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" It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But... "
Ella; Or, The Emperor's Son - Page 87
by Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Don Juan (Legendary character) - 1821 - 232 pages
...'Twas fresh — for he had lately used the lock — And next proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...if to see "Twas fresh, for he had lately used the lock, And next proceeded quietly to cock. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 9-10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...'Twas fresh — for he had lately used the lock — And next proceeded quielly to rock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, . That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance , not too near, . . If you have got a former friend...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

England - 1821 - 778 pages
...if to see 'Twas fresh, for he had lately used the lock, And next proceeded quietly to cock. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more wul bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...'Twas fresh — for he had lately used the lock — And next proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off or so : A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for...
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Mammon in London; Or, The Spy of the Day ...

Mammon - 1823 - 384 pages
...fancies he felt the Doctor, from behind the paling, steadying his hand, but he can't be certain. " It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person twelve yards off or so." To be short, both fired at once; and down fell the Captain, like a cock sparrow....
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 7

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pages
...see 'Twas fresh—for he had lately used the lock— And next proceeded quietly to cock. XLI. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will hring the sight to hear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...see 'Twas fresh — for he hud lately used the lock — Aud next proceeded quietly to cock. It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelre yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not ton near, If you have got a former friend or foe...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...greatest babbleis. Many by ģit get wealth, but none by wealth purchase wit. CHARMS ОГ A DUEL It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so, A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for...
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The complete works of lord Byron with a biogr. and critical ..., Volumes 1-2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...see 'T was fresh—for he had lately used the lock— And next proceeded quietly to cock. ILL It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of...more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for...
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