| 单词 | highwayman |
| 例句 | Seamus says a man in his pub knew all the verses of the highwayman poem and it has a very sad end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It is not safe, you know—highwaymen will slice your throat in a heartbeat.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew that the difference between an unemployed mercenary and a highwayman was mostly one of timing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She wondered if there had been a fire, or an outbreak of a contagious disease, or if a band of ruthless highwaymen had been spotted nearby! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z This missing almanac business was not nearly as interesting as highwaymen would have been, but at least now it was all settled. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My daddy got him back to talking about the highwaymen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He knew an Irish poem once but it was about fairies and had no sign of a highwayman in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “The more you keep them two highwaymen in the dark, the better off you is. You jus’ got the royal treatment and don’t have clue the first ’bout it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Got enough lip for two sets of teeth," chortled the big highwayman. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Alfhercht had let them out after they had agreed that he couldn’t go into the castle looking like a feral, forest-dwelling highwayman. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I can dream about the red-lipped landlord’s daughter and the highwayman, and the nurses and nuns can do nothing about it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Healways gets into trouble before things work out for him. There are probably highwaymen down this road!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Not at all. He was almost genteel as highwaymen go. I had him pegged as a low-ranking officer before he deserted.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes criminals—robbers, brigands, freebooters, highwaymen, hooligans, thugs, bandits, pirates, gangsters, outlaws—organize or join together in gangs or bands or mafias. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They've had lean pickings, this raggedy pair of highwaymen, Jemmy thought. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She said there was no call for them redcoats to shoot that highwayman, they are responsible for half the troubles of the world and they never had any pity on the Irish, either. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A pair of highwaymen were training pistols on Captain Nips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He says, There was no call at all to shift you up here away from Patricia when you didn’t even know what happened to the highwayman and Bess. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “This happened to us when we were traveling from Ingria. My papa was with us and he took care of the highwaymen, but we’re not...” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Hanging on to each boy by the scruff of the neck, the highwaymen scrambled out of sight below the embankment. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Still sharp, and I don’t see a bit of rust. I could become a highwayman.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are highwaymen in places like this. They might block the road to drive us toward them.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “You don’t even know if there are highwaymen.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “When a town or city is labeled ‘right,’ murderers, thieves, safe-blowers, highwaymen, pickpockets, and all species of criminals inquire no further. The making of the White City Devil: How H.H. Holmes became a serial killer legend 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Goddard, who was famous for dressing as pirates and highwaymen and wearing a white stripe across his face, sold millions of records in the early 1980s. Adam Ant 'royalist stigma' gone 2012-05-30T13:58:19Z Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton"It was a dark and stormy night …" Bulwer-Lytton's bestseller features a would-be gentleman who becomes a highwayman. John Mullan's 10 of the best: highwaymen 2012-05-18T21:54:02Z Above all, Mackay is a compelling storyteller, whatever his topic: haunted houses, phony relics, celebrated highwaymen, the clever guiles of fortune-tellers. Review | The 19th-century book that helps us understand the allure — and perils — of social media 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Lady Lade, or Laetitia, was the mistress of a highwayman and went on to marry a racehorse owner – perhaps this is how she learned to ride. The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot – review 2012-05-26T23:05:41Z How many other writers could convincingly depict a blind highwayman or cap that eerie encounter with a duel on bagpipes between Alan and a son of the famous Rob Roy? Review | Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ is not just an adventure tale, it’s a timely novel about politics and dissent 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Infanticide is the subject of one grim chapter of James Sharpe’s new book, “A Fiery & Furious People”, which examines a history of English violence from riots to highwaymen, and from executioners to serial killers. Killing fields 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Such feelings inspired this rollicking ballad based on the story of a highwayman – betrayed by his lover, jailed for killing someone and summarily executed in 1650. Readers recommend: songs about whisky – results 2013-07-18T13:35:20Z They come from executed murderers, highwaymen and petty thieves unlucky enough to be caught and strung up. More than just getting from A to B 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In the late 1950s, Zorro grew especially popular because of a Disney television series featuring handsome Guy Williams as the daredevil highwayman. Review | Johnston McCulley dreamed up Zorro 100 years ago. The masked avenger is still a thrill. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z This fresh portrait of the highwayman, written by David Farr for the Royal Shakespeare Company, puts a strong feminist twist on the Robin Hood lore. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z He burst forth as a charismatic highwayman in a landmark early-18th-century musical. Get ready for a Mack attack, Seattle: Here comes 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-12T01:12:03Z The name change is thought to have happened because of the shift from tales of highwaymen and Gothic adventure to true crime, especially murder. Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z That night there is "a hue-and-cry after three highwaymen that had robbed two coaches and some other travellers near Dunstable Hill". John Mullan's 10 of the best: highwaymen 2012-05-18T21:54:02Z Later she offered her own folk-inflected settings of texts drawn from contemporary prison narratives and the writings of an Elizabethan highwayman. Review: ‘Prisoner’s Song’ Delves Into Creativity of Confinement 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z There’s a similarly fabulist quality to “The Amazing Bone,” in which Pearl, a pig in a polka-dot bonnet, is beset by pistol-wielding highwaymen. William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Perversely, he appears shy, or at least not in the mood to play the dandy highwayman. Adam Ant – review 2013-05-12T14:03:47Z Among his foes are the Weston brothers, fearsome local highwaymen. John Mullan's 10 of the best: highwaymen 2012-05-18T21:54:02Z The Black Moth by Georgette HeyerIn her first novel, Heyer made a hero out of highwayman Jack Carstares, an aristocrat in disguise, who has gone into hiding after being falsely accused of cheating at cards. John Mullan's 10 of the best: highwaymen 2012-05-18T21:54:02Z This first-person monologue of a soul incarnated as a highwayman, sailor, construction worker, ship captain and ultimately “a single drop of rain” is as deep as it gets. Music Review: A Songwriter, Still on the Line 2011-08-04T22:00:16Z He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero. Edinburgh Fringe: The viral comedy stars leaping from TikTok to the stage 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, the highwaymen had plans to drive Interstate 95 straight through D.C. Opinion | Maryland’s toll plan won’t reduce congestion 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Thieves and highwaymen also ply the same roads. A Fragile Ceasefire Lets Afghans Risk Travel for Eid 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Amid the clippings in his scrapbook about his exploits catching “highwaymen” are pasted some poems. Opinion | Good Cops, Bad Cops 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z What’s most interesting is that the word “highwayman” has a double meaning: It can refer both to the bandit and the person who patrols the roadway. Review | Bonnie and Clyde are legendary. But this entertaining new movie shows the real heroes were the men who hunted them. 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Some say it was from a malaria outbreak that devastated the area in the 1850s, a violent attack on the local Lenni Lenape by Iroquois tribes, or for highwaymen who robbed travelers on the road. 16 of the weirdest roadside oddities in the Lehigh Valley 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z New tolled lanes built by the private sector have emerged as the perfect solution: accolades for governors, billions in profits for the highwaymen and the promise of magic highways that will end congestion. Opinion | Maryland’s toll plan won’t reduce congestion 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z "A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!'" Border crisis exposes media’s empathy gap: Maddow cries, Lewandowski says “womp womp” 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Judge Philip Parker branded him an “Internet highwayman.” World Digest: Feb. 19, 2018 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Judge Philip Parker branded Falder an “internet highwayman,” whose behavior was “cunning, persistent, manipulative and cruel.” British judge sentences prolific pedophile to 38 years 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z “Reading the Rocks” is filled with interesting characters: The surveyor William Smith, who created the world’s first nationwide geologic map, was protected from pillaging highwaymen by a guard with a blunderbuss. Review | When the earth’s story defies religious belief 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z He still looks amazing: tall, long-haired, Gypsy-George-Best handsome; a dandy highwayman in black leather trousers and goth jewellery. Russell Brand: ‘I was a needy person. I'm less mad now’ 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z “From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they’re tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.” Totes annoying: words that should be banned 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “Just as highwaymen prey on road travelers elsewhere in Brazil, pirates are the scourge we face here in the Amazon,” said Lt. ‘There’s No Law on the Amazon’: River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Wearing a highwayman’s mask, and billed only as the Masked Avenger, he walked onstage, read the Fieri review to a live piano accompaniment, then walked off. Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z “Traveling salesmen were the No. 1 target for highwaymen; they were easy targets,” he said. EXCHANGE: The legend of Bloody Gulch Road lives on 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z He advises his daughter Polly when he hears she has married the highwayman Macheath: "Secure what he hath got, have him peach'd the next sessions, and then at once you are a rich widow." The Vocabularist: How we got the word 'impeachment' - BBC News 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Plays were written for large numbers of horses and mass audiences, with early riders often cavalry veterans, and themes touching on war, chivalry, hunting, and highwaymen. Dancing with horses - BBC News 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Not all victims get their data back: some refuse to pay, and just as 17th-century highwaymen sometimes took first money and then lives, their digital equivalents can renege on promises to unlock files. Your money or your data 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revisited his German bribery trial in a mischievous Christmas card depicting himself handing over $100 million to a masked highwayman pointing a pistol at him. Christmas is a bit of a trial for Ecclestone 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The most infamous highwayman was Salvador Sea, who was captured and condemned to death by firing squad in 1870. In pictures: Bolivia's 'death road' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Like Adam Ant’s dandy highwayman, he’d have been in his element in the 17th century. Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’ 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Henry licensed the boatmen of the River Thames, making them wear arm bands to attest that they were not highwaymen. Ride-share companies must face the law Adam Ant didn't sell out when he abandoned the punk aesthetic to become a highwayman; he created a new reality. Choose life! Why video games could do with a 1980s' touch 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In the past they were used mainly to protect the roads against highwaymen. CAR's peacemakers 2014-04-08T23:50:01Z The young men are part of a militia, the "anti-balaka" you see everywhere along the roads - a force once raised, it is said, to fight highwaymen. The sadness of the mango trees 2014-04-06T00:55:19Z But the road to the next election due in September will be full of unexpected twists and hair-raising turns, and stalked by political highwaymen and women eager to ambush the Rudd juggernaut. Kevin Rudd: Party saviour or 'recycled failure'? 2013-06-27T07:57:26Z Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley might have owned a carriage like this "The last highwayman to be hanged for his felonies was only a couple of years after Pride and Prejudice was published," says White. Party like it’s 1813 2013-05-10T01:24:59Z No longer the preserve of cowboys, toffs and highwaymen, riding enjoys a large and growing participant base among normal people. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in horse riding 2012-08-03T14:59:21Z "Looked at from the perspective of our highly-regulated sector, some claims management companies look remarkably like the modern day equivalent of highwaymen." Mutuals facing PPI 'bombardment' 2012-07-08T23:01:07Z Then she dried her tears and told Arthur she thought he had better become a highwayman. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "Four to four now," exclaimed the lad, taking into no account the fact that the supposed highwaymen were all well armed. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z This outrage was put down to the highwaymen of Waltham Chase; but in my own mind I attributed it to the vengeance of the smugglers' gang, which surmise I afterwards found was correct. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z With him the hooded crow was in a single sentence corvus cornix, and the "highwayman of the air." Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z By this easy way of purchasing pardon, any notorious highwayman, any plundering soldier, or any bribe-taking judge shall disburse some part of their unjust gains, and so think all their grossest impieties sufficiently atoned for.... Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z All the jolly things have disappeared from the world—war and highwaymen and pirates and troubadours and crusaders and maypoles and the Inquisition. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z This combination must be strong enough to check certain highwaymen in international relations and to install a wholesome regard for human rights. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z If this were fitting punishment for a petty theft, what, thought I, will be the corresponding penalty for these two highwaymen? A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z And the highwayman, in his manner of taking your purse, may however be allowed to have—much of the Gentleman. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry:— "Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman!" In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z A story of a hundred years ago, when there were highwaymen on every public road and smuggler! in every cove. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z There were plenty of poachers and smugglers about, but no highwaymen. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z When, indeed, 'the road' was esteemed the legitimate resource of a gentleman in difficulties, and a highwayman was commonly called 'Captain'—if not respected accordingly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z By altering a few words, how like the ultimatum of a highwayman this would read. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z It was a favourite resort of highwaymen, whose bodies were exposed on gibbets along the road. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The highwayman took her arm, pressed her hands together, tied them with a leather strap, and lifted her under his arm like a bundle. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The other highwayman was, meanwhile, in single combat with the guard, who having, so to speak, entrenched himself behind the half-buried coach, opened fire in answer to a pistol-shot from the enemy. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z "I never could become enthusiastic over the profession of highwayman, and it strikes me that this is about what the proposition amounts to." The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z Presently Mount looked guiltily at me, muttering something about "highwayman style," but Renard shook his head. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Guided by his noisy demonstration, the hornet spied him on his twig, and in a second had pounced upon him and, like a highwayman, stabbed him to the heart with a poisoned javelin. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Outside, the highwayman mounted the bay, placed the lady in front of him, and set spurs to his horse. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z When the highwayman observed his pursuers gaining upon him, he lost his nerve, and did the very worst thing possible under the circumstances. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Not a few of the highwaymen of the day were "gentlemen" and "coxcombs." The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Ay, you may smile, my lady, but the post-boys fought a dreadful battle with the highwaymen swarming in on every side. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Our ancestors used the noose freely, for all kinds of offenders, and displayed a partiality for hanging offenders, especially highwaymen, in a conspicuous place, which was often called in accordance with its gruesome use. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z When he caught sight of the highwayman he sat gazing at him with startled eyes. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z It was in the neighbourhood of Chalton Downs that a terrific, if, in some of its details, a somewhat farcical, encounter took place between two highwaymen and a mail-coach in the winter of 1791. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Bill knew that somewhere in the vicinity the highwayman had a horse. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z After a moment I heard his voice distinctly at some distance down the corridor; he was saying: "The highwaymen are here, Mrs. Hamilton—if—if you would care to see them." Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In weakness a beggar—in power a highwayman,—alms dish or dagger—tramp or tyrant. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z The lady looked at the highwayman and shuddered, she felt herself squeezed in his powerful arms, and her eyes burnt like two stars beneath the heavy knitted brows. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Hands held up in petition for justice must be clean—an old doctrine of equity; an account will not be taken between two highwaymen on Hounslow Heath. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Thieves and highwaymen, heretics and blasphemers, went on their way. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z This is not your quarrel!" he said, desperately; "this woman is the daughter of Cade Renard, a notorious highwayman known as the Weasel! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They despise men who "suspect" for a living; they hate legal lyers-in-wait and the highwaymen of the law. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The highwayman had no time to stop her. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z There were no lamps in the streets, but plenty of highwaymen and robbers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Despite a singularly wooden countenance, he was by no means a fool, and he had helped Carstares out of more than one tight corner during his inglorious and foolhardy career as highwayman. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z But," persisted the Governor, "you should really see the highwaymen, madam. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Turpin probably never knew it, and the secret staircase it possessed was no doubt intended to hide fugitives much more respectable than highwaymen. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The highwayman stopped and said: “God be with you!” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The highwayman carries a pistol, and so does the paymaster who is obliged to transport a treasure chest. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Escape was impossible; Miles would shoot, he felt sure, and then his disguise would be torn away and his friend would see that Jack Carstares was nothing but a common highwayman. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z It appeared that England treated condemned highwaymen with more humanity than coast pirates, for our cells were clean and not very cold, and our food was partly butcher's meat. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The woman therefore concluded that he must have been murdered on the road by highwaymen. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z “No, there is no need to give me a purse,” said the highwayman, “I have no need of money.” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Up went Steel an eighth, and he thrilled with pride for those who were defending it; down it went a quarter, and he shook with fear of these reckless raiders and highwaymen. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z At the sight of the highwayman the song broke off and her red lips formed a long-drawn "Oh!" The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z In the uproar around us I heard cries of: "Death to the highwaymen!" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The figure, seen against the dusky glare of the moon, would have answered well enough for one of those highwaymen who in old times made the heath famous. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The highwayman felt the lady’s head resting against his breast, and a voice murmured softly: “Would you give me to another?” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The neighbourhood of Hackney had at one time an evil reputation as the haunt of highwaymen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Mr. Bettison had heard rumours of this fellow who, it was murmured, was nought but a common highwayman. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z A highwayman, Michael, grand Dieu!—here in the rain, pulling the horses up short, and it was, 'Ho! Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They will all lean to a belief in the coarse but intelligible motive of the highwayman.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z But Rome had to encounter a worse evil than that of the swarms of highwaymen who were ready to plunder whatever had been produced. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The teacher's cry for attention might well be translated into the highwayman's, "Hold up your hands." Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z "Ye never told him ye were a highwayman?" he cried. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Certainly I had run on a nest of highwaymen. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This, in the event of the coach having been stopped by highwaymen, would secure immediate pursuit. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The guard wore the royal livery of scarlet, and always had his blunderbus handy, in case of an attempt by highwaymen to hold up his coach. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z He was taken prisoner with arms in his hands, and was hanged like any highwayman. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z "You forget he is a highwayman, and not like to come nigh us again." The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I fear no ambush, though the highwayman Jack Mount himself were after me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In the middle of the last century, and for about thirty years before and after, the mails were being continually stopped and robbed by highwaymen. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z "Stop! stop!" shouted Charles, "we are not highwaymen." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The boldest highwayman had a cleaner record: at least such an outlaw made bold plays and took great chances. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z When the lawyer dared openly to ask if he had had any dealings with highwaymen of late, he was properly and thoroughly affronted. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z There’s cover there, and one can play highwayman without risk. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z A highwayman had stopped the Worcester mail at Shepherd's Bush and rifled it of its contents. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z It is the life blood of the gambler, the element of the burglar, the prop of the highwayman and the support of the midnight incendiary. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z He began to investigate personally, calling up one clerk after another, while Scidmore listened like a highwayman, tempting chance from a spirit of sheer bravado. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Either the little clerk was a born romancer, or for some reason or other he did not want the highwayman to be taken. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I look upon a highwayman as a gentleman compared to them, for he does risk his life, and you may get a shot at him, but these wretches ruin you in perfect safety. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Gardner, a postman, was stopped by three highwaymen on Winchmore Hill, and, on his refusing to give up his letters, they murdered him. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Then, leaving the captain of the Blackbirder in strict custody, Cathie pulled over to the brig and proceeded to overhaul it with all the enjoyment of a humanitarian highwayman going through his victim's pockets. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The highwayman meets you on the street, demands your purse, and tells you to deliver it up, or you will have a fight. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z I do not understand, sir, anything: how it is that you are a highwayman, or why you have honoured me with your confidence—why you should trust me. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z One day when I was off on an herb-hunting expedition, some highwaymen tried to stop my carriage, and that was the beginning of troublous times at Cold Spring. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Lord Lovell—or the Earl of Leicester, as he had now become—waited upon the King and procured His Majesty's assent that, after execution, the highwaymen's bodies should be hung in chains. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z To the murderer, the burglar, the highwayman, to all in fact, who wish to be rid of the responsibility which attaches to their actions, it will become a positive blessing. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z The moment the highwayman discovers your preparation and ability to meet him, he flees away. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z He fell to wondering where his brother now was; whether he was still roaming the South Country, a highwayman. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z This little band of highwaymen could not expect to be allowed to pursue their murderous way with impunity. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z This cart had not long begun to run before it was stopped by highwaymen and rifled of its contents. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z And then, with an abundance of oaths, he protested that not half a dozen highwaymen should avail to deprive him of a single sixpence. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Butler ridicules the imitation of the French, 67, 70, 71; writes an ode to the memory of Du Val the highwayman, 37. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z He held out his hands for me to bind—and here's where 'tis puzzling, Molly—I saw that they were a prodigious sight too white and fine for an ordinary highwayman. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z She made a small, frail, dusky apparition, under the black shadows of the bulky buildings of Ptolemais—a profitable victim for some light-footed highwayman, less sorely in need of money than he. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z During the twelve years which had elapsed since Palmer's plan was established there had not been one single instance in which a mail-coach had been molested by highwaymen. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Next to them come the highwaymen, who rob on horseback, and often, they say, even with unloaded pistols, they terrify travellers in order to put themselves in possession of their purses. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Selwood forest was long a favourite haunt of brigands, and even in the 18th century gave shelter to a gang of coiners and highwaymen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z "Oh!"—and—"It is very dreadful to be a highwayman!" she sighed. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The traitor and the highwayman, afar from the searching scrutiny of the inquisitive, retire to solitary forests, inaccessible retreats, and dismal caverns, to hold their conclaves and plot schemes of blood and depredation. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z If one meets a highwayman on the road, is one to be turned back if a purse will secure a passage? Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z The only people who enjoyed this condition of affairs appear to have been the footpads and the highwaymen, who had the very best of times, until they were caught. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The simple-minded inhabitants hinted that I might possibly be a "highwayman" or a "horse thief," or, for aught they knew, one of the James or Younger brothers. 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 It was his highwayman voice: raucous, and totally unlike his own. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I used to play there in those woods and beside that stream, in Holland; but sometimes I imagined that I was playing at pirates and highwaymen in America, or in the tropics. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z I do not intend to intimate that this is the precise method of procedure; I am merely explaining that our comedians have not the harsh habits of old-fashioned highwaymen. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z They slept peacefully at the “Bear,” and resumed the roads in the morning, when the highwaymen were in hiding. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “It’s the same suit the highwayman wore who slashed the tires of the automobile.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Carstares told him that he was by profession a highwayman, and watched him bridle angrily. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z She now believed the postilion himself to be leagued with some highwayman; and was filled with affright and dismay. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z It is not agreeable to be held up in this highwayman fashion when one is warming to a subject, but there is a melancholy truth in Josephine's statement which cannot be utterly contradicted. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Two other notable murders by highwaymen took place here—in 1798 and 1802—and bear witness to the degeneracy of the craft. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “I think José would make a good highwayman,” observed Bab, “with a knife in his belt and a slouch hat on.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z He saw that he must either live secluded, or—and the idea of becoming a highwayman occurred to him. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z After this Maclean shook off his timidity, and became known to his brother highwaymen as one of the most daring and successful 'gentlemen of the road,'—for so the people called them. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Her straw hat sharply shadowed her face like a highwayman's mask, her blue eyes flashing in the midst of it, and her lips below parted in passion. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z The highwaymen fired at him, and he died of fright. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z You say the woods are not dangerous, although a highwayman stepped out of them one evening and attacked us with a knife. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z We were sure ye were no ordinary highwayman, though I was a fool not to have known ye right away. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Many an impious offender was caught in this way, to wit, renegades, traitors, saracens, cannibals, highwaymen, and spies. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z “You don’t know how relieved, how grateful we are to you for not being a lion or a highwayman.” The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z He had a very quick-going mare, and before the highwayman could find his weapon, which had fallen into some furze, was beyond pursuit. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “It’s not so easy to forget that our highwayman is sleeping across the hall.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z By this absence of the highwaymen, our story of the road has lost much of its picturesqueness and color. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z I tell you, silence confesses it, and his master spends his money so freely, and is so much a gentleman every manner of way, that he must be a highwayman. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z The farmer told him hurriedly that Norman, the escaped I.D.B. convict, highwayman, murderer, and horse-thief, had been seen in the vicinity, and the detectives—pointing to his companion—were out after him. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z It was then discovered that the gang were all amateur highwaymen, and youths from eighteen to twenty years of age, in good positions in London. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z And, come to think of it, he might have been the highwayman, too. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The title of the book is The Robber, or Pye and The Highwayman, and the irony of giving Pye place before the highwayman or any place at all will be apparent by the story. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z A highwayman! upon my life, girl, you have hit it, and this box is some new purchased booty.—Now, could we find him out, the money were ours. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z It was growing dark, too, so that there was little to be seen without, and we had passed those dangerous parts of the road where expectations of possible highwaymen had afforded me some excitement. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z “Oh, my friend,” says the traveller, “’tis folks who fear to carry arms give opportunities to the highwaymen. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “And have you no men along, to look after you and protect you from highwaymen, or mend the tires when they are punctured?” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Here was a situation for a good, thrifty, staid Albany vrouw, a dying husband on one side, a dead highwayman on the other, all in utter darkness. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The doctor was right—the highwayman who took a purse was a reputable citizen compared with the criminal who wilfully sowed the seeds of death among innocent people for a few pounds of illicit gain! Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z It was attacked by highwaymen at least once a year, but in this respect was considered rather a fortunate coach. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z We will now press on to the Heath, for our friends the highwaymen are anxiously awaiting us. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z “And have you nothing in that bag?” asked the highwayman, turning roughly to Barbara. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z But our typical American scamp has ever been the tramp, formerly the vagabond, not the highwayman; though the horse thief kept him close companion. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Deacon of a church as he was, he was still a pirate, a buccaneer, a highwayman of commerce, thirsting for illicit adventure. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z If a highwayman meets you on the road, you give him your money to save your life; but, God be thanked, Mr. Wood cannot touch a hair of your heads. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Indeed, it was so usual an occurrence that Horace Walpole tells us of a certain Lady Brown who, visiting here, always went provided with a purse full of brass tokens for the highwaymen. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The highwayman then deliberately slashed all four tires with his murderous looking weapon. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z He answered, the chap-book says, “silently,” “I deal with your husband, Madam, not with you”—and a more fatuous mistake never issued from lips of highwayman. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The highwaymen were afterward apprehended, but escaped the punishment suited to their crime because of the great doubt existing as to whether any law was applicable. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z He got into bad company, turned gambler and then highwayman, and was for some years the terror of post travellers in North Carolina and Virginia. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The most capable soldier of the age robbed by a woman highwayman, if you will be pleased to excuse the Irishry of the expression! The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z And the highwayman turned and walked swiftly until he was out of sight. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z But Salem Yankees were too sharp for the honest highwayman, and he lost it all and had to take again to the road. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z A highwayman, he said, was as much a robber, when he plundered in a gang, as when single; and a nation, that made an unjust war, was only a great gang. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z There was no highwayman, no menacing apparition of any sort, but the fear of some ghostly ravager had been real enough. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z The fighting is mostly after the fashion of free lances, guerrilla bands, and highwaymen. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The highwayman laid his hand on the bag, flourishing his knife in a menacing way. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z His frame was perfect in symmetry, and he was wonderful in his strength and endurance—truly an ideal highwayman; it must have been a pleasure to meet him. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The suggestion of highwaymen stuck in the girl’s mind. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z I am not a highwayman, and I take you to be an honest peasant. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Not these—nor any of them,—but, unexpected, and unheard of, even among civilized highwaymen—they drew out an ample store of substantial food, and invited us to partake of their supper. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Mollie was feeling homesick for her mother, while Bab had no time for any thought than the one that the highwayman might appear at any moment, and from any direction. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Thus it is very evident that neither highway robbery nor highwaymen thrived in America. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Don't make a mistake!" pursued the highwayman, "and think I let myself be taken: I am here solely through my own fault. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z I can't root for a sure-thing gambler and daylight highwayman like Wilkins, and as for the other fellow I hope he falls into a bunker and breaks both his hind legs off short! Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z His wounded arm excited much interest, and his account of the highwaymen's attack gave rise to many conjectures, which he himself, however, regarded as highly uncertain, for he attached little importance to the occurrence. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z It is therefore, he now protects and eggs on these high-born highwaymen. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z This lying dying boast of Hare fitly closes his evident failure as a highwayman. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z As might be expected, the news soon spread that this was no highwayman, but a woman, and she too of noble family. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z There were no excisemen anywhere on duty, and even the highwaymen had ceased their labours during the night. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z But if you are robbers and highwaymen, expect no booty from me. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In 1390 highwaymen seem to have been particularly active, and the commissioner of roads himself was robbed more than once. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z An account of a negro highwayman is given in the Federal Republican and Baltimore Telegraph of September 11, 1818. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z I have seen highwaymen and gentlemen very much alike indeed," answered the Jew, "and in time may see still more. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The terror of these parts at the end of last century was Black Robin, a highwayman who frequented the roads and made his headquarters at a little inn on the by-road between Bishopsbourne and Barham. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z I succeeded in unbinding the highwayman's tongue with the point of a good sword at his throat. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z After this, going home late in the evening, he was met by four highwaymen, well mounted, who had robbed all the passengers that travelled on that road. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z In a second all was utter darkness and stillness: they had hit the highwayman. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But if the highwayman kill me, then you and Karcsatáji will fight till one or the other is a dead man. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Sixty castles of the noble highwaymen were razed to the ground, and more than thirty of the titled vagabonds expiated their crimes on the scaffold. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z We compelled the captive highwayman to report that you were in good keeping at Nordborg, and for that lie he had his freedom yesterday. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Several highwaymen, horse-stealers, and coiners, are also included in this gloomy list, which is adorned with a woodcut of an execution. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Well-to-do farmers and yeomen organized as highwaymen in the Western counties under the name of “the Blacks.” Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The highwayman did not deny that between us there lay ground for quarrel, and he would be at the rendezvous at the time appointed. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z These men were highwaymen and burglars to him, outraging a home. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Skirmen and the old jester followed at some distance, with the troopers, having the captive highwayman between them. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Look here, sergeant, what was there to prevent Hargraves being shot down by a highwayman or a thug? The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z Far more silently than the robber they feared had they slid downstairs, and away from the tavern into hiding, until the highwayman rode past them. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Ráby's companions had placed themselves before him, so that their mantles rather screened him from the highwayman. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. No Treason, Vol. VI. The Constitution of No Authority 2011-05-20T02:00:36.757Z He must die: a noble-born knight deserves to be punished with tenfold severity, when found among robbers and highwaymen. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Here again, the attitude was not that of a suppliant; in the demand was more of the highwayman than of the beggar. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z In spite of his black clerical dress he seemed somewhat mysterious in character, and after pumping Martin he disclosed in turn that he was the famous highwayman, Captain Thunderbolt. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But the supposed highwayman still did not betray the situation. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: "Your money, or your life." No Treason, Vol. VI. The Constitution of No Authority 2011-05-20T02:00:36.757Z It still stands there, as a grave warning to rievers and highwaymen. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Then the two highwaymen arose and stole softly away in the darkness, congratulating themselves upon that narrow escape and still more upon their success. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z In the meantime the terrified Pye recalled that his wife had the keys of the taproom till which held his money, and he and the highwayman returned to her bedroom and demanded them from her. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z "Now you can overtake my husband," cried the false highwayman, and for the moment the old Fruzsinka asserted herself. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He was removed to a house at Holm and every attention paid to him, but he soon died from the results of the rough treatment he had received at the hands of the highwaymen. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z You are not merely robbers and highwaymen--you are traitors, and audacious regicides! The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In my way I examined a cave formed by nature in a very hard rocky mountain, formerly a retreat for thieves and highwaymen. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z The footpads and highwaymen who were transported to this country either found new modes of crimes or ceased their evil deeds. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The abandoned woman still carried on her miserable masquerade in man's attire, and as a pretended highwayman, continued to strike terror into the hearts of the countryside. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z As well might one expect to hear highwaymen clamoring for a universal interdict against traveling, as to expect slaveholders to pass laws for the abolition of slavery. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Then a sharp, clear ring, followed by the deep, loud report of the highwayman's pistol, discharged by the shock of his bullet. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Then Colonel Frank Buffum, State Highway Commissioner; or, as some one called him later in the evening, when the chips began to gather at his place, State "highwayman." Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Not only on convict ships came highwaymen to America. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The highwayman pressed his axe between his fingers, and tapped quite gently with the butt end of it on the crown of the president's head, where the velvet lining of his fur cap hung out. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He likened the Emperor to Catiline, declaring that as a highwayman, he had taken France and felled her senseless. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z For, in their opinion, he had suddenly sprung upon the highwayman, knocked the pistol from his hands and made him a prisoner. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The king makes a far better brigand than a sovereign, and looks every inch a highwayman. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Still, Tom Bell was not a highwayman of the true English stamp; he more closely resembled a sneak thief. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Was he not avenged on the highwayman at last, seeing that the biter was bitten! The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Succinct as his service, the licensed highwayman of city streets stepped on the gas and was off to other petty pilfering. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z There'll be fishwives, you know, and Socialists and highwaymen and plumbers and reporters and everything. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Thinking they might be highwaymen, he had plucked up courage to run after them, and came near enough to recognise by a flash that one of the men was Sheffield's gigantic black servant. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z Winne was an old Indian fighter, and soon he boldly grappled the highwayman, who drew a dagger on him. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The highwayman himself began to laugh as he accosted the president. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Before his departure he related a tale of woe, the burden of which was that highwaymen had despoiled him of official collections of between $5,000 and $6,000. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z I 'll not credit the calumny of a highwayman against the honor of one I have known and respected for years. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Says he's been well-high flayed out of his wits by highwaymen. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z The highwayman escaped the tree, for he died in jail. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Begad, ma'am, it's well nobody saw it but himself, or they might have thought that Dodd and Dempsey was turned highwayman. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z In the former case, the land is level, and the sun, the sand, and the highwayman, are the only perils to be encountered or evaded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Here I am, a robber and a highwayman, I don't deny it, but may I wear hemp for a handkerchief if I 'd sell my country. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Now, there is never a million of these ferocious beasts employed at once, and in this number I reckon highwaymen. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z “Stand back by the fence,” said the highwayman. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z "But a highwayman—a robber—a fellow that made the roads unsafe to travel!" The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z A man of such mien, as he who bestrode the black steed—and actuated by such a sentiment, as that he had so boldly announced—could scarcely be a disreputable person—much less a highwayman? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z "Ay, faith, and if I catch a sneer or a scoff amongst them, I 'll tell them that a highwayman is about as respectable and somewhat more courageous than a bribed representative." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z They were not, however, the simply curious who invented it; there is every appearance, that this part of our legislation owes its first origin to a highwayman. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Among the honest men seized in English ports, kidnapped, and shipped to America were found some thieves and highwaymen, but all—whether “free-willers,” convicts, or “kids”—seemed to drop highway robbery in the new world. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z She could see the night attack in the silent forest, and a face of wild, picturesque beauty—the ideal highwayman—was painted in vivid colour on the canvas of her brain. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Little as he might have relished the companionship of Captain Scarthe, or Cornet Stubbs, it would have been preferable to falling into that of a party of highwaymen or footpads. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z But one day, as I was riding over Hounslow Heath, I was surrounded by highwaymen. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z It seems to carry a tubercle with as much satisfaction as a ray of sunshine, and lends all its forces to assist the highwayman with no more charge than it makes to the law-abiding citizen. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z We hear of runaway couples, and bold highwaymen, and lonely inns, and a lady in a mask. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z And there was a duet, which Tom had heard at the opera in London, and which he sang, imitating the respective voices of the highwayman and the adoring Polly. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z “A highwayman!” thought Walter, undecided whether to advance, or ride back. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Then," said the lady, "I know what will happen; I know what stringent measures are going to be enforced for the suppression of highwaymen. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z What her thoughts were about it, would be hard to say; but her master's ran on money, robbers, highwaymen, and other such "knights of the road." Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Caius, a highwayman, at the point of the revolver, forces Balbus to hand over his purse, but he fears that the police may arrive before he has secured the money. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z A highwayman or thug was improbable, for such a person would not follow a victim into his own home before attacking him. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z At the time, the roads of England were infested with highwaymen, and footpads. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z I told her how the highwaymen had made a promise to me, and they had kept it; and I told her how I had made a promise to them, and I must keep it also. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z I seized my hat, rushed from the house, and paused not till I had stopped the carryall with the emphasis of a highwayman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Sometimes he was grave and noble as befitted a knight of the Round Table, sometimes furtive and sly as a detective; again he was a highwayman, dauntless and debonair. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z For this equestrian freebooter—the true type of the highwayman—you must seek, in modern times, among the mountains, and upon the plains, of Mexico. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Under their protection I presume there will no longer be anything to fear from footpads, or even highwaymen!” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z At the end of dinner the stranger said, 'Perhaps, sir, you are not aware that you have been dining with a notorious highwayman?'—'No, indeed,' said my great-uncle, not the least discomposed. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z For the present, however, I am more concerned about my personal safety from those highwaymen. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Just as the lord of some rich caravan, Whose guard is scanty, fears the highwayman; As one who loves his life must poison shun, Be wise and guard 'gainst evil deeds begun. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z I used to think that highwaymen must have lurked in the little room where I took my biscuit and glass of ale; and the food and drink tasted much better on that account. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Are they partisans of the Bourbons, or are they mere highwaymen? Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z But I am quite sure, sir, that you cannot always have been a highwayman, and that your story must be a very remarkable one. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z My teamster alarms me with the news that there is a notorious highwayman prowling around in these parts. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z You run away, all of you directly I show myself, just as if I were a highwayman. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z But the stage-coach dallies along through the countryside, with inns and highwaymen, and pretty girls driving geese to market, and all the chances of the open road. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z In fact, I dished up my highwayman in a score of ways, and found him good in all. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z I protested in vain; I said it was impossible I could go with them; I was a respectable member of society, it was quite impossible that I could become a highwayman. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z But, you see, we have caught your highwayman. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z I must find the accomplice who played the part of the cycling highwayman on the heath. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z A moment ago, you put highwaymen in the same class with inns and goose-girls. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Here's one of the leaders of those highwaymen who go about committing murder and pillage; and he goes home free to start pillaging and murdering again! The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z She was quite sure, she said, that I could not like being a highwayman, and she entreated me to abandon the road and reform my life. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z But each had his head wrapped in a red-silk scarf, with two holes for the eyes, as in a highwayman's mask. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z He had, according to the detective, not only played the highwayman, but also the market-woman whom Miss Scott had decided was a man disguised. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z I'd rather be robbed by a highwayman than by a railroad, anyway. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Bret Harte’s predecessor was shot through the arm by a highwayman; his successor was killed. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Immediately after the servants came out of the inn, and hearing what had happened, said they were armed, they could pursue the highwayman, and they could easily take him. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z A superman or a highwayman: that is fate's decree. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Cautiously guiding the conversation on to the subject of highwaymen of the present time, he was rewarded by a confidential description of the attack on the carriage, that had happened a few days before. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z There was barely time for this brief but very hearty congratulation, when a remarkably well-dressed highwayman stopped the carriage, without a sign of resistance from the grinning driver. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z For the stage to be “held up” by highwaymen was a common occurrence, and the danger from breakdowns and floods was not small. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z So they loaded their pistols, and it was not a bit too soon, for directly after a highwayman rode up to the carriage-window and demanded their money or their lives. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Here are you playing the bold highwayman, the dashing adventurer; and you're frightened the moment you set eyes on one of your crimes! The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z He had deemed it possible that Moggin might have been an accomplice in the so-called attack, and that no "highwayman"—not even another accomplice in disguise—had existed. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z The Turk fell, the highwayman remained unhurt; thereupon he laid by his gun and took out a revolver. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Now, almost everybody who writes about fighting or heroic men in these days,—about highwaymen, cow-boys, river-drivers, woodsmen, or other primitive characters,—imitates Mr. Kipling, very seldom Bret Harte. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z When they came near the heath, he had said, "Well, now, we had better have our pistols ready, because highwaymen are often to be met with here." Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z There were rumors of many dark deeds done by that band of highwaymen, or pirates as they were sometimes called. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z But then, of course, it was equally possible that the strange highwayman hailed from the estate adjoining the Manse. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z Life was already extinct; the highwayman's bullet had struck him above the left breast, and, taking a downward course, it had pierced the heart. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Our servants were so affrighted at the highwayman's appearance, that they made off pell-mell, carriage and all, without once stopping to look behind them." The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The highwayman fired into the back of the carriage, and Lord Derby and my father returned his fire by leaning out of the windows. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z For instance, in Vitoria, near his own hunting-ground, when the Republic was proclaimed, the Civil Governor dropped a hint that it would be necessary to "exterminate the highwaymen of the black soutane." Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Now I come to think of it, the face of the highwayman on the moor gave me the impression of being remarkably dark. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z The highwaymen, for such they seemed to us, evidently tired out, were losing ground at every step, and the Turks were about to overtake them. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z In lieu of hard cash we must present them with a grievous tale of being stopped by a highwayman, who had taken our last penny. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Saint Crispin is a highwayman in comparison with you! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The post was as unsafe as in those days in another land when Mr. Richard Turpin, highwayman, and his comrogues intercepted his Majesty's mails. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Laurence noted with a feeling of delight that these patches were, in size and shape, identical with those he had discovered to be the footprints of the "cyclist highwayman." The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z In the meantime help was given to the highwayman, who, notwithstanding his wounds, was not quite dead, though he had fallen into a death-like swoon. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Wherefore it fell out that the Lady Cynthia returned to her ancestral home in the company of a notorious highwayman, and a bankrupt, a discredited peer. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The highwaymen were soon seized and bound, and as it was ultimately discovered that they were some of the revolutionaries for whom Trias was on the look-out, the night-ride was not altogether a wild-goose chase. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z Back on the road, he is set upon by four highwaymen. 2010-01-14T20:05:00Z Among the thousands of convicts detailed in the collection are a number of infamous criminals including Israel Chapman, a highwayman who later became one of New South Wales's first police detectives. 2010-01-24T11:56:00Z The highwayman, the man who had shot my brother through the heart, was coming back to life; he was panting for breath. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Well," says I, "is there not the melancholy case of our refusing the highwayman's booty in one form and accepting it in another?" The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z It came about one day that he was resting at the Kilburn Wells—a site now taken up by a modern banking-house—in the company of another notorious highwayman, King, who seemed very much depressed. Cathedral Cities of England The London to Bristol coach was stopped by other means than those employed by highwaymen, the service having at one time in 1790 been suspended for several days by Palmer, in defiance of the Postmaster-General. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone "The beggar may sing before the thiefe," for, having no property to lose, the highwayman or the burglar have no terrors for him. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources During these few instants, my friends had gently lifted the dying man from the ground, and then they had sought for the family sign on the highwayman's neck. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z When she joined us in the room where the dinner was laid, my friend, the highwayman, blas� as he was, could not repress his admiration. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z More clamour at this you may be sure, more cursings too, and cries that to be robbed by highwaymen was better than to have their necks broken by a mad young blood from Oxford University. A Blot on the Scutcheon I found none near-by, and it occurred to me that the boldest highwayman would hardly drive up to the door for his booty. The Window at the White Cat A giant negro highwayman weaving at an immense loom with a heavy, hopeless regularity. Manslaughter On the morrow a search was made for their officer's body and for that of the highwayman, but, not finding them, they came to the conclusion that they had been devoured by wild beasts. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z One of these pestilential highwaymen stopped us and tried us on this very road, not five miles off. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z But while indulging in its own acts of outlawry, the Reno band strenuously objected to any rivalry or competition on the part of other highwaymen. True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons A gang of thieves, or rather highwaymen, got wind of the affair. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Some score of years after Neidhart, in the same districts of Germany, the idealism of knighthood, its courtly manners and refined form, were lost; a large portion of the nobles had become robbers and highwaymen. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. There is something manly in the life of a highwayman who, with his gun, stops a whole caravan, or asks for bread, his dagger in his hand. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z What kind of a person was the highwayman, he asked in a tone equally pregnant with mischief and concern. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The most undisciplined, abandoned the route of the army, and lived as highwaymen, footpads, and poachers. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. This was discovered by certain highwaymen, as thievish miscreants are called. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Shouting "Take that, you rascal!" the brawny captain struck one of the highwaymen a sounding whack across the shoulders with his stick, and the next instant tumbled the other over with his left fist. Terry's Trials and Triumphs But, more than a highwayman, Radonic was a heyduk, fighting against the Turks, and putting his life in jeopardy at every step he made. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Ships, pegs, coos and 'osses," says the highwayman, breaking out into laughter as soon as our guest had lurched into the rain. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z They arrived in Mouravanke generations ago, when the town was still in the power of wild highwaymen, called there "Hydemakyes," with huge, terrifying whiskers and large, savage dogs. Yiddish Tales Against these the highwaymen collected themselves, one of whom joined Lagebusch, and talked familiarly with him. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. At four o'clock in the morning, a gentleman was robbed at Gadshill, on the west side of Chatham, England, by a highwayman named Nicks, who rode a bay mare. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The ideal highwayman is ever held to be gallant to the ladies, even when depriving them in good old-fashioned way of their jewels. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Neither Cynthia nor I could find it in our hearts to blame the highwayman for his trick. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z We women must go through life armed, like travelers of old, against the attacks of you highwaymen. With Edge Tools About two hundred soldiers had accompanied the Archbishop, from Salzburg, and formed an escort sufficiently numerous to hold in awe the most desperate highwaymen. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Except for our interpreter, I should have taken the cook for a soothsayer, priest, a highwayman and murderer, alternately. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 A timid person, my dear friend, could never become a highwayman; a soldier who fights in the ranks does not require half so much courage as a footpad. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The highwayman himself was astonished by our scruples. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Neither could the government soak them highwaymen for an excessive-profits tax, because hat-checking ain't a business with an invested capital, not unless you count as capital, Chutzpah, gall and a nerve like a rhinoceros. Worrying Won't Win You can ride by in safety,” he responded, ringing out one of his merriest chimes of laughter at the very idea of being taken for a highwayman. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution He is the friend of duelists and highwaymen, and this of itself would be bad enough, if I had nothing else to bring against him. The Five Giants The tigers and patriots of Colombia, ugly customers though they be, are far less formidable than the highwaymen and grisly bears abounding in California. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The highwayman, who had ridden away in the small hours of the morning, had insisted unknown to us in giving at least some token of his gratitude. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The click of a trigger was the sole reply:—the highwayman had come round to the door. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 "Why, the Fausta is a Creole, the daughter of a highwayman." A Transient Guest and Other Episodes A highwayman grim—here's a picture of him— A traveller once did waylay, But his pistols were rusted; he fired: they busted. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 Serjeant—Strange world we live in, that even highwaymen can't be true to each other! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The highwayman fell in exactly with the spirit of this comedy. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z But, my dear De Courval, you must regret that you were not the remarkable highwayman who stole Fauchet's eloquence and left a gold watch and seals; but here comes Mr. Randolph. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Travellers also had the risk of assault by robbers and highwaymen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" They attribute, moreover, to this mirror of chivalry, on the surrender of Valencia, a conduct by no means heroic—not to say worthy a highwayman. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. As well might a highwayman praise the generosity of a rich traveller who surrenders his purse, watch and diamonds, at the muzzle of the pistol. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time The highwayman's high sense of right and wrong in regard to those he was pleased to call "the brethren of our profession" was really touching. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z If he be wise, he will stick to his tale of highwaymen. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington The defence was that they were in pursuit of thieves, and mistook Hoppy for a highwayman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" To their horror and amazement they found it surrounded by half a score of highwaymen, armed to the teeth. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Falstaff does and does not lie; like Tartarin he probably suffers from mirage and, when attacked by highwaymen, truly sees them as a hundred when, in fact, they are but two. A Novelist on Novels Our elegant companion was a professional breaker of laws, a highwayman most probably, and the sheriff's men were hot on his track. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z I did not expect that two men walking across the Heath were likely to be stopped by highwaymen. The White Chief of the Caffres "Yes, I always thought you were cut out for a highwayman," said Jack. Hildegarde's Harvest Sandoval then sent them word that he would treat them as traitors and highwaymen, and turn them all into slaves; they might therefore prepare for a struggle for life or death. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Albert's uncle finished pumping up the tire, and then, flinging himself into the saddle, he set off, scorching down the road at a pace not surpassed by any highwayman, however black and high-mettled his steed. The Wouldbegoods "But the highwayman, if you please, your honour," says the other, who was rather a stubborn fellow. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Watching my chance, I dropped my knob-kerrie on the shoulder of the highwayman. The White Chief of the Caffres We are not bandits nor highwaymen; we have no need of concealment.' Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Having, I hope, taken sufficient care of street-robbers, I proceed now to clear the roads from highwaymen, footpads, &c. Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies Thieves and highwaymen had as good a time as the poor Quakers. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read "Of course," says the highwayman, "you mean the Duke of Thing-em-bob." The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z When a highwayman stops you with the same errand, does n't the refusal occasionally provoke him to use force? Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Reflect on all this, and think that a life offered up in such a cause has no martyrdom to throw lustre on the grave shared with the felon and the highwayman. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The vagrant is there; but not the highwayman. Toilers of the Sea My pantaloons showed that I was an officer, but in all other respects I appeared less than a highwayman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The highwayman vented his perplexity in various ways. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z It is like giving of free will to the highwayman the purse he expected to have a fight for. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "And do you concur in the silly notion that confounds Harry Talbot with a highwayman?" said Mark, sternly. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Nicholas’s clerks was, and still is, a cant term for highwaymen and robbers; but though the expression is very common, its origin is a matter of uncertainty. Folk-lore of Shakespeare "I don't like it," she had said acidly, and returned to her own book, an interminable tale of gipsies and highwaymen in masks, and a "reigning toast" with forty thousand pounds. Command Although we were both too proud to say so, I am sure we should have been greatly thankful could we have had our share of the highwayman's booty to comfort us. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z I think some of those famous highwaymen were very fine fellows. Loyal to the School Ill-fed but dissipated-looking rascals, they seemed more like highwaymen than soldiers. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It is known, somewhat sacrilegiously one thinks, as the Maison du Diable, and was formerly the residence of a famous brigand or highwayman,—if there be any subtle distinction between the two. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Till there is another outbreak of highwaymen, therefore, every traveler may go singing through the woods without the slightest fear. Pretty Michal My weapons were so prodigiously long, that their but-ends considerably overtopped the boundary of my pockets, and gave me thoroughly the air of a highwayman. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 On one occasion Lesbia, halting by a cross-roads sign-post upon the moors, remarked casually what a mercy it was there were no highwaymen nowadays to pounce like hawks on unwary travellers. Loyal to the School I am neither thief, pickpocket, runaway postman, burglar, nor highwayman. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas They professed to be a part of General Bibikoff’s army, but I knew from the beginning that they were merely highwaymen. Francezka Fortunately I have discovered who these wretches are, who also call themselves Camisards and dishonour our cause; it is a band of highwaymen and incendiaries who have come from Provence. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. The lower parts of their faces were masked by handkerchiefs in real highwaymen fashion. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia I think there's a great deal to be said for highwaymen. Loyal to the School "It serves him right, the highwayman!" said the perch. The Pond All of those elective crowns, like that of your father, the King of Poland, are nothing but prey for the strongest highwaymen, and you are not as strong as you think. Francezka The horrible ill-treatment which had preceded the murder of our brother, bound us still more firmly to these highwaymen. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. How to get this gold bullion past the highwaymen who infested the stage route, was always a problem. Through Our Unknown Southwest Jean Pahusca, thief, highwayman, robber, and assassin, kept his stolen goods there. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas “You’re right about that,” Graham returned, mollified, and then the boys, turning the bend of the road, halted as abruptly as if a highwayman had checked their advance. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Gaston had picked up some understanding of the Russian language while we were at Mitau, and especially while he was with Pintsch’s highwaymen, and had been artful enough to conceal it. Francezka Will you, then, tell us the tale about the sorrowful mule, and what befell her, or about the merry friar who turned highwayman to enrich the Church, or about the palaces of the enchanted Moors?” Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore An hour later, highwaymen "went through" the passengers. Through Our Unknown Southwest This state of mind is said by some to have arisen from a nervous shock Browne had once received in finding a highwayman with whom he had grappled dead in his grasp. Old and New London Volume I I can no longer see satyrs in the thicket, or picture a highwayman riding down the lane. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers While on the king’s business, in September 1390, Chaucer was twice robbed by highwaymen, losing �20 of the king’s money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" If one can afford it, one may have always at hand a body of highwaymen or a small private army. Violence and the Labor Movement Nature may have intended me for a pirate or a highwayman, because on shipboard or horse-back I can do tolerable service. The Recipe for Diamonds This impudent rascal, a sweep who had turned highwayman, with the most perfect impartiality rifled the pockets alternately of Cavaliers and Roundheads. Old and New London Volume I And, do you know, it's curious that I think I am nearly certain that one of our highwaymen of last week had a similar mark. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Was he too proud to bow to a sentence which put his crime on a level with that of any highwayman? The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature I’ve been sort of aching to beat the tar out of one of you highwaymen for some time, and I feel just ripe for it tonight. The Bandbox My highwayman had turned into a protecting knight-errant of injured innocence. Miss Cayley's Adventures The Marylebone Bowling Greens, which preceded the gardens, were at first the resort of noblemen and gentlemen, but eventually highwaymen began to frequent them. Old and New London Volume I I have just come to the part where the highwayman with the black patch over 345 his eye has tricked poor Solomon into his place, and the squire and the parson are hearing the evidence. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) She is half dead with fear, for some highwayman Pursued her here, and then the dogs attacked her And pulled her down. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature But you see the highwayman was a man and—well, I'm a woman, dear. Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman The “blunderbuss, Turkish scimitar, and basket-hilt sword,” in the foregoing extract from Vanbrugh, point to one of the constant perils of the road—the highwaymen. Old Roads and New Roads The chalybeate wells of Hampstead lead us on to the Heath, where wolves were to be found in the twelfth century and highwaymen as late as 1803. Old and New London Volume I If a rascally highwayman comes up to me with a confounded pistol, do you say that I’ve deserved it? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI I wonder, as I scan my programme, whether the monastic playwrights of old ever published encomiums on their weird productions by prominent highwaymen. An Ocean Tramp The bristling highwayman swung round full of anger. The Missourian It must be remembered that we are here in a land of stage-drivers and highwaymen; a land, in that sense, like England a hundred years ago. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) "And," said Fawkes, "'tis not the wont of a hunting party to play highwaymen, the less so that the King, perchance, rideth with it." The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Standing at the end of an elongated bunch of pines where he had been invisible until the heads of the horses appeared stood the highwayman, with menacing gun covering the head of the driver. Trail Tales I say highwaymen because I can think of none who had a better right to criticise dramatic performances from the practical and moral standpoints. An Ocean Tramp The head of the house had suffered the extreme penalty meted out to highwaymen. Orphans of the Storm I am reminded of another highwayman of that same year. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The men had cut the highwayman into quarters and buried him in a trunk of a tree. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Both the negroes and the white men were merciless in their slaughter of the marauding highwaymen. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Like highwaymen and robbers they prowled on land and sea, and went on the hunt for men, killing as many as they could until their fury was appeased. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century She has lacerated the heart in my bosom, and torn me away from this place like a ruthless highwayman. Phemie Frost's Experiences Bruno is further charged by the Scotch libeller with servility, an accusation about as plausible as that Jesus Christ was a highwayman. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) And since then, of course, he rides at night upon his white horse on Bessmoor, as every self-respecting highwayman who has swung for his crimes should. East of the Shadows No highwayman ever more successfully clutched the wizen of his victim than did the Street with its supple fingers around the white larynx of Columbia. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 Two notorious highwaymen were charged before Chief Baron O'Grady with robbery, and to the surprise of all the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Law and Laughter He was called a witch, a Jesuit, a highwayman. Bunyan He was thankful not to be held up by highwaymen, or dumped into the wild cataract of waters below. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Schiller's play of the "Robbers" is said to have propagated the breed of highwaymen in Germany. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 They crowd seats of mental giants and honored statesmen of former days with golden pigmies or political highwaymen of recent growth and can be directly traced to our defective franchise system. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V A very old story is told of a highwayman who sent for a solicitor and inquired what steps were necessary to be taken to have his trial deferred. Law and Laughter There is no sickly sentimentality expended upon highwaymen, garroters, or murderers in Mexico. Aztec Land “This time I am a highwayman, the far-famed terror of the ranges!” she called. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Its numbers included men who had outfought Apaches, highwaymen, and posses; men who were accustomed to killing their fellow beings and inured to facing death. When the West Was Young The Heath has suffered from highwaymen in common with most lonely spots in the vicinity of the Metropolis. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London A natural consequence of bad roads and inefficient police was the prevalence of highwaymen, who were then to be met with in both countries. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 With a loud shout I drew my pistol and rode like a demon at the highwayman. The O'Ruddy A Romance That was the time of many daring robberies, you know, when it was not safe walking, riding, or even traveling in a big coach, because of the highwaymen. John and Betty's History Visit But he told them that for the present he had his hands full ridding these very regions of highwaymen and robbers. The Story of Don Quixote Do we look like highwaymen or honest fellows? The House Under the Sea A Romance A noted highwayman named Brennan was the terror of all who traveled in the northern part of the county of Cork. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The highwayman sat before me on the ground, ruefully handling his skull. The O'Ruddy A Romance A beau highwayman and a miserable chimney sweeper were to be hanged together at Newgate for their respective deserts. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. When they awoke at dawn, they found themselves surrounded by a band of men who turned out to be highwaymen. The Story of Don Quixote |
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