a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory

From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.

It is the narrative which contains narrativity, and this narrativity will precisely include the means by which the reader is encouraged to a lesser or greater degree to actively construct the story […]

But if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both Or bring your latter hazard back again And thankfully rest debtor for the first.