 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 466 pages
...up his arms to his face, with his hands nearly closed in a concave by the fingers being bent to the full extension of the flexors, and summoning up all...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 466 pages
...up his arms to his face, with his hands nearly closed in a concave by the fingers being bent to the full extension of the flexors, and summoning up all...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 474 pages
...energy for one act of desperation, pitched himself into the bosom of his opponent. Before the effects ef this could be ascertained, the sky was rent by the...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
 | Archer Butler Hulbert - Ohio River - 1906 - 602 pages
...up his arms to his face, with his hands nearly closed in a concave, by the fingers being bent to the full extension of the flexors; and summoning up all...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
 | Ronald H. Bayor - History - 2004 - 1032 pages
...into the bosom of his opponent. Before the effect of this could be ascertained, the sky was rent bv the shouts of the multitude; and I could learn that...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantlv to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
 | Henry Adams - History - 2006 - 244 pages
...effects of this could be ascertained, the sky was tent by the shouts of the multitude; and I could leatn that the Virginian had expressed as much beauty and...among panthers and wolves. The shock received by the Kentuckian, and the want of breath, brought him instantly to the ground. The Virginian never lost his... | |
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Before the effects of this could be ascertained, the sky was rent by the shouts of the multitude; and I could learn that the Virginian had expressed as much beauty and skill in his retraction and bound, as if he had been bred in a menagerie and practised... 