onfall
Example Sentences
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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
Was there not some fashion of onfall at Bridport?'
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Aye," nodded Sir Benedict, "and shall march south to cut off our retreat if haply any of us escape Sir Rollo's onfall."
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
That saw Face-of-god and Hall-ward and War-well, and other wise leaders of men, and they bade their folk forbear the chase, and lock their ranks to meet the onfall of this new wave of foemen.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
On January 6th the Boers delivered their great assault upon Ladysmith—an onfall so gallantly made and gallantly met that it deserves to rank among the classic fights of British military history.
From The Great Boer War by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
