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A young man from the State of BuckeyesWished sword-play with a fish of great size.
Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008
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A young man from the State of BuckeyesWished sword-play with a fish of great size.
Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008
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It's necessary and Wickline makes it interesting with lots of sword-play and intrigue and secret passages and whatnot; it's just especially nice when the dragons and flying lions show up in #3.
1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad Michael May 2008
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We need not linger over definition of these qualities; but we must recognise, in Scott, the absence of lightness of touch, of delicacy in the small sword-play of conversation.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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For a time, most of the samurai had their sword-play, but few do those exercises now, and until about fifty years ago they went out for military training, a fortnight in every year, marching long distances, sleeping in the open, carrying provisions, and sham fighting over unfamiliar ground dotted with disappearing targets.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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Turlogh sensed in the lightning sword-play and the slaughter that this was the proper element for the Dark Man.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Where Conan beat down opposition by the sheer weight and power of his blows, breaking spears, splitting skulls and cleaving bosoms to the breastbone, Valeria brought into action a finesse of sword-play that dazzled and bewildered her antagonists before it slew them.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Where Conan beat down opposition by the sheer weight and power of his blows, breaking spears, splitting skulls and cleaving bosoms to the breastbone, Valeria brought into action a finesse of sword-play that dazzled and bewildered her antagonists before it slew them.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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I spent the day at sword-play and wrestling, and swimming in the Lake of the Ghosts — after my headache had worn off.
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The tossing of abuse from realist to romanticist and back is but the sword-play of two one-eyed men with their blind side turned toward each other.
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