onfall
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Wogan came too late for that pretty onfall at Prestonpans, but he marched south with the Prince's forces, riding again the old roads from Carlisle to Lancaster and Preston.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
The only circumstance which can be alleged in mitigation of the excesses of the Regii sanguinis clamor is that Milton had provoked the onfall by his own violence.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
None the less I hoped in my heart that his secret tidings of the Burgundian onfall had not come through a priest, and namely a cordelier.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
The onfall and sally of the earler evangelistic campaigns are now aided by the investment and siege of educational and medical work.
From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Grenville Kleiser
Look you, this onfall and stratagem of war may not miscarry.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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