This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...his massive axe sweeping in circles round his head--a dozen arrows struck him oil the crest and corslet and glanced off harmlessly--on he rushed, though every step was planted on a writhing corpse, and none came on to second him--he reached the base of the rampart, his axe smote on the timbers of the palisade, and down ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...his massive axe sweeping in circles round his head--a dozen arrows struck him oil the crest and corslet and glanced off harmlessly--on he rushed, though every step was planted on a writhing corpse, and none came on to second him--he reached the base of the rampart, his axe smote on the timbers of the palisade, and down came stones, and beams, and shaft, and javelin, ringing and rattling upon his heavy shield and panoply of proof; yet he heeded them no more than the oak heeds the thistle-down that floats upon the summer wind. Valor, like terror, is contagious; with a mighty effort a dozen knights broke through the throng of their own disordered soldiery, and forced their way to the side of the bold bastard--but not like him unharmed; an arrow skilfully directed against the vizor of young Delaserre, shot through the narrow aperture, and clove his brain; a ponderous axe, hurled from the hand of Salisbury, crushed through the cerveilliere of Montmorency, as though it were a bowl of crystal; yet still undauntedly they hurried on--and now they joined their leader. The dust already eddying upward, the heavy masses of wood and timber that rolled down beneath his ponderous blows, showed that his attack-was prosperous as it was gallant. The din of blows given and taken, hand to hand, between or above the broken palisades, was mingled with the hurtling of the arrows, the shouts or cries of the fierce combatants. "On! on!" the voice of Dunois rose again above the confusion--"On! on! the breach is opened!--Orleans and victory!" but as he spoke, a stone heavier than any yet hurled against him, fell from a huge machine full on his lifted pavesse; his arm fell powerless by his side, and the tall warrior ree' backward from the breach, dizzy and helpless ...
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