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"Perhaps not," said the soldier, who retained all his military acuteness. "But are you prepared, don't you require time to man yourself?" "No no, I have had time enough! I am ready." "Well, then, hist! -we are watched one of the jailers! Talk easily, smile, laugh. This way."
Compare Mather, Magnalia, II. 595; Belknap, Hist. New Hampshire, I. 207; Journal of Rev. Hist. Charlevoix adds various embellishments, not to be found in the original sources. Later writers copy and improve upon him, until Hertel is pictured as charging the pursuers sword in hand, while the English fly in disorder before him. Their remains were buried by Captain Church, three years later.
It's pretty well torn at any rate, so you won't miss it." Jack proceeded to comply with this request when Peterkin suddenly laid his hand on his arm and arrested him. "Hist, man," said he, "be tender; you should never be needlessly cruel if you can help it. Do try to shave past Lord Nelson's mouth without tearing it, if possible! Thanks. There are plenty more handkerchiefs on the cocoa-nut trees."
In the middle of the afternoon, Don Melville, with the aid of one of his father's Italian workmen, laid the last stone in the edifice of trickery that he was building for the crushing of Jack Benson. "Jack was coming down the street from the village, when his steps were arrested by the sound of a sharp: "Hist!" Turning, he saw an Italian workman, beckoning mysteriously.
"But now, Monsieur Devereux, turn your eyes to that hideous old woman." "What! the Duchesse d'Orleans?" "The same. She is in full dress to-night; but in the daytime you generally see her in a riding habit and a man's wig; she is " "Hist!" interrupted Hamilton; "do you not tremble to think what she would do if she overheard you? she is such a terrible creature at fighting!
Now, that I may sum up the amount of what has been said in a single sentence, I shall beg leave to conclude in the words of the great Sir Edward Coke, which, though spoken on a different occasion, are yet applicable to this; see Rushworth's Hist. Col. An. 1628. 4 Caroli. fol. 450. London 1707. These punishments are suffered by them with great constancy.
But mosey along and I’ll hist yore stuff on this here cayuse while you let them tha’ dogs out of their chicken coop boxes. You can cache your dude duds in the Emporium general store over yonder next to Squinty Quinn’s saloon, an’ then we’re off for the hills. I’ll yarn about this Wild Hunter while we hit the trail.”
Hope and energy were alike aroused by so vigorous a measure; and thus the people ceased to murmur, and were ready to acknowledge that the King had indeed begun to verify his celebrated declaration that "if he were spared, there should not exist a workman within his realm who was not enabled to cook a fowl upon the Sunday." Matthieu, Hist. de Henri IV, vol. ii. book vi. p. 446.
"He's got it, sir," said Bob Hampton. "It's what I thought, and it's a rum 'un." "Then, where are we?" I said pettishly; for my head kept on feeling as if it was spinning round. "Why, sir," said Dumlow; "we're down in the hold among them sperrit casks as was stowed by themselves, and some one's been opening one of 'em with a gimlet and letting us all drink." "Hist!" Tap, tap, tap, tap.
If guarded and sheltered, all right, but if onguarded and onwarned and thrown into temptation and danger, I felt that trouble wuz ahead for Lucia Wessel. But I knew it wuz no use for me to hist up a danger flag in front of her, for her father wouldn't let me. But I felt dubersome about her, dretful dubersome.
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