... Selictar![179] unsheathe then our chief's Scimit[a]r; Tambourgi! thy 'larum gives promise of War.[fr] Ye Mountains, that see us descend to the shore, Shall view us as Victors, or view ... — The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron
... said Roland Graeme; "and let me pray you, fair sir, since by such addition you choose for the present to be addressed, may I not barely unsheathe this fair weapon, in pure simplicity of desire to know whether so fair a hilt and scabbard are matched ... — The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott