"Battel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of her waye, For scho had had a sudden fraye, - 'I saw never sewe sea keene, Some new thingis shall wee heare, Of her and Myddeltone the freer, Some battel ...
— Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England • Robert Bell
... the grounde buryed, I have by tradition heard, that when anye notable captayne dyed in battel or campe, the souldyers used to take his bodye, and to sette him on his feet uprighte, and put his {631} launce or pike into his hand; and then his fellowe souldyers did by travell everye man bringe so muche earthe, and laye aboute him ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 • Various
... are cudgell'd; 1040 He that is valiant, and dares fight, Though drubb'd, can lose no honour by't. Honour's a lease for lives to come, And cannot be extended from The legal tenant: 'tis a chattel 1045 Not to be forfeited in battel. If he that in the field is slain, Be in the bed of Honour lain, He that is beaten, may be said To lie in Honour's truckle-bed. 1050 For as we see th' eclipsed sun By mortals is more gaz'd upon, Than when, adorn'd ...
— Hudibras • Samuel Butler
... there is a certaine Decorum, that we may not vse the same termes in their busines, as we might very wel doe in a meaner persons, the case being all one, such reuerence is due to their estates. As for example, if an Historiographer shal write of an Emperor or King, how such a day hee ioyned battel with his enemie, and being ouer-laide ranne out of the fielde, and tooke his heeles, or put spurre to his horse and fled as fast as he could: the termes be not decent, but of a meane souldier or captaine, it were not vndecently spoken. And as one, ...
— The Arte of English Poesie • George Puttenham
... shooting, and fishing, and in both I have had tolerable sport. But as few except emigrants, follow the european method of shooting, I cannot purchase a pointer for any sum: pray send me one by an early fall ship, and if possible smuggle me half a dozen pounds of Battel powder; for since you have begun to cut one another's throats in Europe, I find it impossible to procure any but dutch, and that unglazed, at the moderate price of ...
— Travels in the United States of America • William Priest
... has answer'd that point, good Captain Whiff; 'tis the Event of this Battel we ought to dread; and if won or lost, will be equally fatal for us, either from the ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn |
