 | 1844 - 454 pages
...terraced roof, having no weapon for his protection but a pike or spear. " The pike," Mr Davis writes, " was one of those used by running footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | 1844 - 606 pages
...way down, that an armed horseman was already in the doorway, he bethought him of a pike, or spear, which he had upstairs, and of the narrow staircase...footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings, to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | 1844 - 688 pages
...way down, that an armed horseman was already in the doorway, he bethought him of a pike, or spear, which he had upstairs, and of the narrow staircase...footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, hi rings, to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...terraced roof, having no weapon for his protection but a pike or spear. " The pike," Mr Davis writes, " was one of those used by running footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | 1845 - 356 pages
...way down, that an armed horseman was already in the doorway, he bethought him of a pike, or spear, which he had upstairs, and of the narrow staircase...footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings, to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | 1846 - 606 pages
...way down, that an armed horseman was already in the doorway, he bethought him of a pike, or spear, which he had upstairs, and of the narrow staircase...footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings, to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1917 - 332 pages
...an Indian pike or spear, which chanced to be upstairs. This pike, according to his son, Sir Francis, was one of those used by running footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings, to give a firmer grasp, rather more than six feet in length, and had a long triangular blade... | |
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... which he had upstairs, and of the narrow staircase leading to the roof, which he considered defensible with such a weapon. The pike was one of those used by running footmen in India. It was of iron, plated with silver, in rings, to give a firmer grasp,... 