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... prisoner, Max, who has his hands bound to his side. Kishwegin gravely salutes her husband—the bound prisoner is seated by the fire—Kishwegin serves food, and asks permission to feed the prisoner. The brave Louis, hearing a sound, starts up with his bow and arrow. There is a dumb scene of sympathy between Kishwegin and the prisoner—the prisoner wants his bonds cut. Re-enter the brave Louis—he is angry with Kishwegin—enter the brave Ciccio hauling a bear, apparently dead. Kishwegin examines the bear, Ciccio examines the prisoner. ...

— The Lost Girl • D. H. Lawrence

... a war of men. It was a war of machines, and those who wielded the most effective machinery for the destruction of life won battle after battle as a matter of course, just as a man armed with a repeating rifle would overcome a better man armed with a bow and arrow. ...

— The Angel of the Revolution - A Tale of the Coming Terror • George Griffith

... with me. I'll accustom myself to the sight of them. The innocents! they shall not be poisoned by the refinements of society. Rather let them hunt their daily sustenance upon some desert island with their bow and arrow; or creep, like torpid Hottentots, into a corner, and stare at each other. Better to do nothing than to do evil. Fool that I was, to be prevailed upon once more to exhibit myself among these apes! What ...

— The Stranger - A Drama, in Five Acts • August von Kotzebue

... this, one of the squires uttered some words of defiance, and advanced as if to strike the archer; but the archer, having his bow and arrow all ready, suddenly let the arrow fly, and the squire was killed on ...

— Richard II - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... was required of every Bannerman; and it was undoubtedly a great wrench when the once fatally effective weapon was consigned to an unmerited oblivion. But though Bannermen can no longer shoot with the bow and arrow, they still continue to draw monthly allowances from state funds, as an hereditary ...

— The Civilization Of China • Herbert A. Giles

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