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The wren, to seek for which used to be the sport dedicated to the holytide, was left unpursued and unslain.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

But in the forest peasants were waiting for that unslain remnant,—the peasants who at the sound of the battle had rushed together from all the surrounding villages.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Why waste a thought on one so vile As Hanúmán the Vánar, while Sugríva, Lakshmaṇ, yet remain, And Ráma mightier still, unslain?

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Only the five Pandavas constitute the remnant of the unslain, all their friends and all their children having been slaughtered.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

With the princess of Videha unrescued, and the foe unslain in battle, I dare not live, robbed of wife and honour!'

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan