"Bet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Captain Aylmer; I don't know what pack you hunt with, but I'll bet you a five-pound note that we killed more foxes last year than you did;—that is, taking three days a week. Nine-and-twenty brace and a half in a short season I ...
— The Belton Estate • Anthony Trollope
... goin on twenty year. I've put her through the perarries and through the timber, and now look yeer, straanger, you can just bet your life on't she never var-ried arry time, and if you'll just follow her sign you'll knock the centre outer the north star. ...
— The Prairie Traveler - A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions • Randolph Marcy
... do you think the missis will be pleased with you for it? No, you bet; you're caught now! I'll tell them what tricks you're up to, if you don't let me have ...
— Fruits of Culture • Leo Tolstoy
... connection with any other people who have been making inquiries," said Holmes carelessly. "If you won't tell us the bet is off, that is all. But I'm always ready to back my opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the bird ...
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... a girl?" whispered he; "but there, don't jump at conclusions. I have only had her in hand for a short time, but I am a real dab at starting a woman grandly, and it would be hard to find my equal in Paris, you may bet." ...
— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau
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