"And what do the myrmidons of the law want with me?". From Wordnik.com. [Tentacles Of Evil]
And oh, its minor myrmidons are proud and passing crusty!. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
The object of this new liking was not among his myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
He sends his myrmidons to come over the fence and pass and repass. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
Such was the man whom the myrmidons of the law placed in the dock of. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
He promulgated the order but it had to be enforced by his myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
The myrmidons of the court have been long, and are still, pursuing him in vain. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
And let the myrmidons and mercenaries and imperialists know that we are not alone. From Wordnik.com. [ANNIVERSARY OF 1957 STUDENT ATTACK ON PRESIDENTI] Reference
But the myrmidons of Dr. Lundin showed in this case no alacrity to do his bidding. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
The best hotel and all its culinary myrmidons, were set to work to prepare the feast. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
And if it had, surely whatever danger it carried had been dealt with by his myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Victorious]
Shortly after sunset the myrmidons of the law returned, bringing with them a prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Rashleigh] Reference
They sought the myrmidons, the flunkies and the mercenaries, and set up a national guard. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO TV SPEECH ON HAVANA CHANNEL 2] Reference
The myrmidons of Inspector Bucket, foot and horse, supplement those natatory representatives. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Latimer and his myrmidons, prepared to put them off the scent if he should be asked a question. From Wordnik.com. [Wessex Tales] Reference
And, like other Irish gentlemen, 1 will do so rather than fall into the hands of these myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [The Kellys and the O'Kellys] Reference
Monte-Cristo's confederate, who by a lucky chance succeeded in deceiving the myrmidons of the law. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
These myrmidons seemed composed of the abjectness of the beggar and the authority of the executioner. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
The Count of Monte-Cristo should have as much power over the myrmidons of the French law as over Luigi. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Pacini assumed an amusing importance, and his very myrmidons gave out their brass tickets with an air. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Man can think and do but one thing at a time, but oh, the myrmidons of God's legions of Cause and Effect!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
This monstrous deed shows the inner working of the enemies of the revolution, of the cassocked myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [RURAL TEACHER GRADUATES] Reference
George Robins's fortune, could he send his myrmidons of porters to lay hands on all they could carry away. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
The myrmidons of G — were able at once to comprehend how and why such an atrocity might have been committed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Marie Roget] Reference
At which last words the door flew open, and in came Squire Western, with his parson and a set of myrmidons at his heels. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
One stately walk round the furnished table was enough for him to detect the minutest error or omission of his myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
It was rarely that there arose a serious quarrel, for Keller and his myrmidons had a swift way of dealing with malcontents. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
It is now chiefly found in the north-west districts, and it is carefully cherished by the "Jungly Sahib" and his myrmidons. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
Fergus, all the while, with his myrmidons, striding stoutly by his side, or diverging to get a shot at a roe or a heath-cock. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley] Reference
Between 1817 and 1822, Corentin, Contenson, Peyrade, and their myrmidons, were often required to keep watch over the Minister of. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
While he turned to look for his myrmidons, the ground opened beneath my feet, and I disappeared before he had time to see by what means. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
That Rashid Pasha and his crawling myrmidons were rascals of the first water and that the Shazlis were infamously treated is very evident. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
She started up and gazed wildly around her, expecting every moment to see the myrmidons of the law approaching, to drag her away to prison. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
But when she acquainted him with her poverty, he swore he never gave credit, and ordered one of his myrmidons to call a coach, to carry her to the Marshalsea at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference
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