Lexicographical Neighbors of Smallswords
Literary usage of Smallswords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1911)
"The second picture represented the enemies with shields and smallswords, feinting
and parrying, separated by a space of two feet. Number three brought us to ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"... foot with smallswords. On the occasion in question, each opponent was armed
with two holster-pistols, charged with balls and swan-drops, together with a ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"... continue the contest after the pistols were discharged, it was to be finished
either on horseback with short broadswords, or on foot with smallswords. ..."
4. Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett and His Times by Isaac Clarke Pray (1855)
"... had met him in the street and knocked him down—another fashion in vogue among
those who were not skilled in lead and smallswords. ..."
5. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"pointing to two smallswords (which were hung over the crucifix crosswise) ; " do
you see that sword to the right ? With that sword I fought in defense of my ..."
6. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"pointing to two smallswords (which were hung over the crucifix crosswise) ; " do
you see that sword to the right ? "With that sword I fought in defense of ..."
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