Sixte
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Sixte
a parry in which the hand is on guard opposite the right breast, the point of the sword raised and moved a little to the right
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. siex; Ger. sechs, Gael. se; also L. sex, Gr. hex, Sans. shash.
This old Harry the Sixt has had the undermost. "The Black Arrow a Tale of Two Roses" by
M. le Baron Sixte du Chatelet informed himself as to the manners and customs of the upper town, and took his cue accordingly. "Two Poets" by
The sixt place is that of Rom. "Leviathan" by
Yet it was significant of the mentality of our High Command, as was afterward pointed out derisively by Sixte von Arnim. "Now It Can Be Told" by
I run sixt' or hundre' miles wit'out stop for rest. "The Flaming Forest" by
Sixt week do fourty and two day. "The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)" by
His two fellow-delegates from "de sixt" sought him and discussed intentions. "The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him" by
And here he goes against himselfe in the twenty sixt Chapter of his Rep. 1. "Machiavelli, Volume I" by
Left a widow, she married again, this time the Baron Sixte du Chatelet. "Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z" by
Although the sixt part of the same hundreth may full well be permitted. "The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1" by
Thy wishd Sunbeam and makes thee see thy King.
Thou dost well, Scotland, thus thy myrth t'expresse
In smiles alone, for all words are farre lesse.