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Meanings of own swords in anglès

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Usage of own swords in anglès
1
In those days, duels were mostly fought with the combatants' own swords.
The Red Axe
2
Like their own swords, with a tracery of gold upon the shining steel.
Shade's children
3
Not to our own swords, but to God only, we owe our victory.
France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
4
Here are our own swords of a length, as you see.'
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
5
Their only chance of salvation lay in their own swords.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 15: 1568, part II
6
Our own swords are just a trifle short for adding interest to an assault.
The Sword Maker
7
Many died on the points of their own swords.
Dangerous Women
8
We get lots of publicity, they work for free and some of them are bringing their own swords!
Wired
9
The Golden Bear was the master of just hanging around and letting others fall on their own swords.
Reuters
10
She was seeing only what was on paper and what could be blocked or parried with our own swords.
The reversal
11
By this time Braithwaite, and all of the Frenchmen save one, had got their own swords half drawn- acultivatedreflex.
The system of the world
12
A few, to escape the fury of the fire and the brutality of the Spaniards, stabbed themselves with their own swords.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 15: 1568, part II
13
Why fight when -if you have the skill -you can arrange for writers to fall on their own swords?
The Guardian
14
She looked around, unable to bring herself to pull the sword from Varia's body; she picked up the girl's own swords instead.
Roma Victrix
15
On this occasion, we would not trust the Burmahs employed with muskets; it was too soon; they had only their own swords and spears.
Olla Podrida
16
Yes, the king has made that concession, which is a wonderful one, for him, that Scottish officers in his service may carry their own swords.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
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Own swords across language varieties
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