His knife he had not: barehanded he fought, frenzied by loathing of the foul monster, the foulest the sea breeds.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
"None could like you have fought a lion barehanded, and I know that there was no one in the ludus who was your match with the sword, while Boduoc and the other five were infinitely superior to any of us in strength.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
But assuredly I never dreamt of him as fighting a lion barehanded in a Roman arena in defence of a Roman girl.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty