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Definition of Sabres
1. sabre [v] - See also: sabre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabres
Literary usage of Sabres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... flushed with enthusiasm, brandished their sabres, vociferating: "Long live
Reform!" And every time the two lovers heard this word they laughed. ..."
2. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"Fifty guards of Saladin's seraglio escorted them, with naked sabres, whose orders
were, to cut to pieces whomsoever, were he prince or peasant, ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"... making their fine horses curvet and prance in what seemed a very formidable
though a very harmless manner, and waving their sabres over their heads, ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... with sabres, under Lieutenant-Colonel Frank White. They charged over a mile,
cutting through the enemy's lines and reaching their artillery, ..."
5. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"... and a clergyman and a Fellow of an adjacent College known as Jesus, for our
partners, you would have smiled among your sabres and pistols. ..."
6. Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography by Eugene Schuyler (1884)
"In this carriage the extraordinary ambassadors of foreign rulers always ride,'
answered the secretary, with dignity. In his further cou versa - sabres of ..."
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