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" It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so, A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But... "
Ocean Adventures: Or, Cabin and Forecastle Yarns of Thrilling Incidents - Page 208
by John Sherburne Sleeper - 1857 - 408 pages
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ;...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 9-10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...proceeded quielly to rock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, . That cocking of a pistol , when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance , not too near, . . If you have got a former friend for foe;'....
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 800 pages
...next proceeded quietly to cock. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so : A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But...
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Mammon in London; Or, The Spy of the Day ...

Mammon - 1823 - 384 pages
...hand, but he can't be certain. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol when you know, A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person twelve yards off or so." To be short, both fired at once; and down fell the Captain, like a cock sparrow....
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...purchase wit. CHARMS ОГ A DUEL It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so, A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe: But...
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The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical ..., Volumes 1-2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...next proceeded quietly to cock. ILL It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe; But...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...next proceeded quietly to cock. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelre yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not ton near, If you have got a former friend or foe...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...next proceeded quietly to cock. It has a strange quirk jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, ojiavi yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...next proceeded quietly to cock. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend or foe ; But,...
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