"Durant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... strong insistence in the man's words. Durant could feel the racing pulse leap and quiver under his hand. He leaned forward a little, looking ...
— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
... place you," Durant said. "I don't think we ever knew each other very well. You will have to tell me who ...
— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
... Durant and I were going along, I was behind her. The boys were coasting and went 'way out onto Lake St. Croix. They struck me full tilt and set me right down in one of their laps and away we went. I have always gone pell-mell all my life. If it comes good luck, I take it—if ...
— Old Rail Fence Corners - The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History • Various
... the north side of Wambaw, a large creek emptying into the Santee. He lay in the angle formed by the two roads which pass from Lenud's ferry road to Mr. Horry's, about a quarter of a mile from the bridge. In his rear there was a wood. His new raised regiment, scarcely yet half completed, lay at Durant's plantation about a mile above, under the immediate command of Maj. Benson. On the 23d of February, Horry had out patroles upon the Christ Church road, and scouts down in St. Thomas'. Thinking himself secure, and being sick, on the 24th he went over the river to his plantation, and left ...
— A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion • William Dobein James
... George Durant—which was the name of the bald fat little elderly gentleman—was Katie's father. Looking at them, no one would have thought so, for Katie was tall and graceful in form; and her countenance, except when lighted up with varying ...
— The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands • R.M. Ballantyne |
