Then beneath the waves was there a fierce struggle, but Beowulf in the end conquered.
But I ween this war fire is hot, fierce and poisonous; therefore have I on me shield and byrnie.
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Were they not fierce words, such as my heart likes well?"
Now the maid Zinita watched him till he was gone, and love of him entered into her heart--a love that was fierce and jealous and strong.
Nada The Lily
Akut's mighty yellow tusks found the jugular of more than one sleek-skinned savage, and Tarzan of the Apes was here and there and everywhere, urging on his
fierce allies and taking a heavy toll with his long, slim knife.
The Beasts of Tarzan
To one less wise the wild alarm of her
fierce cry as she sprang would have seemed a foolish thing, for could she not more surely have fallen upon her victims had she but quietly leaped without that loud shriek?
Tarzan of the Apes
My
fierce Tharks caused the wildest excitement and enthusiasm.
Princess of Mars
To attempt to pass through the midst of that
fierce herd seemed, even to me, the height of folly, and so I proposed to Thuvan Dihn that he return to the outer world with Woola, that the two might find their way to civilization and come again with a sufficient force to overcome not only the apts, but any further obstacles that might lie between us and our goal.
Warlord of Mars
This, then, must be the notorious Hortan Gur, Jeddak of Torquas, the
fierce old ogre of the south-western hemisphere, as only for a jeddak are platforms raised in temporary camps or upon the march by the green hordes of Barsoom.
Thuvia Maid of Mars
Mean while in other parts like deeds deservd Memorial, where the might of GABRIEL fought, And with
fierce Ensignes pierc'd the deep array Of MOLOC furious King, who him defi'd, And at his Chariot wheeles to drag him bound Threatn'd, nor from the Holie One of Heav'n Refrein'd his tongue blasphemous; but anon Down clov'n to the waste, with shatterd Armes And uncouth paine fled bellowing.
Paradise Lost
It was happy for Uncas and the scout, and even David, that they were all beyond the reach of his arm at such a moment; for, assuredly, no refinement in cruelty would then have deferred their deaths, in opposition to the promptings of the
fierce temper that nearly choked him.
Last of The Mohicans
There were other things that he ate, too, but the less detailed the account of an ape's diet, the better--and Tarzan was again an ape, the same
fierce, brutal anthropoid that Kala had taught him to be, and that he had been for the first twenty years of his life.
The Return of Tarzan
The day was not yet sufficiently advanced to enable her to distinguish its form and character, though enough was discernible to induce her to imagine it a
fierce and savage animal.
The Prairie
Amongst them all there was none so
fierce and so dangerous as himself.
A Study In Scarlet
The chateau burned; the nearest trees, laid hold of by the fire, scorched and shrivelled; trees at a distance, fired by the four
fierce figures, begirt the blazing edifice with a new forest of smoke.
Tale Of Two Cities