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  • Her per­for­mance in the big bat­tle scene — from her fell arrival in a war-chariot drawn by polar bears (!) to her icy duel with young Peter — is raw mar­tial cool.

    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe… But Especially the Witch « Snarkmarket 2005

  • BOADICEA, in a war-chariot, with her fair hair streaming in the wind, and her injured daughters lying at her feet, drove among the troops, and cried to them for vengeance on their oppressors, the licentious Romans.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • The glowing snow lay empty and bare; high above his head the witch-lights flashed and played in a frosty sky gone mad, and among the distant blue mountains there sounded a rolling thunder as of a gigantic war-chariot rushing behind steeds whose frantic hoofs struck lightning from the snows and echoes from the skies.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The glowing snow lay empty and bare; high above his head the witch-lights flashed and played in a frosty sky gone mad, and among the distant blue mountains there sounded a rolling thunder as of a gigantic war-chariot rushing behind steeds whose frantic hoofs struck lightning from the snows and echoes from the skies.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The glowing snow lay empty and bare; high above his head the witch-lights flashed and played in a frosty sky gone mad, and among the distant blue mountains there sounded a rolling thunder as of a gigantic war-chariot rushing behind steeds whose frantic hoofs struck lightning from the snows and echoes from the skies.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • No strange armies roved the countryside, and the serfs laboring near the road knelt to touch their grimy palms respectfully to earth as the war-chariot rumbled past.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • The war-chariot gave its occupants a violent ride across road paves purposely made rough for the traction of horses 'hooves.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • The war-chariot gave its occupants a violent ride across road paves purposely made rough for the traction of horses 'hooves.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • No strange armies roved the countryside, and the serfs laboring near the road knelt to touch their grimy palms respectfully to earth as the war-chariot rumbled past.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • He would be fast as a war-chariot, once he charged.

    The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

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