"Blackleg" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the lot. I stared at them in bewilderment. They were my own checks, sure enough; and underneath my name, on the back of each one, was the indorsement of the infamous blackleg whose name had been a byword ever since I could remember as that of the chief devil in the policy blackmail conspiracy that had robbed the poor and corrupted the police force ...
— Children of the Tenements • Jacob A. Riis
... doctor from Kulanche, thought he'd cinch matters by getting the medicine man, too. At that, I guess one would of been about as useful as the other, the Kulanche doctor knowing more about anthrax and blackleg than he did about ...
— Somewhere in Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson
... or shall I?" he inquired glumly, which, by the way, was his normal tone. "Jim and Sorry oughta git the post holes all dug to-day. One erf us better take a look through that young stock in the lower field, too, and see if there's any more sign uh blackleg. Which ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower
... and forth for some time in silence, then suddenly pausing before her, said: "This cloud must not rest upon you, Chiquita mia. We must find that blackleg, Carlton, if we have to raise heaven and ...
— When Dreams Come True • Ritter Brown
... Sir George," said he; "I saw it myself, and she did it just as dexterously as the oldest blackleg in Paris." ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) • Charles Lever |
