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"Manhunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... as the other came limping down to the shore, "I didn't think there could be enough of the savage in me to enjoy a manhunt." ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut

... together. They had only been eight in all—a hand-to-mouth number for a deep wet hole. Then, one had died of dysentery, contracted from working constantly in water up to his middle; another had been nabbed in a manhunt and clapped into the "logs." And finally, but a day or two back, the three men who completed the nightshift had deserted for a new "rush" to the Avoca. Now, his pal had gone, too. There was nothing left for him, Long Jim, to do, but ...

— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson

... of any: keeping the party together. They had only been eight in all—a hand-to-mouth number for a deep wet hole. Then, one had died of dysentery, contracted from working constantly in water up to his middle; another had been nabbed in a manhunt and clapped into the "logs." And finally, but a day or two back, the three men who completed the nightshift had deserted for a new "rush" to the Avoca. Now, his pal had gone, too. There was nothing left for him, Long Jim, to do, but to take his dish and turn fossicker; ...

— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson

... be overtaken before the pinto gave out; it was even suggested that this waiting for Andrew Lanning to commit a crime was perilously like forcing him to become a criminal. To all of this the deputy listened sadly, combing his mustaches. The hunger for the manhunt is like the hunger for food, and Bill Dozier had been starved for many ...

— Way of the Lawless • Max Brand

... the other came limping down to the shore, "I didn't think there could be enough of the savage in me to enjoy a manhunt." ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut