 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...flint, as if to see 'Twas fresh, for he had lately used the lock, And next proceeded quietly to cock. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more wul bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pages
...if to see 'Twas fresh—for he had lately used the lock— And next proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will hring the sight to hear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...as if to see 'Twas fresh — for he hud lately used the lock — Aud next proceeded quietly to cock. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelre yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not ton near, If you have got a former friend or foe... | |
 | 686 pages
...that of the allies amounted to more 'than two thousand killed, wounded, and missing. Byron writes " It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol." And if the sound of one produces such an effect upon the nerves, what must b« that of thousands of... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - English fiction - 1833 - 250 pages
...CHAPTER XVIII. A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person—twelve yards off or so ; It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A gentlemanly distance, not too near, U you have got a former friend for foe. DON JUAN. THE captain of... | |
 | Morris Mattson - 1835 - 230 pages
...way home, leaving the unfortunate but romantic scribe to his own painful reflections. CHAPTER XII. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, some twelve yards off, or so, A gentlemanly distance, not too near, When you have got a former friend... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 pages
...the castle, and in another moment Leopold was clasped in the arms of his parents. CHAPTER IV. It luis a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person. Lord Bftv*. FOR some time the feelings and attention of the family were completely absorbed in the... | |
 | James Grant - 1846 - 342 pages
...hastily examined the lock of his musquet, and they sallied forth in silence. CHAPTER XIII. THE DUEL. " It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking...moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person,—twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1851 - 870 pages
...that of the allies amounted to more than two thousand killed, wounded, and missing. Byron writes. " It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol." And if the sound of one alone produces such an effect upon the nerves, what must be that of thousands... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1857 - 522 pages
...conscious wrong, which it was in the power of natural stupidity to abash so easily. CHAPTER VI. Tt has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment's space may bring its mouth to bear Upon your person — two yarda off — or so. THE evening... | |
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