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Updated: June 5, 2025
"There, you see that mosquito is dead. No doubt about that, is there? But what effect does the death of that mosquito have on the nine or ten million of his race that are out here in the woods? This one simply got through the screen, and bucked up against a sure thing, and his bravery, or gall, got him killed, and I may think I am a hero because I killed him.
She is far more glad than you imagine, or than you would believe. King sahib, she is all bucked up about it! Listen her web is wide! Her agents are here there everywhere, and she is obeyed as few kings have ever been! Those agents shall all be held answerable for your life, sahib, for she has said so! They are one and all your bodyguard, from now forward!"
Here he met a few congenial spirits, took several drinks with them, and then, being "flush," a very unusual thing for him he proceeded to "buck the tiger." Like too many others, he bucked too long, and soon found himself penniless. Not to be outdone, however, he rushed out and borrowed one hundred dollars from a friend, promising to return it the first thing in the morning.
Directly Howard came to us the editor dropped the Rose like a hot coal; plumped for this and put me in charge. Now I've pulled it off, just think how bucked up he'll be! It's a licker, George a licker all round." "Bill," George said, "I can't speak about it. My head's whirling. I believe it's a dream."
"See here, kid, this race means everything to the colonel everything in the world. Every cent he has is at stake; his honor, his life, his daughter's happiness. He's proud, cussed proud, and he's kept it mum. And the girl Miss Desha has bucked poverty like a thoroughbred. I got to know the facts, picking them up here and there, and the major knows, too.
Then Nick Gutierrez mounted a bucking horse, and actually rolled and lighted a cigarette while the animal bucked with all his might. 'See that cunning, cunning muchachita, mamma! cried Bell; for, as they stopped at the top of the hill to let the horses breathe, one of the little Mexican children ran after them, holding out a handful of glowing yellow poppies.
The winter has broken, the frost is coming out of the ground and the mud is not adding to our joy in life. Our last load over to the Harris shack was ferried and tooled through a batter. Yesterday Dinky-Dunk got Paddy saddled and bridled for me. Paddy bucked and bit and bolted and sulked and tried to brush his rider off against the corral posts.
Of course, speaking for myself, I'm all for it. I don't know when I've felt more bucked. I sang as I came up here absolutely warbled in the elevator. But you " A curious change had come over Mr. Brewster. He was one of those men who have the appearance of having been hewn out of the solid rock, but now in some indescribable way he seemed to have melted.
I suppose you came to get bucked up? He couldn't have gone to a better place, could he, Mrs. Lascelles?" "Indeed he could not. I only wish we could empty the hotel and fill every bed with our poor wounded!" I do not know why I should have felt so much surprised. I had made unto myself my own image of Mrs.
One boy says, 'He always bucked me up to do my best, and another, a Sergeant, says, 'He put the fear of God into the slackers, and the Colonel says, 'He was a moral tonic in the mess, and his chum officer said, 'He kept us all jolly and clean. I love that. So you see I simply have to buck up and be jolly too." "Helen, you are wonderful," said Larry, who was openly wiping away his tears.
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