 | English literature - 1762 - 736 pages
...appointment being on horfe-back with piftols, to put them more on a level, JefFery, with the fV-il fire, (hot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his miftrefs in the troubles. He was again taken prifoner by a Turkilh rover, and fold into Barbary. He... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...duel ensued; and the appointment being on horseback with pistols, to put him more on a level, Jeffry, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This...whither he had attended his mistress in the troubles. Jeffry was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold in Barbary. In 1644., he attended the... | |
 | Characters and characteristics - 1805 - 596 pages
...enraged, that a real duel ensued ; and the appointment being on horseback with pistols, to put them more on a level, Jeffery, with the first fire, shot his...had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was afterward taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary ; but did not remain long in captivity,... | |
 | History - 1805 - 556 pages
...appointment being on horseback with pistols, to put them more ou a level, Jetfery, with the first tire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his mistres» in the troubles. He was again taken prisoner l>ya Turkish rover, and s.,ld into Barbary.... | |
 | G. H. Wilson - Biography - 1807 - 442 pages
...ensued; and the appointment being on horseback with pistols, to put them more on a level, Jeffery at the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened...had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was afterward taken prisoner by a. Turkish rover, &n'd sold for a slave in Barbary; but did not remain... | |
 | Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 290 pages
...one ; and the appointment was made on horseback with pistols, to put him more on a level : Jeffry, at the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither be had attended his mistress in the troubles. He had afterwards the misfortune to be again taken prisoner... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...wiih a squirt, the little creature was so enraged, that a real duel ensued : and the appointment heing on a level, Jeffery with the first fire shot his antagonist...probably did not remain long in slavery ; for at the heginning of the civil war he was made a captain in the royal army ; and in 1644 attended the Queen... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 896 pages
...ensued ; and the appointment being on horseback with pistols, to put them more on a level, JefiVry, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This...France, whither he had attended his mistress in the tioubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary. He probably did not... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1824 - 458 pages
...•was so enraged, that a real duel ensued, and the appointment being on a level, Jeffery with the lirst fire shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France,...again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into fiarbary. He probably did not. remain long in slavery ; for at the beginning of the civil war he was... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...enraged, that a real duel ensued, and the appointment being on horseback, with pistols, to put them more on a level, JefFery, with the first fire, shot his...in France, whither he had attended his mistress in her troubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary. Probably, however,... | |
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... provoked by Mr. Crofts, a young gentleman of family, a challenge ensued, and Mr. Crofts coming to the rendezvous armed only with a squirt, the little creature was so enraged, that a real duel ensued, and the appointment being on horseback with pistols,... 
