"Fire-eater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Hello, old fire-eater!" cried Cressey. "Some little hero, aren't you! Bully work, my boy. I'm proud to know you.... What; quarters? Easiest thing you know. I've got the very thing—just like a real-estate agent. Let's see; this is your Monday at ...
— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... are you going to do with your gallant warrior—with the furious fire-eater who wanted to bring my humble career to a ...
— Prince Fortunatus • William Black
... talking the Dutch of Holland, which Peter, who had forgotten his school-days, found a bit hard to follow. He was unfit for active service, because of his eyes and a weak heart, but he was a desperate fire-eater in that stuffy restaurant. By his way of it Germany could gobble up the French and the Russians whenever she cared, but she was aiming at getting all the Middle East in her hands first, so that she could come out conqueror with the practical control ...
— Greenmantle • John Buchan
... over, and the Egyptian fire-eater had left the town. But the poor fellow did not go far. In the city where he exhibited his skill he was recognized and arrested, because he had avoided service in the army. To be sure, he was set free again after a few weeks as unqualified; ...
— Stories by Foreign Authors: German • Various
... old fire-eater snorted. "I'd be obliged just the same, Mr. Weaver, if you'd transact your business and then ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine
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