swift-handed

And struck by Duryodhana with the shaft, the swift-handed Arjuna of unfailing strength, swelling with rage, pierced the king in return, taking up arrows that were endued with the energy of snakes of virulent poison.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Think of the porcine shambles of Cincinnati, with their swift-handed swine-slayers!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

Indeed, so swift-handed was Arjuna that the spectators could not perceive any interval between his taking up an arrow, and fixing it on the bow-string, and letting it off by a stretch of the

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

One by one they had gone out into the silence to meet death, swift-handed or heartlessly lingering, as the case might be.

The Far Horizon Lucas Malet 1891

I have known numbers of mates of Mississippi river steamers -- a class which seems carefully selected from ruffians most proficient in profanity, obscenity and swift-handed violence; I have seen negro-drivers in the slave marts of

Andersonville — Volume 4 John McElroy 1887

I have known numbers of mates of Mississippi river steamers -- a class which seems carefully selected from ruffians most proficient in profanity, obscenity and swift-handed violence; I have seen negro-drivers in the slave marts of

Andersonville John McElroy 1887

Could anything surpass Phillis's swift-handed movements, brisk, graceful, alert, or Nan's attitude, as she sustained the duel?

Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

Veiled monarchs of the future, shining dim and beautiful, you shall become my vassals, swift-footed to bear my messages, swift-handed to work my will.

Gala-days Gail Hamilton 1864

Such a country is fit for a swift-handed, deep-hearted race of men.

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

The swift-handed men at the gun spoke of it: "Gave 'em a bath that time anyhow.

The Revenge of the Adolphus 1899