The war raged only between men; no defeats or Victories affected the fate of the women, who in Luela, behind a clay enclosure surrounding a spacious market-place, found an absolutely safe asylum.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
But at the same time they were full of faith that if these extraordinary beings would help them then the Victories of the Samburus would soon end.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In measuring up intellectually with a host of other young men in debate and composition, I was inspired with the faint hope that I might at least win a few Victories in the actual conflict of life.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs