Citations:swords

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English citations of swords

1678
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  • 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
    They therefore brought him out, to do with him according to their law; and, first, they scourged him, then they buffeted him, then they lanced his flesh with knives; after that, they stoned him with stones, then pricked him with their swords; and, last of all, they burned him to ashes at the stake.
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