Chieftains

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.
• You are eleventh, there are but ten chieftains in this community who rank you in prowess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• All this, it seemed, had been the property of the two chieftains I had slain, and now, by the customs of the Tharks, it had become mine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• During this period my father gained great distinction as a warrior and had taken the metal from several chieftains. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• On the second trip they were accompanied by ten or fifteen other women and youths, who, it seemed, formed the retinues of the two chieftains. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Dak Kova, with his jeds and chieftains, sat at the center of one side of the arena upon a large raised platform. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The Highland militia, when it served under its own chieftains, had some advantage of the same kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Chieftains, how sounds, Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Chieftains, continued Lorquas Ptomel, shall the jeddak, Tal Hajus, prove his fitness to rule over Tars Tarkas? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Each community has its own jed and lesser chieftains, but all are under the rule of Tal Hajus, Jeddak of Thark. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Sola also accompanied Tars Tarkas, her father, who before all his chieftains had acknowledged her as his daughter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• One evening a numerous assembly of Greek chieftains were gathered together in the palace. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My mother was rather small, in fact too small to be allowed the responsibilities of maternity, as our chieftains breed principally for size. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Upon this occasion the Irish chieftains contended which should first offer to the young Prince their loyal homage and the kiss of peace. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They sent a council of fifty chieftains to talk with me here, replied the Thark. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There were twenty chieftains about the rostrum, and twenty swords flashed high in assent. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Do you know what your unprecedented temerity would have cost you had you failed to kill either of the two chieftains whose metal you now wear? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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