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And then to Saxon came a wicked little hope that by the mysterious and unthinkable ability that prizefighters possessed, Billy might be able to whip this bully and rid her of him. With the next glance doubt came again, for her eye dwelt on the blacksmith's broad shoulders, the cloth of the coat muscle-wrinkled and the sleeves bulging above the biceps.
He had passed his life in sporting circles, and though he himself had seen more of jockeys than prizefighters, their respective circumferences intersected; and more than one case had come to his knowledge of a veteran of the Ring unconscious of his decadence, who had boastfully defied a junior, and made the painful discovery of the degree to which youth can outclass age.
Although some of our most notable prizefighters have been gipsies, it used to be well known in times when the ring was fashionable that a gipsy could not be relied upon “to take punishment” with the stolid indifference of an Englishman or a negro, partly, perhaps, because his more highly strung nervous system makes him more sensitive to pain.
But it struck an almost effacing one at the life of the young nobleman of boundless wealth, whose highest renown was the being a patron of prizefighters. Husband of the daughter of the Old Buccaneer as well! perchance as a result. That philosopher tramp named her 'beautiful Gorgon. She has no beauty; and as for Gorgon, the creature has a look of timid softness in waiting behind her rocky eyes.
Nearly every one has wired acceptance, so we're sure to have a lot of nice people. Loads of girls, you know the ones I mean, and Mr. Blithers is trying to arrange a sparring match between those two great prizefighters, you know the ones, Mrs. King, just to give us poor women a chance to see what a real man looks like in I mean to say, what marvellous specimens they are, don't you know.
With every transaction, he passed out a premium in way of palaver. He loved the bustle of business, but into the business he butted a lot of talk helpful, good-natured, kindly, paternal talk, and often there was a suspicion that he talked for the same reason that prizefighters spar for time.
The contrast flashed with the rapid exchange of two prizefighters in a ring, very popularly. And as quickly as you perceive the contrast you swallow the moral. The dreaded thing is down in a trice, to do what salutary work it may within you.
The contrast flashed with the rapid exchange of two prizefighters in a ring, very popularly. And as quickly as you perceive the contrast you swallow the moral. The dreaded thing is down in a trice, to do what salutary work it may within you.
"In a way it's like the quality of muscle and heart that enables some prizefighters to go the distance twenty, thirty, forty rounds, say," Dick concurred. "Right now, in San Francisco, there are several hundred youngsters dreaming of success in the ring. I've watched them trying out. All look good, fine-bodied, healthy, fit as fiddles, and young. And their spirits are most willing.
He was a strong and healthy young man, and had not given way to dissipation, as so many prizefighters had done before, and will again. He had a horror of a cramped and confined, seat in a stage coach. He loved the free air of the heights and the quiet stillness of the valleys. It was in the days of highwaymen, and travelling by coach was not considered any too safe.
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