"Chalk pit" Quotes from Famous Books
... be too sure that it is impossible," replied I; "a horse once cleared the mouth of a chalk pit with me on its back, when I was a boy; Lawless remembers it." "Eh! what? Mad Bess!" returned Lawless; "I should think I did too; I rode there afterwards and examined the place—a regular break-neck-looking hole as ever I saw in my life. Tell 'em ... — Frank Fairlegh - Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil • Frank E. Smedley |