Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 44
nd strode onfoot, with his mighty battle-axe, to the spot where therush was dreadest. Now came the shock, — the fight hand to hand :spear and lance were thrown aside, axe and sword roseand shore. But before the close, serried lines of theEnglish, with their physical strength, and veteran prac-tice… … William of Normandy. 20 Historic Scenes in Fiction Animated by the presence of their king, fightingamongst them as a simple soldier, but with his eye everquick to foresee, his voice ever prompt to warn, themen of Kent swerved not a foot from their indomitableranks. The Norman infantry wavered and…
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