His handjar is a mighty blade, and held high in the hands of a man of his stature, it overtowered everything in the church. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Exposed to a constant fire of field guns, the Afghans stood their ground, although poorly armed with a variety of obsolete weapons -- from an Enfield to a handjar or a stick. ❋ Theo. F. Rodenbough (N/A)
Archbishop and the National Council; and of their placing the nation's handjar in Rupert's hand; of the journey to Ilsin, and the flight of my daughter -- and my son -- on the aeroplane. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Rupert's first act on rising from his knees was to draw his handjar and salute his people. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
I may add parenthetically that the handjar is essentially the national weapon. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Twice with lightning rapidity the handjar swept the air, and at each sweep a head rolled on the sward. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Before drinking, his mighty handjar flashed out again, and in an instant every table at which the Blue Mountaineers sat was ringed with flashing steel. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
As he fell he pulled his handjar free, and almost as he was falling its sweep took off the head of one of the assassins. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Every man in the church, ecclesiastics and all, wear the handjar, and, following the ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Happily the men waited as Michael, who had just arrived on the quay-wall as the outrage took place, ran forward, wheeling his handjar round his head, and manifestly intending to decapitate Mr. Melton. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Brothers, you know -- or else a long life has been spent in vain -- that my heart and mind are all for the nation -- my experience, my life, my handjar. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
He is a splendid man -- a real fighter as well as a holy cleric, as good with his handjar as with his ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
As far as ever we could see were masses of men roughly grouped, not in any uniform, but all in national costume, and armed only with the handjar. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
He threw down the scabbard in which he carried his handjar, adjusted the naked weapon in his belt behind his back, and was gone! ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Gospodar Rupert first drew his handjar for the Blue Mountains and what it held most dear. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
You hold henceforth in your hand the handjar of our nation, as already, for what you have done in your valiant rescue of our beloved Voivodin, your breast holds the heart of our people. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
His teeth ground together, and with a deep-breathed "On, on!" he sprang off again, handjar in hand, on the track. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Another moment of silence, as King Rupert, taking off his crown, held it up in his left hand, and, holding his great handjar high in his right, cried in a voice so strong that it came ringing over that serried mass like a trumpet: ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
When the shots are fired, do you out handjar, and rush the ravine and across the valley. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Then, raising his handjar and holding it before him, he kissed the hilt, saying: ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
