"Watson" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... proceeded next against Fort Watson on the Santee which commanded in a great measure the communication with Charleston. Having neither artillery nor besieging tools they reared a tower above the level of the rampart whence their rifle fire drove the defenders, and themselves then mounted and compelled the ...
— Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing
... thing happened to my uncle, Mr. Watson, of Haddlestone; and to enable you to understand it, I must begin at ...
— J.S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 • J.S. Le Fanu
... the "Courier and Enquirer" were united under one management, and Mr. Bennett was made assistant editor, with James Watson Webb as his chief. In the autumn of that year he became associate editor. Says Mr. James Parton (by no means an ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.
... constantly being punished. He would desert and be brought back, tried by district court-martial, sentenced to be flogged and imprisoned for perhaps 112 days. One night I called the roll at tattoo and found him wanting. I reported that night Private James Watson absent, took an inventory of his effects and hoped he would not return. Some few days after I was called to the guard room to identify a man of my company, whom I found to be Watson; but such a sight I never looked ...
— A Soldier's Life - Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle • Edwin G. Rundle
... 'I appointed Watson—he who was a packer in the warehouse, and who went into the police—to call on me at four o'clock. I have just met with a gentleman from Liverpool who wishes to see me before he leaves town. Take care to give this note to ...
— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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