I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clu… — Richard Francis Burton

I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.

Richard Francis BurtonExplorer · English · 1821 – 1890

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