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Examples
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They replied, “O King, soon thou shalt see what we will do in battle-plain where men cut and thrust amain.”
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Now on this, the last day, the Animus brought forth its force of beasts and bestial men upon the parched earth of the ancient battle-plain, and there made war for the fate of all…
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Answered she, “So be it;” and, taking the red pieces, ranged them opposite the white, then put out her hand to a piece purposing the first pass into the battle-plain.
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Who slept the last sleep on that red battle-plain!
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If we can't fake the kind of battle-plain that wouldn't make
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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Your knight I go, to meet my foe, and my guerdon reap on the battle-plain.
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Suffer us to listen to the promptings of this sentiment in the full freedom of our thoughts, and learn that these thoughts do not separate two people whose blood has so often mingled on the battle-plain.
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Hermit of the Caves, no longer the Oracle of the Sanctuary, no longer the Valkyrie of the battle-plain, but only the loveliest and most happy bride that ever gladdened a husband's eyes.
Ayesha, the Return of She Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Victims of a deathless discord, pressed the gory battle-plain!
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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And his warriors took him bleeding from the reddened battle-plain!
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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