He himself never opened his mouth in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Those who remained alive made plans for self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
They were only to repel force by right of self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Third Period | Fighting in self-defence | Sura XXII, 40. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Under no circumstances, except in actual self-defence, strike a. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
She had invented her little tale of an engagement in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Mohammad as related by Ibn Sád, it was justified in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Spanish province was an act of self-defence and protection against the. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
The lawyer, paid for by my great-uncle, set up the plea of self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
I never make an enemy unless I find myself compelled to do so in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Spain in self-defence began to conquer the coast towns of Oran, Algiers and Tunis. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
We caught the miscreants, but could not convict them, their plea being self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
"It lies," they said, "in your hands to force us to appeal to arms in self-defence.". From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
From the testimony -- Keepum's clerk -- it is believed the act was committed in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
It might be, therefore, that the ranger's adoption of the custom was a measure of self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
He allowed them to retain their arms on the condition that they used them only in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Mohammad with his followers had come out only to check the advancing enemy in his self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Cairnvreckan made on Edward that the young man was compelled to draw his pistol in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
"I should be compelled to arrest him in self-defence, and I am not prepared to do so at present.". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
But under no circumstances were they to take his life, unless it became necessary in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
You come across it everywhere, and at last take the trouble to find out what it means in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
The whole (walled) city and its environments seem to have been built solely with a view to self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
It was evident that she had received him only in self-defence, and on the pleading of Julien de Buxieres. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Though Frauenlob tells Hildegund, that he killed her father in self-defence, she turns from him shuddering. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
The women of the house gathered with baskets and fans and some threw about rice in pretence of self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He had to take to the woods, where, for self-defence, and really for his subsistence, he took to the brigand's life. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Mr. Sludge is not so much to blame: the people at length push the thing so far that he is obliged to cheat in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
While they gathered oysters for subsistence with one hand, they were obliged to carry their muskets for self-defence in the other. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
They worked and sewed together, skimping Nathan and Luther on the cooking till the former threatened to turn cook in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
But these habits are so universal that no one thinks of attacking them, unless now and then some persecuted smoker in self-defence. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
"You may kill before hand, any person who may put you to death, not EXCEPTING THE JUDGE, AND WITNESSES, because it is self-defence.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Years ago he slew the Truchsess of Maintz in self-defence, and having therefore become an outlaw, had entered the service of the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
'I slew him, lady -- slew him in self-defence; killed him to save the truest, noblest woman on earth, and the man who loveth her, Chios the. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
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