It is true that, by destroying the bridge which connects them, all communication between the two places would be cut off; but the distance from the one to the other being not more than half-musket shot, and the guns of the fort pointing directly down upon the streets and of the city, any attempt to hold out could cause only the destruction of the town, and the unavenged slaughter of its garrison.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
My very soul is repugnant to the supposition of leaving its envenomed tumours unassuaged, and its angered stabs unavenged.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
This cruel deed, however, did not remain unavenged, for Eudocia did not interfere when Saturninus, in a monkish riot, or at the hands of hired murderers, lost his life.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll