Warriors

Examples

• The assembled warriors and chieftains examined me closely, feeling my muscles and the texture of my skin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As I opened my eyes she turned to one of the warriors, saying, He will live, O Jed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Let other nations be merchants and warriors, while Greece reasserts her ancient vocation of teacher. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Sarkoja told Sola that you had become a true Thark, she said, and that I would now see no more of you than of any of the other warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• In the distance lay our fleet of transports, with the thoats of the green warriors, where they had remained during the battle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Never in the history of Barsoom, Tars Tarkas told me, had such a force of green warriors marched to battle together. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counsellors; for all their government is by the council or advice of the sages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The speaker was a chieftain and he was giving orders to four of his warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The body is brought and the pyre fired, and then for ten days the warriors built a mighty mound to be seen afar by the traveller on sea or land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Twice had he entered huts at night while the inmates lay sleeping upon their mats, and stolen the arrows from the very sides of the warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A blank, through which the warriors of poetry and history march on in stately hosts that seem to have no end--and what comes next! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Another word from the great Thark, and with a wild and terrifying battle-cry the green warriors charged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The figure at the stake was very still, yet the black warriors were but pricking it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It came from a torch in the hand of one of a party of four green warriors, who were coming rapidly down the corridor toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The Grand Master had hitherto stood astonished at the appearance of so many warriors. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmost. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It was a blessing for a commerce-loving country to be overrun by such an army of customers: and to have such creditable warriors to feed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Slowly we manoeuvered our circle of death until we hung above the gardens where our green warriors were engaged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• On the day following our return all the warriors had ridden forth early in the morning and had not returned until just before darkness fell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It seemed best that I quartered either by myself or among the other warriors, and I was awaiting an opportunity to ask your advice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But the upshot is, she gets up glorious dinners, makes superb coffee; and you must judge her as warriors and statesmen are judged, _by her success_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Behind us we left the stricken city in the fierce and brutal clutches of some forty thousand green warriors of the lesser hordes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Young warriors must learn, but they must not run into danger, although a certain degree of risk is worth incurring when the benefit is great. Plato. The Republic.
• Several battleships had escaped, but there were thousands of war and merchant vessels under guard of Thark warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Ten thousand warriors could not hew a way to liberty from out this awful place. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, and as he couched his great forty-foot metal-shod lance we saw his warriors do likewise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• After a battle, they and the boys soothe and relieve the wounded warriors; also they encourage them with embraces and pleasant words. Plato. The Republic.
• I have known most of the warriors of Barsoom in my time; doubtless I knew him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Where were his warriors? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I had no more than entered the corridor than I saw the three warriors at the other end--those whom I had just seen leaving the apartment. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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