He feinted in sixte, however, dropped his point beneath the parry that followed, extended his arm in quatre; raised himself and his blade into something resembling a stop-thrust targeting the left shoulder as the parry crossed, turned his wrist, and slashed Dalt across the left forearm. ❋ Zelazny, Roger (1991)
His blade flashed forward, and I parried in quarte, attacked in sixte. ❋ Zelazny, Roger (1989)
I tried a very fancy attack I'd learned in France, which involved a beat, a feint in quarte, a feint in sixte, and a lunge veering off into an attack on his wrist. ❋ Zelazny, Roger (1970)
¶ The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and gesture. ❋ Thomas Betson (N/A)
-- "The sixte petition, to change the sauage name of Kicowtan," was granted. ❋ Various (N/A)
The sixte and laste is, they wilbe [111] pleased to change the savage name of Kiccowtan, and to give that Incorporation a newe name. ❋ Various (N/A)
But even as I was making up my mind to this -- we were engaged in sixte at the time -- I saw a sudden chance. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)
Tour d'Azyr to be everywhere at once, and then from a low engagement in sixte, Andre-Louis stretched forward with swift and vigorous ease to lunge in tierce. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)
S. Peter about the hour of sixte, the gates, that as then were shut, suddenly opened before them at the instance of their orisons and prayers. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)
The same he speaketh yet more plainly in the preface of his sixte boke writen against ❋ John Knox (1874)
Page folie, they dare not, or will not, go to learne of an nother: And therfore doth Socrates wiselie adde the sixte note of a good witte in a childe for learning, and that is. ❋ Unknown (1870)
French school, by which, at serious issues, the guarding of the line can be more quickly done: as, for instance, the 'parade de septime' supplanting the slower 'parade de prime;' the 'parade de quarte' having advantage over the 'parade de quince;' the 'parade de tierce' being readier and stronger than the 'parade de sixte;' the same said for the ❋ George Meredith (1868)
Againe, in the sixte leafe and seconde page; They shewed unto us by signes that they had in the lande golde and silver and copper, whereof wee have broughte some home. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
And after, in the sixte leafe, he saithe: Wee were oftentimes within the lande v. or vj. leagues, which wee founde as pleasaunte as is possible to declare, apte for any kinde of husbandrye of corne, wine, and oile. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
Finally, to come to the sixte and laste pointe, yf you consider what recompense the Kinges of Spaine have made to the Popes for this so greate ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
In the sixte figure, is shewed howe an Armie is brought from a fower square facion, to the ordinarie forme, to faight a fielde: accordyng as afore is declared. ❋ Niccol�� Machiavelli (1498)
The same he speaketh yet more plainly in the preface of his sixte boke writen against Marcion, In proæmio 6.lib. contra Marcionem. where he recounting certain monstruous thinges, whiche were to be sene at the sea called Euxinum, amongest the rest, he reciteth this as a greate monstre in nature, that women in those partes, were not tamed nor embased by consideration of their own sex and kind: but that all shame laide a parte, they made expenses vpon weapons and learned the feates of warre, hauinge more pleasure to fight, then to mary and be subiect to man. ❋ 1514-1572 (1878)
He was no tyro, merely out of practice, and unacquainted with the later, simpler form of the great master of the French school, by which, at serious issues, the guarding of the line can be more quickly done: as, for instance, the 'parade de septime' supplanting the slower 'parade de prime;' the 'parade de quarte' having advantage over the 'parade de quince;' the 'parade de tierce' being readier and stronger than the 'parade de sixte;' the same said for the 'parade de seconde' instead of the weak 'parade d'octave.' ❋ George Meredith (1868)
¶ The sixte: co {m} maunde ȝe that all {e} tho that s {er} uen in ony offyce be obedient, and redy, to the {m} that be a-bofe them in thyng {is} that ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)
"[How many] car hire companies [can you] name?"
"Sixt"
"So many?"
"[FFS]!" ❋ Fishyrich (2019)
"I rented a [Mazda 5] from Shlomo [Sixt] in Israel, the piece of shit was missing to [hub caps] , one rear view mirror and one seat belt. The sales person told me, you dont need hub caps, they fall off anyway" Useless Sixt! ❋ Sharone B (2009)
[Carl] and I went through half a [roll] of [plastic wrap] Ninety-sixting (96'ing) last night. ❋ Gabrielhudson (2011)
"Dude did you see his [vape]?"
"Yeah do you know [what it is]??"
"[yeah dude] it's a SixT"
"aww i want one so bad" ❋ KrankyBiotch (2019)
My [parent] acts [way too] young for Ova sixT. A parent should [never be] jealous of there children/child ❋ Alexandra Velasquez (2023)
