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To the hairy-handed frontier town of Elyria, Ohio came the Rev. John Jay Shipherd to join battle with the Devil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who caused Tiâmat to revolt, to join battle with me?

From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

The latter were not slow to join battle with the same weapons.

From The White Feather by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Presently, deeming that the enemy was sufficiently emboldened, and having mastered their tactics, he decided to join battle with them.

From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò

But whether we stay or whether we go, the enemy's numbers will be the same, and so will ours, whether we receive them here or join battle with them there.

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Dakyns, Henry Graham




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