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Antiochus the Illustrious! also 'Prince of Poets, 'Glory of the East, 'Delight of the Universe, and 'Most Remarkable of Cameleopards! Heavens! what a power of speed thou art displaying! What a capacity for leg-bail thou art developing! Run, Prince! Bravo, Epiphanes! Well done, Cameleopard! Glorious Antiochus! He runs! he leaps! he flies!
Whilst you deny me, you receive this fellow Blake a London night-scourer, a broken gamester who has given his creditors leg-bail, and who woos you that with your fortune he may close the doors of the debtor's gaol that's open to receive him." "This is unworthy in you," she exclaimed, her tone indignant so indignant that he experienced his first pang of jealousy.
I picked up the ball, muttering repeatedly but unconsciously: "O God, make me do it." I turned and faced Radley. As I took my short run, I felt perfectly certain that I should bowl him. And the next thing I remember was seeing my master's leg-bail fall to the ground.
I often hoped he would be caught before reaching the post, but he seemed to know intuitively when the time had come to take leg-bail, for his advent at the garrison generally preceded by but a few hours the death of some poor dupe.
But you say this command of the king's gives a license of so many days Now, egad, were I in the scrape, I would beat a march and leave the king and the creditor to settle it among themselves before they came to extremities." "So wad I," said Edie; "I wad gie them leg-bail to a certainty."
"You mustn't be after giving leg-bail to us, old fellow!" exclaimed Tim Nolan, patting the black on his back; "you'll have plenty of grub tomorrow, and we'll be taking you to a pleasanter country than this. Ah, there's another of them!" and away he would start farther round the circle.
"I do declare," observed Prose, affecting an extra limp, "my leg is very bad. I think." "Come, come, Mr Prose, no hauling off; no leg-bail, if you please," said Courtenay, who, with Seymour, was already mounted, upon a spirited Arabian; "take your choice but go you must." "Well, then, if I must, which would you advise me to take?"
It's quite plain that our hamiable friend who seems so fond o' fire-raisin' is goin' to pay 'is respects to Number 5. 'Avin' got it well alight it is just within the bounds o' the possible not to say prob'ble that 'e'll give 'em leg-bail make tracks, as the Yankees say cut and run for it.
I often hoped he would be caught before reaching the post, but he seemed to know intuitively when the time had come to take leg-bail, for his advent at the garrison generally preceded by but a few hours the death of some poor dupe.
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