onfall

Example Sentences

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Such a purpose as the trapping of the King by a secret and sudden onfall was the mere commonplace of Scottish politics.

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew

All is afire with neigh of steeds and onfall of the men.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

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 Morris, William

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 Pattison, Mark

"Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed as he saw the tremendous onfall of the cavalrymen upon his helpless infantry, "how terrible are those gray horsemen!"

From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend