"Crack shot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pull. A haze seemed to cover both barrels, and completely screened the bird." "The Callisto will soon be hidden by those trees," said Cortlandt. "I think we had better take our bearings, for, if our crack shot is going to miss like that, we may want canned provisions." Accordingly, he got out his sextant, took the altitude of the sun, got cross-bearings and a few angles, and began to make a rough calculation. ...
— A Journey in Other Worlds • J. J. Astor
... it very useful," continued Jack; "although some of it had got a little damp; and we furbished up the old pistol, with which Peterkin is a crack shot now. But, to continue. We did not find any other vestige of you on the reef, and, finally, gave up all hope of ever seeing you again. After this the island became a dreary place to us, and we began to long for a ship to heave in sight and take us ...
— The Coral Island - A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean • R. M. Ballantyne |
