The undaunted Henley severally knocked down the two fellows in front, and in an instant would undoubtedly have been far enough out of all reach; but, in the very act of striking the second rascal, he received a blow from a bludgeon, dealt by the blood-hound keeper, which levelled him with the earth.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
As he said this, he raised his bludgeon; with which kind of weapon they were all three armed, and had locked the door after them.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
Himself, Mac Fane, and the other entered the room; the keeper and the man each with a bludgeon, and Mac Fane with a pair of pistols and his cutlass hanging by his side.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft