 I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around was broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon...  The Story of the Filibusters - Sida 193efter James Jeffrey Roche - 1891 - 373 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Davy Crockett - 1834 - 442 sidor
...that I had heard and seen was nothing more nor less than what is called a rehearsal of a knock-down and drag-out fight, in which the young man had played...outright at this adventure, for it reminded me of Andrew 4 Jackson's attack upon the United States Bank. He had magnified it into a monster, and then begun... | |
 | 1837 - 656 sidor
...amusement, and by way of keeping his hand in. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it." Not long afterwards the Colonel falls in with an old gentleman, who drove a sulky, part of his luggage... | |
 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - 1850 - 238 sidor
...the characters in a Courthouse fight. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. HALL THE DANCE. A PERSONAL ADVENTURE OF THE AUTHOR. SOME years ago I was called by business to one... | |
 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - 1851 - 250 sidor
...the characters in a Courthouse fight. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around was broker. up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. HALL ' THE DANCE. A PERSONAL ADVENTURE OF THE... | |
 | American humour - 1852 - 346 sidor
...the characters in a Court House fight. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs plunged up to the balls...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. XII. TAKING THE CENSUS. OUR next encounter was with an old lady, notorious in her neighbourhood for... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1852 - 354 sidor
...the characters in a Court House fight. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs plunged up to the balls...broken up, as if two stags had been engaged upon it. XII. • TAKING THE CENSUS. OUR next encounter was with an old lady, notorious in her neighbourhood... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 sidor
...the characters of a Courtho'usc light I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. BENJAMIN F. FRENCH. BENJAMIN F. FKKXUII was bora in Virginia, June 8, 1799. After receiving a classical... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 sidor
...characters of a Courthouse fight. • I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...distance of a man's eyes apart ; and the ground around wiia broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it BENJAMIN F. FRENCH. BEXJAMIS F. FKEXCII wns... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 sidor
...the ground from which he had risen, nrul there were the prints of his two thumbs, I .In i" •• i up to the balls in the mellow earth, about the distance of a man's eyes apart ; nnd the ground around was broken up as if two stags had been enguged upon it. BENJAMIN F. FRENCH.... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 sidor
...the characters in a Courthouse fight. I went to the ground from which he had risen, and there were the prints of his two thumbs, plunged up to the balls...broken up as if two stags had been engaged upon it. GARDEN THEATRICALS. FROM "CHARCOAL SEETCHES." BY JOSEPH c. NEAL. 1840. MAN is an imitative animal,... | |
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