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He quoted the swashbuckling versifier François Villon: To Messire Noel, named the neat By those who love him, I bequeath A helmless ship, a houseless street, A wordless book, a swordless sheath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now we go forward to bear our testimony against all offensive war and to proclaim that the Hebrew prophets were not misguided fanatics when they foretold the swordless and spearless day of God.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was swordless, coatless, hatless, and bootless; but I carried a well-filled purse in my belt.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
That self-same instant, underneath, The Duke rode past in his idle way, Empty and fine like a swordless sheath.
From Dramatic Romances by Robert Browning
He came to his company hatless, swordless, moneyless, but sound as ever—the same old Jo.
From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by John R. Kinnear
