'scathing satire' (does satire ever 'scathe'?) or Fielding's rough horseplay. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
That, with no shame, no scathe of mind, shall save. From Wordnik.com. [Hippolytus/The Bacchae] Reference
More scathe they awaited from those of Etzel's band. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Ye were to profit by me, now I shall bring you scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Were they never so shower-hard, scathe the shield-bold. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Venom of vengeance, that shall work such scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Eumenides] Reference
He wist that it would bring him scathe and monstrous woe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
"I see you brought off all your own goods without scathe.". From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
The foe-snatch of the wrathful his life ne'er should scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Bechelaren, from whom King Gunther later gained great scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Then first waxed Hagen wroth, when he saw the monstrous scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
When they were come again, where the scathe had happed, Hagen of. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
An 'I receive proof who hath bereft me of him, I'll do him scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Oh, boy, is the letter that I write to Customer Service going to scathe. From Wordnik.com. [T-Mobile saga continues : Bev Vincent] Reference
Next morning when men came out of doors at Kirkby there they saw great scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
The third virtue is, that no venom may scathe the man who hath the stone with him. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
'Tis not to be denied, O mighty queen, I alone am to blame for this scathful scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
One is when there is thunder, it doth not scathe the man who hath this stone with him. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
That will I not, said the knight, for it will scathe me greatly, and do you none avail. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
There is naught goodlier than a lover who keeps faith with the beloved who works him scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Else then would fain avenge the knight, but he and his fellowship parted from the fray with scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Since that time, its scattered beams, refracted by broader surfaces, have, nevertheless, continued to scathe wherever they have fallen. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Who may predict the precise moment when the earthquake shall rock, the tornado sweep, the red lightning scathe, or the lava flood desolate?. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
"Come, young sir, you have caused scathe enough," said he. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
Her new single is awful, can't wait to scathe that awful track. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
When heed'st thou not deserting me (Sad me!) in sorest scathe, 5. From Wordnik.com. [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference
'Take my horse, Sir, ride on, and I'll see no scathe befall you.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Caged Lion] Reference
All men thought it great scathe of both of these men, Gunnlaug and. From Wordnik.com. [The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875] Reference
I shall have held to my promise to mine own scathe; and thy man and. From Wordnik.com. [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference
But there are woes which scathe the heart till all its bloom is o'er. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life] Reference
Awayte: "awayte me scathe," watch for opportunity of doing hurt to me. From Wordnik.com. [A Bundle of Ballads] Reference
Meseems it was scathe that we stayed not a while to pine him, said the first man. From Wordnik.com. [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference
Reginald, bore the cross, and bestrode the fatal steed, without fear and without scathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
A groom rode the racehorse, who took no scathe from his thundering gallop of the day before. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals] Reference
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