His horse was killed, but the buffalo fell to a well-directed bullet fired from the fallen rider while the poor horse was still Impaled on the cruel horns.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Fortunately the shrike is rare with us; one seldom finds his nest, with poor Chickadee Impaled on a sharp thorn near by, surrounded by a varied lot of ugly beetles.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Here Prince Scheviref was Impaled by order of this same tyrant, and here several others of royal birth were recklessly sacrificed.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou