"Crack shot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was a crack shot when he was young," said the pitiless Jacques. "My father often used to tell me ...
— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac
... before the tyrant hailed, No patriot you'd have guessed him, For even his stout bosom quailed When Gessler thus addressed him:— "As you're the crack shot of these Swiss (I've often heard it said so), Suppose you take a shot at this, Placed on your ...
— William Tell Told Again • P. G. Wodehouse
... the expense of a revolver, but I extracted grandpapa's from the family armoury—such little darlings. I'm strongly tempted to send a challenge, just to keep them in use—that's because you despise me—I'm a crack shot—we practised every day last winter—women shoot much better than men, because they don't make their hands unsteady—what can be better than the guidance of Ratia, the feminine of Ratio, ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge |
