 I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after a short struggle, I saw the uppermost one (for I could not see the other) make a heavy plunge with both his thumbs, and at the same...  A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ... - Page 36by Davy Crockett - 1834 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Books - 1837 - 656 pages
...occasionally catch those deep-drawn emphatic oaths, which men in conflict utter, when they deal blows. 1 hurried to the spot, but before I reached it, I saw...at the same instant I heard a cry in the accent of the keenest torture, ' Enough ! my eye is out." " I stood completely horror-struck for a moment. The... | |
 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - Fiction - 1850 - 238 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after...with both his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard ifTUL : _v. V.-..K PUBLIC LIlii'AKY ASTOH, LENOX AND TILDFN FQ'JN.)AT!r.NS. J a cry in the accent of... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1852 - 354 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and after...his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard a cry : " Enough ! my eye's out \" I was so completely horror-struck that I stood transfixed for a moment... | |
 | American humour - 1852 - 346 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and after...his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard a cry : " Enough ! my eye's out !" I was so completely horror-struck that I stood transfixed for a moment... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after...with both his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard u cry in the accent of keenest torture, " Enough! Sly eye's out!" I was so completely horrorstruck,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after...the uppermost one (for I could not see the other) nmke a heavy plunge with both his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard a cry in the accent of keenest... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants corne to the ground, and, after a short struggle, I saw the uppermost one (for I could not sec the other) make a heavy plunge with both his thumbs, and at the same instant I heard a cry in the... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and after...cry in the accent of keenest torture, "Enough! my eye's out ! " I was so completely horror-struck, that I stood transfixed for a moment to the spot where... | |
 | Georgia Scenes, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - Georgia - 1859 - 268 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after...cry in the accent of keenest torture, " Enough ! My eye's out !" I was so completely horrorstruck, that I stood transfixed for a moment to the spot where... | |
 | James Parton - Presidents - 1860 - 810 pages
...hurried to the spot with all speed. I had overcome about half the space which separated it from me, when I saw the combatants come to the ground, and, after...cry in the accent of keenest torture, ' Enough ! My eye's out !' " I was so completely horror-struck, that I stood transfixed for a moment lo the spot... | |
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