Citations:arrowy
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English citations of arrowy
- 1794 — When he was gone, she opened it again, listened with a gloomy pleasure to the distant thunder that began to murmur among the mountains, and watched the arrowy lightnings which broke over the remote scene. — Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
- 1843 — Slowly and steadily the little band of Spaniards held on its way amidst this arrowy shower, until it had reached what appeared the proper distance for delivering its fire with full effect. — William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 3, Chapter 3
- 1843 — The icy winds, that now swept down the sides of the mountains, brought with them a tempest of arrowy sleet and snow ... — William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 3, Chapter 8
- 1843 — The Spaniards pushed steadily on through this arrowy sleet ... — William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 5, Chapter 3
- 1843 — But the latter, marching intrepidly forward in face of the arrowy shower, stormed the works, and, after an obstinate struggle, drove the enemy from their position. — William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 6, Chapter 3
- 1843 — Still they toiled on in defiance of the arrowy shower, fresh numbers taking the place of those who fell. — William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 6, Chapter 7