Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 24
long as fast as wecould, and Bill, whowas never out of spi-rits, beguiled the timeby telling what he —-..ammwould have done, ifsomething had fallen in his way. If a wolfhad come along in the woods, said Bill, draw-ing up the old piece, and taking aim at an oldstump, and if he had come near… … BOUGHT. in an emphatic whisper^ Be still; I seeone \ he cocked the gun and brought theheavy old piece to a level with his eye. Aftera long, portentous aim, during which Iwinked so hard as nearly to put my eyes out-bang ! it went, and Bill was stretchedbackward upon the grass in an instant, by
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