| 单词 | desperado |
| 例句 | We felt like a gang of desperados setting out to rob a train or blow up the sheriff s office. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom found these people cowards and, therefore, more contemptible than the desperadoes who risked their lives to hold up a train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They are ragtag desperadoes with nothing to lose. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Reports from agents and informants like Morrison suggested that several of these desperadoes had knowledge about the murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I took to wearing the strap across my chest, the drum riding my hips like a desperado's revolver. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z People realized that anything could be expected from a mob of undisciplined desperadoes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, a desperado put a gun to Emmett’s head; somehow, he managed to wrestle the weapon free. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Once, the tribe’s enemies had battled them on the plains; now they came in the form of train robbers and stickup men and other desperadoes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Just fine,” she said, and wondered who else in Maycomb still remembered Scout Finch, juvenile desperado, hell- raiser extraordinary. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tonight the Gunslinger awkwardly transitioned from roughing it with the desperadoes to next-day in a war-wagon taking him and Lawrence to the prison. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 4: Truth and Consequences 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Compared with all the other Alaska shows on Discovery and elsewhere, “The Last Alaskans” is short on camera-needy kooks, drunken brawls, gold-digging desperados and interpersonal conflict. Perspective | Nothing really happens on ‘The Last Alaskans,’ which is why it’s still the best reality show 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Where would heist movies be without the Big Score — that payoff so irresistible it can lure the most jaded desperado out of hiding? Steven Soderbergh Quit Movies. Now He’s Back. What Gives? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z “Kick over any rock, and most likely a desperado would crawl out and knife you in the heart if there was a dollar in it,” he muses. Review: ‘Slow West,’ a Wry Twist on Classic Frontier Fables 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Cormac McCarthy chronicles a father and son attempting to survive among desperados in the ashen ruins of modern society. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z The desperado appears as a wizened, gun-toting shadow slung across railroad tracks and in the scared whispers of shopkeepers and children. Screams. Tears. Meltdowns. New Picture Books Let Bad Behavior Fly, With Just a Bit of Advice 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z They may be desperados, but, by and large, they are not the sociopaths who populate so many American Mafia movies. Movie Review: In ‘Easy Money: Hard to Kill,’ Wily Social Climber Is Back 2014-02-13T23:26:19Z I’ve turned into a hater I put up a false bravado But Marshall is not an egomaniac, that’s not his motto He’s not a desperado, he’s desperate His thoughts are bottled. Music: On ?Recovery,? Eminem Reasserts His Core Values 2010-06-21T22:24:00Z It’s such a strong performance that in moments, despite Mr. Richet’s attention to detail — the shiny chrome, the desperados, the pretty sun-kissed color — the movie all but fades, leaving only Mr. Gibson. Review: In ‘Blood Father,’ Mel Gibson Plays With Pulp Fiction 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Luke finds himself pursued by a steely police officer, in the form of Bradley Cooper, who's out to make a name for himself by catching this desperado. The best films for spring 2013 2013-04-01T05:59:03Z But perhaps none tops Billy the Kid, the young desperado who murdered his way across New Mexico before his death at age 21 in 1881. 'To Hell on a Fast Horse': Billy the Kid meets his match 2010-03-19T22:26:00Z Making her way west through northern Thrace, Kassabova encounters “a hub for … desperados and smugglers.” Travel Books Take You There and Back 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Mostly, though, it gives us repeated images of its rural desperados waving shotguns and assault rifles and making threatening gestures with baseball bats. Television Review: ‘Amish Mafia,’ on Discovery Channel 2012-12-11T22:46:55Z In these days of expletive strewn reality TV shows it is easy to forget just how incendiary Rotten and his band of desperadoes were. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z “It’s telling our history, about citrus wars, about Chicano murals, about the Black Panther Party, about desperadoes — all of those stories.” Why Gustavo Arellano's OC Weekly departure highlights the endangered status of Latinos in media 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Loyalty – a fluid commodity among the town’s dirtbags and desperadoes – has remained a constant among fans. How Deadwood went from eye-popping TV to a parade of old hams 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Where a few hundred crusty desperadoes used to gather for major poker tournaments, thousands now enter them, including “Sarasota dentists,” Mr. Whitehead writes, “and hedge-fund dinks.” Books of The Times: ‘The Noble Hustle,’ by Colson Whitehead 2014-05-08T20:03:16Z At least he knows what he is doing, even if his own speech – "It's sink or swim: I don't do lifebelts" – is every bit as hackneyed as that of his desperados. The Apprentice touches base again 2010-10-06T21:00:00Z Edward Gardner's charismatic conducting allows the music its gorgeous desperado scope without subduing any subtleties: no irony escapes. Wozzeck; A Scream and an Outrage – review 2013-05-18T23:05:43Z I’m not really expecting to suddenly live in a world in which robotic, cowboy-hatted desperadoes start shooting at me. After “True Detective,” HBO needs a new hit: Here’s why “Westworld” could be their next great show 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Whether he is playing a lovelorn misanthrope in last year’s quirky indie “Wilson” or an intergalactic desperado in “Solo,” an innate likability, a folksy decency, shines through. Woody Harrelson, Rogue Number One 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z When he came down to the kitchen for lunch, the handkerchief tied around his face made him look like the desperado in a cowboy movie. Paper sons of paper sons: My immigrant family’s hidden stories reveal what they risked to come to America 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The fame and honor Marston accrues on his quest affect how people react to him — he can be a vicious desperado or a well-known hero, depending on how players want him to be. Video game: 'Red Dead Redemption' is a shoot-em-up Western 2010-07-10T01:47:00Z Is she an important, influential artist who will endure – or another derivative desperado? Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z A gun-nut buddy slips him a piece and Bronson goes on the rampage; then the timid authorities conspire to conceal the fact that this desperado is actually bringing down the crime-rate. Michael Winner was maybe over-indulged. But he was a pioneer of sorts 2013-01-21T20:45:26Z Suddenly three bearded desperadoes turn up on horseback, asking the way to the resonantly named town of Absolution. Cowboys & Aliens ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:27Z Someone who's not a total desperado has arrived on the red carpet! Oscar red carpet fashion - live! 2013-02-25T00:39:26Z Hannah Verdier As previous editions of this show have demonstrated, shoplifting is a widespread phenomenon: a very British crime, not just confined to hardcore desperadoes. TV highlights 16/04/2013 2013-04-16T06:01:35Z After all, who can resist belting along to a vivid piano ballad that rhymes “Silverado” with “desperado?” Review: Morgan Wallen reigns as country's hottest, most polarizing star 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z But it seems clear that there was no reason to approach him so aggressively, as though he were some armed desperado fleeing a murder scene. Opinion | Tyre Nichols video shows policing must be done with a community — not to it 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The Special Operations Division of the DEA often goes overseas to capture desperados with elaborate undercover stings. Covert operation? Globetrotting "con man" and "suspected spy" met with Trump at his golf resort 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “He certainly is not a negro desperado, but an intelligent gentleman, whose appearance speaks for him,” she wrote. Perspective | In 1896, Black intellectuals criticized The Post’s coverage of race 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z With his stocky build, unnerving gaze, five o’clock shadow and tightly wound energy, Mr. Persoff specialized in portraying gangland figures, Wild West desperados, bellicose generalissimos and Cold War heavies. Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Just before it began, he sent a high-flown letter to The Times, which had once pontificated that “the hanging of a few of the desperados engaged in this business would have a salutary effect.” Train robberies — great or pedestrian — are nothing new in California 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Dozens of times a year, some desperado pushing the limits takes off in a stolen or getaway vehicle, trailed by a line of flashing lights and sirens and, overhead, a squadron of television station helicopters. In a city of freeways and showbiz, live-broadcast cop chases are ‘great spectacle’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Haverkorn spent his retirement documenting and indexing every homicide in the Pikes Peak region, from horseback battles with Wild West desperadoes to modern-day carjackings. Police Say Boyfriend Responsible for Shooting at Colorado Birthday Party 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Even Knott’s Berry Farm features a wooden plank affixed to a tree that brags, “desperados stay clear of this here town!” — as if extrajudicial murder was as innocuous as a square dance in a barn. Column: California has a history of racist lynchings, too. Ignoring that fact is mass delusion 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z On my third day, a belligerent desperado wandered in off Fountain Avenue and threatened to jump behind the bar unless I gave him free booze. In a year of loss, I found comfort in an unlikely place: paranormal TV 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z One credible story had a trio of desperadoes getting caught after robbing the sleeping owner of a gambling parlor of his gold-dust stash and threatening his life. Column: It's time to chop down the 'lynching tree' from this California city's logo 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z All wore masks or bandannas and gloves all week, making the paddock look like a cross between a medical center and a waiting room for desperadoes. Tiz the Law Wins an Unusual Belmont Stakes 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Either way, this is an easy watch, especially with a glass of wine, a bowl of crisps, looking at these ripped desperados, and asking yourself, “Who’s really winning?” What I'm really watching: Sandy Cohen's eyebrows and comfort telly 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The desperado was trying to obtain a fake passport, police were informed, which would have let him flee the country. AP Was There: The killing of gangster John Dillinger in 1934 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Look at the scaremongering about allegedly industrial levels of “sperm theft”, as though there were nightly platoons of female desperadoes barging into wine bars, intent on harvesting a poor chap’s swimmers against his will. Sure, he might say he’s on the pill, but would you really trust him? | Barbara Ellen 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z First, the “desperados”: a combination of “those who fear the end of the world” and “those who fear the end of the month”. Why Viktor Orbán and his allies won’t win the EU elections | Ivan Krastev 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z She was “utterly flattened by having to be a businesswoman, farmer,” and a “mother, writer, & all-around desperado.” Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z A meek store clerk becomes a desperado on the run with the girl he saved and his grandfather in tow. L.A. movie openings Oct. 10-12 - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z He also said he believed that only two bullets had punctured the desperado, one in the neck and the other in the left side. AP Was There: The killing of gangster John Dillinger in 1934 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “You got to hand it to the guy,” a juror who voted to convict Tucker told journalist David Grann about the desperado, who died in 2004. Review: Robert Redford lands another iconic role in comedic crime story ‘The Old Man & the Gun’ - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “Do I look like a desperado you’re going to have to shoot?” Real-life Westworld was an immersive learning experience 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Instead, an orderly development of the interior—less violent, and less inclined to celebrate the desperado over the peaceful peasant. We Could Have Been Canada 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z It turns out Ghanaians belong among the desperadoes of the world. Letter from Africa: Why do Ghanaians leave home? - BBC News 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z East Chicago police in the raiding squad said “two Department of Justice men” executed the desperado, but would not name them. AP Was There: The killing of gangster John Dillinger in 1934 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Author: You may remember David French as the man proffered by fellow #nevertrump desperado Bill Kristol as an ideal independent presidential candidate to counter Trump’s rise. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles to read in this 'peak Trump' week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Why didn’t a desperado come storming toward the White House gates with his gun after the story about George W. Bush meeting with aliens hit the stands? At a D.C. pizzeria, the dangers of fake news just got all too real 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Unless, of course, Mrs. Clinton was blowing another one of her dog whistles in her desperado political campaign to say that Mr. Trump is committing treason against the infiltrating radical Islamic terrorists. Hillary Clinton is a failure at fighting terrorism 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Probably wasn’t thinking much at all after a long night out on the town and an imaginary encounter with Brazilian desperados. Column: Lochte’s apology is about as real as his story 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z One was an old western outlaw and horse rustler, a murdering desperado named “Doc” Middleton. The Race of the Century that Marked the End of the Wild West 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The Wild West, with its righteous cowboys and soulless desperadoes. Guns in America were no big deal, until big business made us love them 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Though legally off-limits to commercial exploitation, the lands are under near-constant siege by loggers and other desperados. Illegal Loggers Wage War on Indigenous People in Brazil 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z They tape grenades and ammo clips round their waists and across their chests, giving them the look of authentic desperadoes. Meet the New Gangster Warlords of Latin America 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Today, movies are still often shot in less than two weeks, featuring real life desperadoes, strippers and guns in stories that flick between scantily-clad women and firefights in monster trucks. The Actor, the Kingpin, and Mexico's Drug War as Entertainment 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Founded two years after Nevada became a territory in 1862, the prison has housed everyone from mining boom-era “desperadoes” to card cheats from Las Vegas. Shuttered Nevada prison closer to being tourist attraction 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z As a group, those in the early-intervention program seemed more like lost souls than like desperadoes, but they were all lawbreakers and, in many cases, repeat offenders. How to Stop Mass Incarceration 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z He was buried as Al Hajj Malik Shabazz, a spiritual desperado lost between the peace of Islam and the pain of blackness. ‘Death of a Desperado’: Malcolm X Was Assassinated 50 Years Ago Today 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z And, of course, the winos and desperadoes you’d expect to find in a bar called Terminal. Pouring Shots and Shooting Portraits in the Old Times Square 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z But trial and error will do strange things to a politically inclined and introspective desperado. My unusual libertarian journey: How a former outlaw broke the political mold 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z However, as the mockery of this year’s crop of Apprentice desperadoes gets underway, maybe we should stay aware of how we’re being “distracted”. Like all rapists, Ched Evans will never be really free 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z I passingly referred to the Internet as a kind of Wild West, one with limited regulation and desperados vying for control. The Future of Civilization Is a Battle Between Google and Wikileaks 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Do you really want to be running around the world responsible for a band of desperadoes?” 6 worst right-wing moments of the week — Michele Bachmann declares war on Islam 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The towns of Gao in Mali and Tamanrasset in southern Algeria share a similar profile: traffickers, tribal chiefs, corrupt officials, jobless desperadoes and jihadists all rub along to claim a slice of the profits. No wonder they still try 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z "We consider it a sacred responsibility to save the PDP from the antics of a few desperadoes who ... are bent on hijacking the party for selfish ends," it added. Nigeria's ruling party splinters, in threat to Jonathan 2013-08-31T22:55:42Z There are the aggravations at airport security, where you are routinely barked at, told to raise your hands like some cornered cowboy movie desperado. On the Road: More Fliers May Qualify for Security Shortcuts - On the Road 2013-04-22T23:45:07Z His popularity, fuelled by the desperado image, made him a refreshing antidote to the clean-cut pop stars of the era. What Johnny Cash did for prison reform 2013-01-23T00:06:37Z "People are tired of these foreign desperadoes who are laying siege to the country." Greeks confront crime wave amid austerity 2012-08-16T08:42:10Z The villages and the neighbouring hamlets were visited on several consecutive days, yet they failed to find a single individual able to afford any intelligence or information as to the hiding-place of the desperadoes. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Young man," he said, "you don't act to me like a desperado. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z They were joined by other desperadoes, notably by a gang of logwood cutters from the Bays of Campechy and Honduras. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z In the kitchen he was a hero, in the parlour a desperado. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Burning for a brush with the desperadoes, we towed the Dart out of her critical situation and got her under sail. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z "Daphne, my daughter," he said, "can you leave these desperadoes for a while and join us in the study?" A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The desperado was all too well known in Holbrook, and scarcely a man in all the place cared to face him. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z He became as it were a desperado by reflection. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z There it was, and was soon lighted and put in its proper place: a joyful signal of success to the brave and patient coastguard, and a fatal lure to the desperadoes on board the smuggler. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z A leader of strong personality could easily and at any time gather a large army of desperadoes in Venezuela if he had the money to pay them. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z A man set down without credentials or guards among the wild desperadoes who swarmed in war time in the Asturian passes might consider himself fortunate if an easy death fell to his lot. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "Wait a bit, madam," said the chief of desperadoes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z When he was under inspection he affected the slouch of a desperado, but directly he found himself alone, this passed insensibly into the droop. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z And for all I know they might be in his pay, or at best be some of the reckless desperadoes who on that coast live by owling and worse practices. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z His uncle, finding himself in the power of a desperado capable of any mischief, and, possibly, having no heart to resist the violence of one who was all but a son, complied with his demand. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Knows he was born for a detective and is ready to face a colony of desperadoes; there is no limit to his cheek and no end to his tongue. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z In this manner, Frank walked straight into the midst of a party of nine thoroughbred frontier desperadoes, who were waiting for him, with their weapons in their hands. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z A very stout old gentleman, with a very red face and very protuberant eyes, sat down beside Kipps, removed a Panama hat of the most abandoned desperado cut, and mopped his brow and blew. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "A piratical crew," says the author, "is generally formed of the desperadoes and renegades of every clime and nation." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He cried out to the man that that was his pony; whereupon the desperado laughed at him. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z The Governor of Texas has issued an order for the arrest of the members of the Boundary Commission who took part in the recent summary executions of the desperadoes at Socorro. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z There was no longer a doubt but that the desperadoes were watching like wolves. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z He often passed the night in the tower; and a desperado of the village once kept him company, without having beard or scalp disturbed. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Of course, if you are attacked you will defend yourself, but you are hardly a match for any of these piratical craft except quite the smaller class—native boats manned by bands of desperadoes. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z It was a white man—a desperado of the plains. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z Having prepared for battle with all the coolness of an old desperado, he spent the night in drinking with the master of a trading sloop, who seemed to be in his pay. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z You two take charge of this here altogether too smarty young gent," said the leader of the desperadoes, "and look out for him a heap close. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z While it is tough to judge from the picture the authorities released whether Mr. Connor’s clothing is bespoke, his jacket and button-down shirt do set him apart from the average desperado. City Room: One Thing Hasn't Changed: Banks Have the Money 2012-01-06T00:43:28Z Coal miners, farmers, stevedores, vagrants, desperadoes, drowsy clerks and fumbling factory hands—the dull faces of the immemorial crowd sweating for its living, grunting under its burdens—his phrases hymned their loneliness and their defeats. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z He loved stories of Indians, scouts, and desperadoes, and he could fire a rifle pretty accurately almost as soon as he could carry one. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z "Why, if this be so, did your mother permit you to join the lawless desperadoes to whom you owe your present unhappy and degraded position?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z He was behind the rocks before the desperadoes realized what had taken place. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z The train, which had been exhibiting signs of indecision, suddenly quickened its pace and shot past, to the discomfiture of the desperadoes, who childishly fired a volley at the wheels. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Chicago Tribune For genuine, unaffected enjoyment, read the adventures of this dashing desperado in petticoats. The Millionaire Baby 2011-12-21T03:00:32.447Z The stage frequently carried large sums of money, and was therefore frequently held up by desperadoes or Indians. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z I was treated like a white head by the cook, who no doubt took me for a desperado or horse-thief, by my looks. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z "I am unable to tell you just where he is at present," said Frank, with that perfect coolness that so astonished the desperadoes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Through the falling snowflakes they could see the large lean-to in which the half-breeds were sleeping, for the band of desperadoes had thrown themselves down immediately on returning. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Men seem to imagine that I’m a survival of the mediaeval desperado; and I am offered any shady undertaking that entails the slightest risk.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The men whom Thorn had raised to rescue me were neither habitual brawlers nor desperadoes, but sturdy stock-riders and tillers of the soil, smarting under a sense of oppression. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z “What kind of desperado organization is this?” he exclaimed, laughing in spite of himself at the ludicrous appearance this feminine vigilant committee made. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z He had a dark mustache and imperial, and there was about him the atmosphere of a dashing desperado. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z For me, in the unwonted glory of heading the desperadoes of the first flight, life and the future were contained in the question of how much longer I could count on my hireling. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The city here hides some of its worst lairs, and many a desperado infests them. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The woman lay very ill when he came with a band of desperadoes to seize the cattle. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z About ten miles southwest of Camp Bowie these two young desperados came onto three Indians, who had twelve ponies, a lot of pelts and several saddles, besides good fire-arms, and blankets. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z Frank had watched every move, realizing full well that there was a possibility of a "gun play" between those two desperadoes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Highway robberies were numerous and, although I myself never happened to suffer at the hands of any desperadoes, I have often heard first-hand accounts from persons who had been robbed of everything they were carrying. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z A club of desperadoes, called the Massorca, was formed of men sworn to do his bidding, even though it might be to murder their own relatives. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The idea of its being taken by Ward and his five hundred desperadoes was preposterous, unthinkable, absurd. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z An hour later the two desperadoes were at a confederate’s ranch across the Rio Grande river, in Old Mexico. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z "I thought you would," nodded the desperado with the deadly eyes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z When I was told of the desperadoes in the place I was almost intimidated. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z So two big fighting men were detailed to remain behind with the camp-party, and the rest of the police started in different directions to hunt out the desperadoes. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z Every cent he had at the time of his flight was taken from him, he protested, by the gang of desperadoes among whom he had found refuge. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z In the city of Chihuahua, the two desperadoes led a hurrah life among the sporting elements. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z The Pope and O'Connell have, in this country, an army of nearly two millions of reckless desperadoes, who have given already strong evidences of their thirst for American Protestant blood. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z He was a bold leader of desperadoes, and since the Isle of Pines was where his band most frequently had their headquarters, he was known as the "King of the Isle of Pines." The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z These desperadoes had nothing to lose, and everything to gain,—all that they had to lose being their own, and all that they had to gain being the property of others. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This was found out by some desperadoes, who resolved to rob the premises, and as a preliminary step tried to bribe the porter. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z These desperadoes were then exciting the people on both sides of the Mississippi and my equipment, set off with high top boots and gauntlets, with the peculiar trappings of my horse, only made matters worse. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Give the power, and they will elect such a political desperado as this restless O'Connell, a Jesuit by education, an intriguer by nature, and as great a coward as ever drew breath. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Tragic and heroic memories haunted that blue sea, and although luxurious mail boats plowed it now, the passions of the old desperados still burned in the hearts of men. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z But he brought, like other young desperadoes, his first novel with him; and he had approached the junior partner of the famous old house of Ingham and Son with letters from mutual friends in Brainerd. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z There were excellent reasons why he should remain under the anthropologist’s roof—reasons which only a fool or a desperado would ignore. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z I saw Frank Shirley here yesterday afternoon in company with a well-known desperado who goes by the name of 'One-Eyed Badger.' Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z The prize they looked for was Ruiz, the famous filibuster and desperado 300 who had smuggled hundreds of rifles into Venezuela and had robbed and pillaged and even killed, but had never been caught. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z "And you want me to believe that every one of the victims has given up without a fight; that no real effort has been made to apprehend these desperadoes?" The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z And yet, said the desperado, it wasn't going to be such a bad thing with which to command Ingham's interest at lunch and get him into a confidential humor that wouldn't be too superior. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z From out of the smoke and flames, the maddened desperadoes chorussed this dirge. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Guy Johnson is fled with every Tory desperado and every Indian he could muster! The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z I was privileged to be present at this conclave of desperadoes. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The parson was Colonel Blood, a notorious Irish desperado. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Amory has obtained information as to the whereabouts of Smith and some of his gang, and has started after them, but with only five men, too few to cope with such desperadoes. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z On the second of August, while setting at a gambling table of the Bella Union Saloon, he was shot in the back of the head by the notorious Jack McCall, a desperado. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Once not long before his boat had been boarded by a beauteous maiden, apparently fleeing from a band of desperadoes. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z Anyway we were together again, two desperadoes in dungeon, "apart but not afar." Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Armed bands were formed of unfortunates, desperadoes, ruffians, and gamblers. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z It was a frequent practice with these desperadoes to secure their prisoners by shutting them up in churches, where it was easy to keep guard over them. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z They were a crew of desperadoes who had been employed chiefly in labourers' work at the factories. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Much as both of the desperadoes might have liked to attempt flight, they lacked the nerve to start trouble when those two stalwart men were within reach. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z "Forgery," said I, not to be outdone by any desperado present. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Early the next morning Rideau arrived, bringing with him an imposing number of colored desperadoes; and a written agreement was drawn up. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z This gave opportunity to the desperadoes who had conspired against their companions to commence their operations, which they directed against five Englishmen, whom they killed and despoiled. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The escort, amateurs at this kind of work, had pitied the few wardens who must handle such a desperado. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Bernard’s estates, in consequence, fell to his daughter Sibyl wife of Milo earl of Hereford; and Mahel, ejected from his patrimony, became a lawless desperado. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z It was almost as good as being a real desperado. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z What the deuce was she doing here, careering about the country with this splendidly handsome desperado? Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z As to the feats of this handsome desperado, as related by himself, we accept them with a mental reservation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z On a recent day, the park buzzed with visitors and self-styled, middle-aged desperadoes sporting leather chaps and paunches. Arizona Town Cashes In on a Rock Song 2011-06-17T15:18:21Z In 1820 all England was startled by the discovery of a mysterious plot of some political desperadoes who planned the assassination of the Ministers of the Crown and the overthrow of the Government. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Ned felt rather doubtful as to his reception by the other desperadoes of the camp; but as soon as the girl turned away two of these came up to him. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z I only treated the dog as he would have treated me, but I don’t want to establish a vendetta among his desperado mates with myself for its object. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z A cutthroat such as Lupo would have brought his band of desperadoes here for only one purpose, and that is, to dispose of us. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z And that is the act, gentlemen, which, instead of being the act of desperadoes, pirates, and enemies of the human race, is recorded in history as an act of spirited freemen. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Our men knocked the desperadoes senseless and seized their guns, and in a very few minutes we were much better prepared to defend ourselves. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Some kind of a dodge of a band of desperadoes to avoid the law some way. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z It was a little Hebrew dunning a desperado for the balance due on a pair of pantaloons. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z “And the desperado surrounded by all his men, too.” The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z The Left, terrified at this multitude, which threatens to overwhelm them, brands their leaders as desperadoes or as police agents. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z At one time certain towns in Pennsylvania were greatly dreaded by all showmen, from the fact that the "tough" element there predominated, and rarely did a circus escape without a pitched battle with these desperadoes. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z "Es verdad!" exclaimed the desperadoes, and the boat was turned—Meanwhile the negro had come gradually to himself, and now crouched down at the feet of his deliverer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z He had long hair and wore good clothes and had nothing of the appearance of a desperado. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z I would consider it an insult to be classed with such desperadoes.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z Grant, of course, didn't know how much money had been in the drawer; and I had been in no condition to count the money as I handed it to the frightened desperado. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z I was thus able to trust them to a certain extent, though the fear which they had of this band of desperadoes rather kept their naturally honest impulses in check for a time. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Must he, then, parley a second time with the villain—let him off again, trust him again, go on shielding a known desperado? At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z I had sword and pistols; but this would not have made me a match for four desperadoes such as they. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z In fact, it is infested by a gang of desperadoes. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Even the bloodthirsty Indian appears less of a savage when engaged in a compassionate act, and the wild desperado I had fallen in with seemed softened and humanised by the service he was rendering me. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Nothing positive was known against them, but it was suspected from their looks and actions that they were Northern desperadoes lying quiet for a time. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z The setting is all wrong for anything deeper than the picturesque crimes of desperadoes. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z For some time the neighborhood has been terrorized by the crimes of a gang of desperadoes, who, under the cover of a carefully planned organization, have perpetrated the most infamous cruelties on men and women. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Every saloon was owned by the desperado, or paid him tribute, and he drew revenue from every gambling-table. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z All through the South Seas, more especially in the Line Islands, are to be found the most reckless desperadoes living. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Might as well employ an out-and-out desperado for the work. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z The arrest of every desperado renders his confederates more apprehensive that a clew has been obtained to their complicity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z "A gang of armed desperadoes, you say, caught—arrested—by you and your horse alone?" Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z It appears that more than four hundred of these desperadoes were recognized and retransferred to their old quarters at Toulon. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Before him were cattle thieves, horse thieves, Indians, desperadoes, women with hard eyes and painted cheeks. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The leader of the company, if such men can be said to have a leader, was New Orleans Tom, who is described as a typical Southern desperado. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z He proved to be the ringleader of a gang of desperadoes, who had long infested the country. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Murders are done by maniacs; but the earnest thoughts of murder, these are the collected desperadoes. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z As a London critic very neatly said, “With this dainty and delicate California desperado, Bret Harte vanquished forever the turgid villains of Ainsworth and Lytton.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z I myself have seen, in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding feet. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z At once we will proceed against the whole gang of desperadoes. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Vitoria was the limit of Spain now; beyond it was the troublous No Man's Land, where the legends of Manuel Santa Cruz and his desperadoes abounded. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Then going up to the other he arrested him, the desperado saying as he approached: "I will not resist you, Billy Weatherford." Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z Much of my life has been passed on ranches and upon the mountains, among desperadoes and rough fellows, who do not place much value upon a man’s life. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z The bitter 2002 departure of manager Baker left me cold, but these 2010 desperadoes won me back, and the seduction started last year, when they played tough, exciting baseball late into September. The Giants would be lovable even with Barry Bonds 2010-10-27T01:05:00Z Until air-conditioning made it bearable, it was inhabited in summer only by hardy frontier families and Western desperadoes. 2010-02-13T11:43:00Z If that were true he would not need the warning which the unaccountable desperado, Sam Mosebury, meant to relay to him through channels of alleged magic, until he came back. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Do you know, uncle, what a desperado is? The Undying Past Then, indeed, ensued a scene of murder; for the Christians, flying again to the portal, cut off the retreat of such desperadoes, and slew them within the walls, without loss, and almost at their leisure. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico "Is chivalry quite dead, that a lovely girl like dear Ulrica must be persecuted and victimized by an under-sized desperado, and two Englishmen stand by tamely and allow it?" A Poached Peerage What if this was a desperado, who would think nothing of taking him by the throat? Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The sailor’s expression was so formidable that, for a moment, all the wild tales the lawyer had ever read of 111 western desperadoes returned to test his already weakened nerves. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch After they had departed, I sat down on the beach and reflected on the forlorn situation of this unfortunate desperado. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... With such a wary servant as Baltasar at my back, and so faithful a desperado as Lazaro at my side, I should have made another sort of departure from that abhorred tower. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Few of their words lead us to expect an elevated disposition; the rough humour of desperadoes breaks out from many of them. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Of course he would remain behind to keep track of the desperadoes. Unexplored! Among these uncertain nomads he felt scarcely secure, and collecting round him a small band of desperadoes, he entered upon a more ambitious enterprise by undertaking a marauding expedition into the Persian province of Seistan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar That a man maybe a very tolerable bully and desperado, and at the same time be a great sculptor, your celebrated Florentine predecessor, Benvenuto, has shown. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II "We will win it ourselves!" cried the excited desperadoes. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico An excellent youngster, not in the least cut out by Nature for a desperado--but rather inclined, on the contrary, to all the more delicate pursuits of the muses. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. "My child, whose life would have been taken to-night by five desperadoes had it not been for this honest mousquetaire who, by Heaven's providence, happened to be riding my road." In the Day of Adversity It's right, he is; what with murders and desperadoes no man's life's safe—it is not! The Night Operator Who could tell what desperado might not have made away with them? A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 A negro named Bloodthirsty was perhaps the most luminous figure of Minetta Lane's aggregation of desperadoes. Last Words If malefactors were not punished, thieves and desperadoes, their bad practices being permitted, would have full play. The Progressionists, and Angela. He was always ridden by the villain, and therefore had to be overtaken, and besides that he generally had to carry double, as the desperado usually fled holding the fainting heroine before him. Life on the Stage The desperadoes were waiting to lynch Cut Finger—that was plain. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop I am confident that any one owning a horse there, and not overburdened with moral sense, would almost unconsciously become a desperado. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 The train was brought to a stand-still by this gluey stuff, as I have told you, and the desperadoes boarded the cars and proceeded to rifle us of our possessions. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder The crew was composed of French, Spanish, and Portuguese desperadoes, and led by the mate and De Soto they marooned the captain and ran away with the ship on a pirate voyage. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The throng of desperadoes by whose practical banishment the wise viceroy had purified Peru, could not be expected to get along well together. The Spanish Pioneers He however, had a loyal hatred of whigs, and to his standard flocked many rancorous tories, besides outlaws and desperadoes, so that his progress through the country was attended by many exasperating excesses. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I had been the means of introducing into Count Rudolpho's grounds a band of desperadoes, to whom bloodshed was familiar; and I doubted not that they were at their work of blood and rapine. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The desperadoes paled visibly as I spoke, and after making due apologies for interfering with the train, fled shrieking from the car. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder No less than seven desperadoes succeeded in making their escape from the Kowie convict station last Monday under circumstances of considerable daring. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt It is hard to say what a sheriff nowadays would think if called upon to follow four desperadoes nearly a thousand miles across such a desert, and with a posse so small. The Spanish Pioneers It was the common rallying place of tories, refugees, savage warriors, and other desperadoes of the frontiers. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The man explained elaborately that Ivan was a much-feared outlaw, that he was in the vicinity with a gang of desperadoes and assassins. The Intriguers So he arranged with the desperadoes to stop the train, capture him, and hold him for ransom. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder The King of Ouniot himself feared to measure his strength with such an army of desperadoes. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] For several minutes the unequal fight went on in that narrow passage, slippery with blood,—one gray-haired man with flashing eyes against a score of desperadoes. The Spanish Pioneers And it was with the face of a desperado at bay that he confronted Nancy as she entered. Sube Cane I fancied how that miserable Staats Procurator must have trembled in his inmost heart as he sat there in close proximity with such an infuriate desperado as I was. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The judge bade the desperado cease his badinage and answer his inquiries, and threatened that if he did not, he would punish him for his contumacy. Every-Day Errors of Speech How romantic his sister Barbara would think it—to be trailing a desperado through an ancient Spanish city, and to be flat on one's stomach in a patch of chain of love. The Golden Skull As for the desperado Harvey, whom Larpenteur reports shooting Indians like dogs, his crimes were committed under the walls of the American Fur Company's fort. The Story of the Trapper "Another word and thou shalt cease to live!" cried the desperado, haughtily throwing back his head before the Sultan. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries While Tondo was disappearing in flames and sharp hand-to-hand skirmishes were taking place between these Filipino desperadoes and the American police a furious altercation was going on between the darkly-outlined bulwarks of the two armies. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. They had not yet ventured to assail a post, or even a large village, but the Achin desperadoes urged them to bolder feats, and they grew continually more aggressive. The Woodlands Orchids As soon as Captain Moore had made his report, another detachment was sent out, to follow the desperadoes, if they could be found. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck That night after the inquest the body of the dead desperado was taken to Gunnison, and Justice was satisfied. The Song of the Wolf I had discovered that I was gaining nothing by a sullen attitude and I am afraid that I was even yielding to a cheap desire to impress these desperadoes with my indifference. The Portal of Dreams The effort was vain, however, for the regulars hotly pursued the little brown fighters and the desperadoes paid the penalty of their daring. The Story of General Pershing “Heave that chist out of the end of the wagon, and be quick about it!” was the expected order from the desperado. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure The lieutenant was a man who had met numerous desperadoes in his time, and it was felt that he could do the work much better than the average soldier. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck "What, Ned, allow me to fight my way alone, through a band of desperadoes?" said the Doctor, with feigned trepidation. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier No one who had once seen this young desperado could fail to recognize him on second meeting. The Portal of Dreams One by one the citizens were allowed to slip outside the "ring-around-a-rosy" until only "desperadoes" were left. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry A bath, the barber, and a new store suit had transformed him into a right good-looking fellow—anything but a tramp, anything but a desperado. Our Southern Highlanders At the mouth of the cave sat two of the desperadoes on guard, each with his rifle across his knees. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck A short ride round the point of the bluff brought him directly upon the bleeding form of the desperado, who had attacked him the preceeding evening. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier Gaillon and two or three of the desperadoes whom he had completely under his control, pulled ashore and landed their cargo. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier But she described her unwelcome callers in detail, and Peggy found herself thinking that they bore more than a 120 superficial resemblance to the desperadoes of Treasure Island. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Moreover, the vast roughs of the mountain region offered harborage for outlaws, desperadoes of the border, and here many of them settled and propagated their kind. Our Southern Highlanders Soon the desperado and the two regulars were out of sight and hearing. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck It was 'ugly' altogether, certainly a 'desperado's' grim jest, and it was best to accept it as such, though I had just cause for displeasure. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century "Bowie's knife" gained much favor from those who tried it; and speedily the "bowie-knife" was being adopted by the hunters, backwoodsmen, desperadoes and all. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters He had imagined himself in a wide, high, dimly lighted room with two villainous-looking desperadoes bending over him with weapons plainly displayed. The Mark of the Knife “As a rule, none but desperadoes could be hired for the service,” he declared. Our Southern Highlanders Fully sixty Indians and a score of desperadoes were now within the stockade, and it looked as if all was lost to our friends. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck This martial rider was Comanche Bill, whom gossip described as one of the most notorious desperadoes of the Rocky Mountains, and the greatest Indian "exterminator" on the frontier. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Better get my throat cut by an American desperado, in my pursuit of romance, than settle down on a rock like a placid fat oyster. Miss Cayley's Adventures A band of desperadoes had gradually collected there, who indulged in the most wanton acts of outrage and barbarity, upon the Mexican residents, finally ending in more than one deliberate murder. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Merrill ran, but Harkins grappled with the men nearest to him, and in a moment the whole force of desperadoes was upon him like a swarm of bees. Our Southern Highlanders The two desperadoes talked in a low tone, so that Joe now caught but little of what was said. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Not one of the little party voiced the thought that was in their minds, for each one realized the awful consequences that would follow capture by these desperadoes. Peggy Owen and Liberty Finally, they brought him back to England a ruined desperado, intent on getting at his relative’s wealth by fair means or foul. The Queen Against Owen The solemn tones of the alarm bells, pealing through the night air, summoned all the desperadoes of France to their several places of rendezvous, to march upon the palace. Maria Antoinette Makers of History And then, as she spoke to the lank desperado before her, there were little ripples of amusement in her face; her hands gestured as though in mockery. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Let the desperadoes and the Indians come on! Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck It was reported quietly among a few of us that several of our number had been “marked” by the desperadoes. Gold “The cowardly desperado“—such, I remember, was the editorial expression—was supposed to have escaped with a large part of this mysterious fund still in his possession. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) A few desperadoes dipped their sabers and the points of their pikes in the blood, and, waving them in the air, shouted "Vive la Republique!" Maria Antoinette Makers of History The picture limned by the desperado was as plain to him as though it had been done in fire. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist A score of voices took up the cry, and a yell of triumph came from the Indians and desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Many were in favour of a night surprise, and an immediate hanging before the desperadoes could be organized for defence. Gold To the slackness of control over the road parties was directly traceable the frequent escape of desperadoes, who, defying recapture, recruited the gangs of bushrangers which were a constant terror to the whole country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" As he looked now on the young Confederate officer, on him who had seemed a desperado, Maximilian thought that here stood one who was the instrument of Destiny. The Missourian He waited for a few moments, hoping the desperado would resume where he left off. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Those Indians and the desperadoes must know something of our sending off for re-enforcements. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck A few of us, and the desperadoes, alone realized what it all meant. Gold Wicked desperadoes, who in return blaspheme and dishonor God, condemn his holy Gospel and murder his Christians. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent The desperado was forming in the man–desperado, as contrast to polite conventions. The Missourian When I was 14 a desperado killed my father and then I had my mother and her eight children to take care of. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 He found three desperadoes talking earnestly among themselves, while warming some coffee over a small fire. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck I heard about your row with Scar-face Charley, and I wanted to see whether you were just another fighting desperado or an honest man. Gold From his attitude he might be a fugitive from justice or any other of these interesting desperadoes about whom we have been talking——' Marjorie's face flushed, and she began to tremble from head to foot. The Adventure League Even his comrades, of desperado stripe that they were, had dubbed him the Storm Centre. The Missourian The first natural instinct was to take him for a desperado; but although the features, to our Western eyes, had a barbaric and unhomely cast, the eye both reassured and touched. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The scout's rifle was raised, and so were the weapons of Cass and Bernstein, and the desperadoes found themselves at a disadvantage. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Although momentarily startled by this unexpected evidence that Johnny was not so far off guard as he had seemed, the desperado’s hand dropped swiftly to the butt of his pistol. Gold For the present I took life as easy as I could and had no boyish ambition to be a cowboy or a desperado. Confessions of a Neurasthenic It was natural that any man should color somewhat into a desperado, considering such an existence among those Sierras, but Driscoll was a desperado refined by cynicism. The Missourian Some years ago, the South-west was beset by an organized coalition of desperadoes, whose daring outrages kept travellers and the dwellers in the Mississippi valley in continual fear and anxiety. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The Indians and desperadoes had approached Fort Carson in the darkness, hoping to catch those inside napping. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck “Well, then,” said the desperado, “I want one more drink of whiskey before I die.” Gold He had battled, single-handed and alone, with a desperado who was all fenced about with firearms, saved the company's property and, it might be, the lives of passengers. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike Your own Jackson county regiment would have flared into desperadoes at sight of a United States marshal. The Missourian Even if I shrieked for help, who would hear me save desperadoes, in all probability every whit as ready as my companion to kill me. Byways of Ghost-Land "Give it to the reds and to the desperadoes!" came from old Benson. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The desperadoes, shouldering their way here and there, were finding each other out, were gathering in little groups. Gold Like all mining towns, Brazos City could boast of some tough citizens, and among them was Red Jimmy Murphy, a noted desperado, and as smart a rough as ever pulled a gun. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget At least there was the making of a desperado in the youth of a moment before. The Missourian The infliction of personal injury was not confined to the desperadoes of the streets. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) All of the principal desperadoes were dead and the same can be said of the Indians. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck It was also, after eliminating the desperadoes and blacklegs, essentially honest. Gold He raised a free corps, composed of Carlist deserters, smugglers, and desperadoes of every description, and made war upon his former friends with unbounded vindictiveness and considerable success. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 "So would I. They are the most audacious desperadoes I ever encountered." Mark Mason's Victory He was a desperado from New York, who, being too well known to the police of that city, had found it expedient to seek a new field, where he would not excite suspicion. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success "Hullo, so you've got him," sang out the leader of the desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck I don’t care how many of you desperadoes kill each other. Gold The visitors to whom he was pointed out as "a type of our modern Western desperado" invariably acknowledged that he looked the part. Money Magic A Novel But when the desperado who fights for his life feels the strong arm of that power, then his heart beats and his being fills with passion. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' But perhaps they were not desperadoes—only tired and dirty and unshaven. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium The desperadoes consulted among themselves for a few minutes, and then Captain Moore was ordered to march on. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Nothing in his appearance indicated the desperado; and yet we had long known him as one of the Morton gang. Gold She was like Mart, or rather Mart became every moment more of her kind and less of the bold and remorseless desperado he had once seemed to be. Money Magic A Novel The old man had evidently been a reckless desperado in other days, and many in the village suspected strongly that he had once been a pirate. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 There may be a gang of desperadoes in there, or counterfeit money-makers, or something of that kind. Our Next-Door Neighbors Still guarding the boys, the desperadoes took their guns and also a pistol the young captain had loaned his brother. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Outside a few principals like Morton and his immediate satellites, there was no accurate demarkation between the desperadoes and the miners. Gold Are they interested in him only because he's what they call a desperado? Money Magic A Novel Like shadows the band of Mexican desperadoes would come, dynamite the dam, fire the buildings, stampede the horses, and like shadows vanish again. In the Shadow of the Hills Not all the desperadoes and villains you’ve met from Valley City out, could drive you away from the mountains now.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Did the desperadoes learn that he had overheard their conversation, they might make his very life pay the forfeit. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck But the desperadoes and hard characters would be very much interested in getting some of their own stripe in office. Gold Wherever there are hordes of hungry, adventurous men, there will be desperadoes. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia His advice was taken, and the desperadoes destroyed the fort. Dreamers of the Ghetto Black Donald is the chief of a band of ruthless desperadoes that infest these mountain roads, robbing mail coaches, stealing negroes, breaking into houses and committing every sort of depredation. Hidden Hand No shot came, for the reason that the desperadoes could not locate him with certainty. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck They were both known to me, one as the big desperado, Malone; and the other as the barkeeper at Morton’s place, our old friend of Chagres days. Gold Oh, for my quiet hole! for Furry, and Oddity, and my peaceable companions!” thought I. “What folly it was to venture into the world with such a guide as this desperado, Whiskerandos!” The Rambles of a Rat Two years ago, says the Auburn Advertizer, George Scott, one of a gang of desperadoes in New York City, committed a robbery, for which he ought to have received ten years in prison. Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb From his stature alone, he might have been chosen leader of this band of desperadoes. Hidden Hand He was very much of a quaint character, and for two hours the boys sat up, listening to his tales of encounters with wild animals, desperadoes, and Indians. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Mysteriously every desperado in the place began to lay fifty-dollar octagonal slugs on the gaming tables, product of some lower country atrocity. Gold "The grave of Black-heart Bill, the desperado, who is buried there." Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp The career of this desperado was soon to come to an end. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The long impunity enjoyed by this desperado has made him daring to fatuity. Hidden Hand Yet he was not greatly worried, for he was almost certain that the soldiers would fail to fall in with the desperadoes, each having taken a different trail. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The fact of the matter is that the desperadoes had no cohesion, no leaders; and they knew what none of us knew–namely, that a good many of that crowd must be on our side. Gold It occurred to the Grand Duchess that the man must be some notorious desperado of the mountains, who had obtained her daughter’s confidence, or got her and Miss Portman into his power. The Princess Virginia The Land League was ruling the country, and its desperadoes were everywhere. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The minister was amazed, yet could not forbear to say: "It seems to me, however, that it was Capitola who was in a hair's breadth of capturing this notorious desperado." Hidden Hand With a downcast heart the young officer entered the cave, which was an old rendezvous of the desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The days are long since gone when the name of the midland territory of the great Canadian world, Manitoba, suggested to the uninitiated nothing but Red Indians, buffalo and desperadoes of every sort and condition. The Hound From The North For he asserted loudly, and with lamentations, that the spirit of adventure was blazing within him; he wanted to go out West to fight Indians and desperadoes. When the West Was Young And Scott, with some quiet grimaces, recounted Bucks’s story of his descent of Point of Rocks the night before, under the fire of the three desperadoes. The Mountain Divide For a moment the desperado’s eyes sought the pale face of his would-be slayer. The Twins of Suffering Creek The captain of the desperadoes had appeared, followed by several others. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck When the military police had withdrawn their forces to the North-West Territories, leaving only detachments to hold the American border against the desperadoes which both countries were equally anxious to be rid of. The Hound From The North At present Alvord was working honestly and hard, getting such information as he could concerning who was who among the desperadoes, gathering data as to their movements. When the West Was Young The desperado broke out in fresh denials and 132 curses, but he feared the ridicule of the Indian would bring the laughter of his admirers down on him. The Mountain Divide James could come along with a whole army of desperadoes, once they had rid themselves of their “dust.” The Twins of Suffering Creek The desperadoes would answer no more questions, and in a few minutes the whole party was off for the cave. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck A desperado by the name of Breme, a follower of the Duke of Guise, with a congenial band of accomplices, rushed into the room. Henry IV, Makers of History Such desperadoes as Curly Bill were easy enough to read; just rough-and-tumble cow-boys who had taken to whisky and bad company. When the West Was Young He’s a gunman, a desperado, probably a killer, and I thought it would appeal to him to be put in a place of trust. The Coyote A Western Story Without acknowledging it to himself, he in some subtle way understood that everything this desperado did was a challenge to him––a sneering, contemptuous challenge to him. The Twins of Suffering Creek Before the other desperado could realize what was coming he, too, was down in the big hole. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Years after these outcasts had come to infest it came one desperado 283 more ferocious than all that had gone before. Whispering Smith It was no more than natural that the desperado should ask himself whether he was right in blaming fortune for the cards which he drew. When the West Was Young “Fine form,” he said coldly, “to come unarmed on an errand of mercy to a desperado.” Nan of Music Mountain Then the magnificent Gardiner diamonds, with their slender golden fastenings, were torn from her, and were soon pocketed by the desperado, who had turned a revolver upon her. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife The young captain went out himself to meet the leader of the desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck They had for their leaders outlaws and desperadoes, and for arms old flint-lock guns and soft iron swords. The Soul of a People “Got a warrant for you,” he announced when the desperado had demanded to know who was there. When the West Was Young He had formerly been ridiculed as a visionary, he was now pitied as a desperado. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose On the 20th of June, eight Indian desperadoes, all armed for fight, came swaggering into the town of Swanzey, and, calling at the door of a colonist, demanded permission to grind their hatchets. King Philip Makers of History "Good-morning, Captain Moore," began the desperado, with a regular military salute. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck But he had no intention of upsetting his present plans by any blind, precipitate attack upon the desperado. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The desperado shrugged his shoulders, but went along quietly enough; bail was easy to arrange in those days, and this was not a serious matter. When the West Was Young Lighted it was, the lamps still burning, its barred doors shut, its branching passages suggesting a hive of rocky nests which might harbour an army of desperadoes. The House Under the Sea A Romance A notorious Indian desperado called Sam Barrow was among the number. King Philip Makers of History At the mouth of the cave the party came to a halt, and were met by several other desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Along wi' the adventurers an' prospectors came desperadoes, who intended to make their fortune at the gun's point, by shootin' straight! Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin To him who wants the ornate trappings of the motion-picture bad man or the dialect which makes some desperadoes popular in fiction, Ringo would prove a disappointing figure as he showed up in southeastern Arizona. When the West Was Young It was horrible to see the bloody limbs, the open wounds, the matted hair, the gaping faces of these creatures of a desperado's mad ambition. The House Under the Sea A Romance She considered herself a lady, but she could also see herself, under temptation, doing a desperado's deeds. The Prisoner The old scout had spent several hours in a vain endeavor to locate some buffalo, when, on resting in the crotch of a tree, he saw the desperadoes approaching. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck “Except it might be that desperado guide of his came around in the night and brought him Mr. Rattler for bedfellow.” Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation A desperado, seeking to kill him, threw down on him as he was entering a saloon. When the West Was Young If there are houses there, and stores for the sun-time, who will shut them to this horde of desperadoes? The House Under the Sea A Romance Now came a singular revelation of the essential cowardice of the desperado. They of the High Trails "Stop!" roared the leader of the desperadoes, and raised his rifle. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck But you know I’d rather eat a wolf or a rustler or even a daring desperado than sinkers and beans, any day.” Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The desperado swore at the sun in the drawling monotone wherein your artist at profanity intones his curses 152 when he means them. When the West Was Young A bold man might indeed keep the forces of law at bay for a time; but James McMurrough, notwithstanding the folly into which he had been led, was no desperado. The Wild Geese To fail of arresting the desperado was to brand himself a bungler and to expose himself to the contempt of other sure-shot ruffians. They of the High Trails "Then the Indians and the desperadoes could have walked in here without a struggle." Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck They were thorough desperadoes, of the worst class of vagabonds. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies He looked across the street at the members of the Earp party, who were regarding the desperadoes in ominous silence. When the West Was Young But, monsieur, I am not one who would wish you to be a common bravo—a desperado—for me. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Had it been a man, a 234 desperado with knife in hand and murder in his eyes, she would have flown upon him in contemptuous fury. The Backwoodsmen It is likely that the Indians and desperadoes were much chagrined to think that they would have to hold off for two days, but if so they made no sign. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions But their astonishment at finding the leader of the desperadoes at large was as nothing compared to Johnny Behan’s bewilderment when he met the district judge in the court-house corridor some time near noon. When the West Was Young Well, Judson, you did the right thing in pointing out that desperado the other night. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full The desperadoes composing the attacking force could not stand before that deadly aim. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards "This district will never prosper until the desperadoes are cleaned out." Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck But a revolver is not very accurate over two or three hundred feet, and I doubt if the desperado was even grazed. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron Wild Bill complied with the order to throw up his hands and stood, rigid, expressionless, 287 while the desperado, emulating the plains Indians, tried to torture him by picturing the closeness of his end. When the West Was Young Public report fixed more than one deep crime upon this canine desperado; but still, somehow, he escaped the power of the law. The Adventures of a Bear And a Great Bear too But experience taught that the most guileless in looks were the worst desperadoes of all. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China "We were almost certain either the Indians or desperadoes had fallen upon you and killed you." Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Before the desperado in front of me could get his gun in action, I had fired. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron But the mining camps never produced the type of desperado who was willing to take his share of chances in a shooting affair; excepting when the cattle country was close by. When the West Was Young He had taken in the situation at a glance, and walked, neither faster nor slower, direct to the desperado. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West I should think not; for he was so fantastic and mysterious, such a determined sportsman and eccentric desperado, that he was known to all Le Morvan. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Some time before, the young captain had heard that Bicker came of a family of Colorado desperadoes and that he had joined the army during a spasm of reformation. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck It was difficult to believe that this wharf a few months before had been the scene of a bloody tragedy which involved the shooting of "Soapy Smith," the renowned robber and desperado. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse There were determined men of another breed in Tombstone and the surrounding country, men who had outfought Apaches and desperadoes on many an occasion; dead shots who owned high moral courage. When the West Was Young They are thorough desperadoes of the worst class of vagabonds. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The desperadoes proved to be two brothers, young men of the name of Weston. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time "Right you are, captain," replied old Benson, "and my opinion is, that the desperadoes and Indians will fight hard, when once they get going," he concluded. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Following this is a period of desperado adventure and revolution, of pioneer State-building; and then the advent of the restless, the cranky, the invalid, the fanatic, from every other State in the Union. Our Italy Pursue his career in his later expeditions, hampered by the mutinous vagabonds whom fate had thrust upon him as followers, many of them desperadoes just out of jail. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History There was no reason whatsoever for believing it to be in the possession of Hodges, yet it might as easily be with that desperado as with another. Heart of the Blue Ridge A band of young desperadoes is my idea. Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Crack! crack! crack! spoke up the firearms of the newcomers, and Indians and desperadoes fell in all directions. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck That pitiful little coward, whose stomach had turned at the sight of blood and on the assault of the desperadoes, was their creature. Hurricane Island A gang of desperate desperados, headed by the ruffianly ruffian whom they call The Baron, will be here to-night. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 Thus equipped, the girl stole out through the back way, unobserved by her relations, to keep tryst with the desperado. Heart of the Blue Ridge Conspirators and revolutionaries since the time of Catiline have opened the gaols and have relied on criminal desperadoes for the realisation of their ambitions. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals "We must retreat!" shouted one of the desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The secret was locked in Holgate's bosom, or perhaps he shared it with one or more of his desperadoes. Hurricane Island Enter the gang of desperados, male and female. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 It was true, she knew the fantastic rigmarole, which made absurd the secret dictates of these illiterate desperadoes. Heart of the Blue Ridge None of them were sufficiently strong to show fight; they were not intended to attack merchantmen, but preyed upon native craft, and were manned by from ten to twenty desperadoes. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson But the cavalry went after them, and in the end all but four desperadoes and thirty-six Indians were killed, the others being forced to surrender. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck They concurred; or at least, perhaps for fear of displeasing such a desperado, said what he understood to mean that they concurred. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History Mobilization is like two western desperadoes watching each other. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers "Well, you tell her I'll be home soon as I capture them desperadoes." Anderson Crow, Detective Nor can any leader of desperadoes keep on bringing up his men against shooting like yours, Giant. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain At the fort an active campaign was started under Captain Moore and the commander of the cavalry, and this resulted in the rounding up of six more desperadoes and thirty Indians. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Mary, in one of her excursions, was traveling in the southern part of the country, when she heard that he had been wounded in an encounter with a party of desperadoes near the border. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History And it is for these, the robbers and desperadoes, that the British Army is to do its duty, and for them that De Boursy-Williams is to help pay the piper. The Dop Doctor These boats are in the habit of taking Chinese passengers at one dollar a head, a very low rate, and as such, it was said a number of desperadoes, armed, had embarked in her. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas There are renegades and desperadoes in these mountains, who make friends with the Indians, and I judge he's one of that kind. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Leaving the drum, bugle, and remaining rockets in a safe place, our friends advanced until all could see the three desperadoes quite plainly. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Next morning, of course, Don Carlos was the hero of the hour, and everyone was lavishing compliments and congratulations on him for having tackled an armed burglar single-handed and getting the better of the desperado. Bandit Love Esther learned a good deal from Jacques who, despite his desperado exterior, proved to be friendly and communicative, glad no doubt of someone to chat with since his master was so particularly reserved. Juggernaut Meanwhile white hunters and settlers encroached on their land; white men debauched their women, and white desperadoes stole their stock. The American Empire With reference to the desperadoes who congregate there, their living is made by robbery and outrage throughout the city; and all, sooner or later, are liable to be arrested and imprisoned for their offences.' City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston To tell the truth the desperado was thoroughly downcast, and his face was filled with despair. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Despite the fact that he's a desperado, he is often surprisingly good-natured, and always game when he loses. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands The time was when these wild herds made living possible for the nation's hunted desperadoes, for Jackson's Hole was the last refuge to yield to law and order. The Book of the National Parks We do not rear desperadoes on the prairie, though some few are sent to us. Lorimer of the Northwest It was rather generally believed that McArthur was a desperado of a new and original kind. 'Me--Smith' "Fight to the last, men!" shouted Captain Moore, as he discharged his pistol at the leader of the desperadoes. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Card shark and desperado that he was, his consummate aplomb nobody could deny, except Daniel, now capering and swaggering and twirling his revolver. Desert Dust For coolness under fire, for acumen, for sheer, unflawed nerve, and for his skill in that deadly game he played of hunting down desperadoes, they called him chief ungrudgingly. Brand Blotters Which reminds me that in some parts of Malaysia native desperadoes are accustomed to pound the fronds of certain varieties of palm to the consistency of powdered glass. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China "That's just what I mean to do," said I. And we had a good laugh at the idea of two such desperadoes, as we thought ourselves, talking like this about a little school-girl. The Martian His hunger was beginning to make him desperate, and he did not much care even if the desperadoes did see his camp-fire. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck I like to think of the foreign desperado, seeking to slip into America with official papers under official protection, and sitting down to write with a beautiful gravity, 'I am an anarchist. What I Saw in America Yet these young desperadoes were all of officer’s rank, and the quarrel in which they fell was probably either dishonourable or contemptible. Political Women, Vol. 1 The deference that was paid to a desperado of wide reputation and who kept his "private graveyard," as the phrase went, was marked and cheerfully accorded. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Dangerous struggle against desperadoes for land rights brings out heroic adventures. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery "Hush!" murmured the desperado, and ran his hand down the mare's nose. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck There were also the cattle and mule thieves who lived in the bluffs, miles from the trail of white men, a tough lot of desperadoes, believing in the adage "Dead men tell no tales." Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events He is a desperado, my dear; a wild, reckless spirit who has no regard for law and order. 'Firebrand' Trevison Now, except in newly opened diggings, the genuine desperado is a thing of the past. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography And his brother knew the thought—that Bud might have been shot by some rustlers or roving desperados and so had been dropped from the saddle. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery "It must be those desperadoes," responded his cousin. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The two desperadoes were completely surprised by the sudden appearance of the two noted detectives. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery And then, vindictively: “I presume they are desperadoes—too!” 'Firebrand' Trevison Arming himself, he went into the main street of the village, and entering one of the principal saloons, confronted the desperado. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Somehow this boy did not fit the specifications of the desperado that had been poured into his ears. Crooked Trails and Straight He bent over Riley, and while he was making an examination old Benson came behind him and threw him as he had thrown the first desperado. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Much more lively in its nature was the connection with this parish of the notorious Cruel Coppinger, smuggler, wrecker, and desperado. The Cornwall Coast The desperado in the launch intended to be true to his nature. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed To me, the utter cowardice displayed by these ruffians was surprising—but there is something about the desperado nature that is unaccountable—at least, it seems unaccountable, and it is this. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Maybe Bad Bill had been a desperado, a miscreant according to the usual standard, but when it came to dying he knew how to go better than many a respectable citizen. Crooked Trails and Straight This question came as a surprise to the desperado. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck We look like desperadoes, what with the rifles and covered faces. The Dope on Mars With an oath the desperado reached for his revolver. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code He vaults into the saddle, and from that time his career is that of a philosophic desperado,—one series of outrages upon the chastity of thought. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy An example had ought to be made of the desperadoes, and all the rest of it.” Crooked Trails and Straight Here they found the other two desperadoes sitting at the bottom, growling over their luck and speculating upon what old Benson intended to do next. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The party that had previously raided Danville were under the command of one Bill Anderson, a blood-thirsty desperado, with no more humanity about him than an Apache Indian. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 In all other respects the fin de siècle desperado was unique. Stingaree They were for the most part composed of desperadoes and miscreants, and went about pillaging and burning, with so little discrimination between friend and foe, that the Catholics themselves implored the marshal to suppress them. The Huguenots in France Further down the page Mackenzie discovered that the desperado was still at large, but that Sheriff Bolt expected shortly to lay hands on him. Crooked Trails and Straight "The Indians and desperadoes have surrounded us on all sides," he announced. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Mr. Romilly gives a very interesting and curious account of one of the last pirates, a desperado known as 'Bully Hayes,' once a boatman on the Mississippi. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 |
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