To-night then be it," said Mentz, " though to-night my hand is not steady, for wine and anger are no friends to the nerves." " Dost thou refuse me then ?" demanded the youth with a sneer. " By the mass, no ; but to-night is dark, the moon is down, the... Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times - Seite 91von Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1841 - 864 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1835 - 906 Seiten
...to-night my hand is not steady, for wine and anger are no friends to the nerves." " Dost thou refuse me then ?" demanded the youth with a sneer. " By the...agitated, — " therefore will we lay down our lives here, in this hall, on this spot, on this instant, even as thou standest now." " There is no one here... | |
| 1835 - 522 Seiten
...By the mass, no ! but to-night is dark ; the moon is down ; the stars are clouded, and the winds go by in heavy puffs and gusts. Hear it even now.' "...agitated — ' therefore will we lay down our lives here — in this hall — on this spot — on this instant — even as thou standest now.' " ' There... | |
| 1836 - 456 Seiten
...my hand is not steady ; for wine and anger are no friends to the nerves.' " ' Dost thou refuse me, then ?' demanded the youth with a sneer. " ' By the...agitated — ' therefore will we lay down our lives here — in this hall — on this spot — on this instant — even as thou standest now.' " ' There... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...to-night my hand is not steady, for wine and anger are no friends to the nerves." „Dost thou refuse me then?" demanded the youth with a sneer. „By the...„Therefore," said the youth, apparently more coldly composed äs his fierce rival grew more perceptibly agitated, — „therefore will wc lay down our lives here,... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 Seiten
...nerves.' " ' Dost thou refuse ? ' " ' No ! but to-night is dark. The moon is down. The stars are clouded. The wind goes by in heavy puffs and gusts. Hear it even now. We cannot see to fight to-night' " ' Good ! ' said the youth ; ' then we will not go out The moon and... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 Seiten
...nerves.' "'Dost thou refuse?' "'No! but to-night is dark. The moon is down. The stars are clouded. The wind goes by in heavy puffs and gusts. Hear it even now. We cannot see to fight to-night' " ' Good !' said the youth; ' then we will not go out The moon and... | |
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