onfall
Example Sentences
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Yet, considering that trained men and a numerous horse have great advantage by daylight, I should be in favour of a camisado or night onfall.'
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
Such were the evil tidings, which put me in sore fear for my brother Robin, one that, in such an onfall, would go far, as beseemed his blood.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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 Andrew Lang
We all made quite sure that the bridges would be built during the night, so that with the dawn the infantry could begin to cross and make an immediate onfall.
From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Churchill
The allusion is to that onfall upon the reformers, Cranmer, Latimer, &c., which had escaped from Milton's pen in 1642 to the great grief of his friends.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
