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And he went in at a run, cutting left and right at the head, but the newcomer side-stepped nimbly, parrying and riposting like an Angelo, so help me, tossing aside the peaked cap to clear his vision - and as the light from above fell full on his features I absolutely cried out in amazement.

Watershed 2010

I started taking lessons again tonight, and that will help a great deal, because I have also picked up some weird habits, like dropping into octave instead of riposting after I parry.

Archive 2009-05-01 Kat Howard 2009

I certainly wasn't riposting because I considered your views ill-informed or untenable, simply that I myself took a slightly different take on the events covered by Professor Duffy's most recent book.

Fires of Faith elena maria vidal 2009

I started taking lessons again tonight, and that will help a great deal, because I have also picked up some weird habits, like dropping into octave instead of riposting after I parry.

The blade itself Kat Howard 2009

He envisaged Kokolios riposting thus: 'Ah, Iatre, the missing money comes from profits,' and then, quick as a flash, he would come back with, 'But look, Kokolio', the only way the state can get a profit is by selling the goods abroad, and the only way that this can happen is if the foreign states are capitalist and have a surplus from their taxes to buy things with.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

And he went in at a run, cutting left and right at the head, but the newcomer side-stepped nimbly, parrying and riposting like an Angelo, so help me, tossing aside the peaked cap to clear his vision - and as the light from above fell full on his features I absolutely cried out in amazement.

Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

She turned its sword with ease, spinning into a riposting arc that severed the head and part of a shoulder from its body.

Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999

Rather than riposting, I pretended to stumble, actually gathering my weight, positioning myself.

Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986

Dangerfield tore off his cravat, and wanted to bind it round his principal's waist; but Fareham repulsed him, and lashed into hot fury by the Frenchman's uncavalier-like ruse, met his adversary's thrusts with a deadly purpose, which drove De Malfort to reckless lunging and riposting, and the play grew fast and fierce, while the rattle of steel seemed never likely to end.

London Pride Or When the World Was Younger 1875

"Never," said the Marquis, riposting with a gesture which decided the

The Jealousies of a Country Town Honor�� de Balzac 1824