Revolvers

Examples

• Why were we ever told to bring navy revolvers with us if we had to be protected at last by this infamous star-spangled scum of the desert? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A boat was dispatched to the cruiser for provisions, ammunition, and carbines; the men were already armed with revolvers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The sailor's hand crept slyly to the butt of one of his revolvers; his wicked eyes glared vengefully at the retreating form of the young Englishman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Revolvers have been improved and the Smith and Wesson is known throughout the world. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• My revolvers were strapped to my lifeless body which, for some unfathomable reason, I could not bring myself to touch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• And I rather fancy the first step to that end should be to go to our cabin and look over my revolvers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• At his side hung a long-sword, a short-sword, a dagger, and one of the destructive radium revolvers that are common upon Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Clayton lay facing the opening at the front, a rifle and a brace of revolvers at his hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I was about to leave the rack when my attention was attracted by the revolvers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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