1 An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in She... 2 It was a calm; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.
3 scalp was the only admissible trophy of victory.
4 With this trophy over his shoulder, he hastened to retrace his steps, for the evening was already drawing in.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS 5 The knife with which the crime had been committed was a curved Indian dagger, plucked down from a trophy of Oriental arms which adorned one of the walls.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 6 Over the fireplace was a magnificent trophy of weapons, one of which had been used on that tragic night.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 7 If trophy there be, it is to England that the trophy is due.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? 8 There there was a trophy of arms formed of wooden broadswords, canes, clubs, and foils.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ... 9 The Italian was, as it were, a war trophy.
10 Great are the trophies they bring on whom thine hand deals death; thou also, Turnus, wert standing now a great trunk dressed in arms, had his age and his strength of years equalled thine.
11 Yet therewith many a diverse-worded counsel is for Turnus, and the great name of the queen overshadows him, and he rises high in renown of trophies fitly won.
12 Thunder on in rhetoric, thy wonted way: accuse thou me of fear, Drances, since thine hand hath heaped so many Teucrians in slaughter, and thy glorious trophies dot the fields.
13 The corridors at Hurlstone have their walls largely decorated with trophies of old weapons.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual 14 The Colonel possessed a varied collection of weapons brought from the different countries in which he had fought, and it is conjectured by the police that his club was among his trophies.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man 15 In this action for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals.