onfall
Example Sentences
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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 Lang, Andrew
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 Lang, Andrew
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
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 Kleiser, Grenville
