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Page 69
... captain of horse - thieves , and listening with great edi- fication to , and deriving no little amuse- ment from , his account of the last achieve- ment of the Jibbenainosay . Of this , as it related no more than the young Bruce had ...
... captain of horse - thieves , and listening with great edi- fication to , and deriving no little amuse- ment from , his account of the last achieve- ment of the Jibbenainosay . Of this , as it related no more than the young Bruce had ...
Page 72
... captain of horse - thieves , indignant at the rebuff , " I'm a gentleman , and my name's Fight ! Foot and hand , tooth and nail , claw and mud - scraper , knife , gun , and tomahawk , or any other way you choose to take me , I'm your ...
... captain of horse - thieves , indignant at the rebuff , " I'm a gentleman , and my name's Fight ! Foot and hand , tooth and nail , claw and mud - scraper , knife , gun , and tomahawk , or any other way you choose to take me , I'm your ...
Page 75
Robert Montgomery Bird William Harrison Ainsworth. or river - roller , I'm the man for a mas- sacree ! " Then giving ... captain of horse - thieves boasted the blood , as he afterwards did the name , of an alligator half - breed , ' he ...
Robert Montgomery Bird William Harrison Ainsworth. or river - roller , I'm the man for a mas- sacree ! " Then giving ... captain of horse - thieves boasted the blood , as he afterwards did the name , of an alligator half - breed , ' he ...
Page 80
... captain of horse - thieves ; but Roland per- ceived , from the increase of merriment among the Kentuckians , and especially from his host joining heartily in it , that there was more in Bloody Nathan than met the eye . And yet there was ...
... captain of horse - thieves ; but Roland per- ceived , from the increase of merriment among the Kentuckians , and especially from his host joining heartily in it , that there was more in Bloody Nathan than met the eye . And yet there was ...
Page 89
... captain of horse - thieves . It is not to be supposed that Roaring Ralph was really the bully and madman that his extravagant freaks and expressions seemed to proclaim him . These , like any other " actions that a man might play ...
... captain of horse - thieves . It is not to be supposed that Roaring Ralph was really the bully and madman that his extravagant freaks and expressions seemed to proclaim him . These , like any other " actions that a man might play ...
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