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I told the sentry I had been ordered to relieve him, and he handed over his musket without a word.
IN THE DAYS OF WASHINGTONWILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON
As I pulled the trigger of my musket I tried to shout, but my throat was as dry as a furnace and I could only gasp.
FOR THE HONOR OF FRANCETHOMAS A. JANVIER
Upon this a musket with small shot was fired at his legs, on which he scampered off to the huts.
CAPTAIN COOKW.H.G. KINGSTON
Each Frenchman seized his musket and fled to a hole nearby, called "the redoubt."
MONTREAL 1535-1914 UNDER THE FRENCH RGIMEWILLIAM HENRY ATHERTON
He dropped his musket as if it had stung him, and then, doubling up as if he were a hare, set off from the face of the square.
WITH WELLINGTON IN SPAINF. S. BRERETON
"One minute, Cap'n," answered Jim, shouldering his musket and facing round.
HOW CANADA WAS WONF. S. BRERETON
I was dreadfully agitated, and supposing that my death was immediately to follow, instinctively seized my musket in self-defence.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHEVALIER DE LA SALLE AND HIS COMPANIONS, IN THEIR EXPLORATIONS OF THE PRAIRIES, FORESTS, LAKES, AND RIVERS, OF THE NEW WORLD, AND THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH THE SAVAGE TRIBES, TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGOJOHN S. C. ABBOTT
This is the war of the idea, the other was the war of the musket.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL, VOL. 9 (OF 12)ROBERT G. INGERSOLL
Probably some of them had visited the French forts, and knew how to use the musket, and appreciated its death-dealing power.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHEVALIER DE LA SALLE AND HIS COMPANIONS, IN THEIR EXPLORATIONS OF THE PRAIRIES, FORESTS, LAKES, AND RIVERS, OF THE NEW WORLD, AND THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH THE SAVAGE TRIBES, TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGOJOHN S. C. ABBOTT
It was the lunt of a musket, which someone was hiding beneath his mantle to prevent it from going out.
PRETTY MICHALMR JKAI

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