

They lay there, in the dust, prostrate before me — the troops of the Uighur spearsmen.

Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

Two strong tentacles lashed out, and the box of dirt and plants went flying toward the spearsmen.

The Nitrogen Fix Clement, Hal, 1922- 1980

Here a stout stag, defending himself with his antlers as best he might against the spearsmen, kept up a gallant fight till death.

True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Pictures and Stories for Little Folk Anonymous

With the Indians of the West, who live mostly by hunting, among whom, nine out of ten would, single handed, readily face a score of native lion spearsmen and, we verily believe, put them to flight; a man is considered a great brave who, alone, will undertake to kill a grizzly bear.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters