"Oas" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Sur,—i thinks it unkomon 'ard that a man shood 'ave is beed sold under im wen anuther man oas im munny, speshally wen is wifes ill—praps a-dyin—the Law has washt yoo sur, but it do seam 'ard on me, if yoo cood spair ony a pownd or two id taik it ...
— Under the Waves - Diving in Deep Waters • R M Ballantyne
... of the borders of the three greatest countries, lay a mighty city, named Oas. It was the capital city of the Arabin'yan ...
— The Sun King • Gaston Derreaux
... were put out of action the fight became a rifle duel, which went on briskly for upward of an hour. Again and again the whites rose in the grass, blundered forward and took cover, each rush stemmed by the Oas, who, darting up from their wall, gave volley for volley at point-blank range. Standing in a slop of blood, their great naked feet trampling the dead and writhing bodies of their comrades, they rivaled the rocky wall itself in the unflinching obstinacy of their resistance. It was then the battle ...
— Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas • Lloyd Osbourne |
