 ... while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into the magazine, my rifle holding only four, all of which I had fired. Then he tried to pull up, but as he did so his muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over...  Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen - Page 87by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Thomas Stead - 1901 - 742 pages
...pool of bright blood where his muzzle hit the ground ; but he recovered himself, and made two or duet jumps onwards, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bulléis had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | 1899 - 652 pages
...forehead, but my bullet went low, entering his open mouth, smashing his lower jaw and going into the neck. I leaped to one side almost as I pulled the...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1893 - 500 pages
...open mouth, smashing his lower jaw and going into the neck. I leaped to one side almost as I pulled trigger ; and through the hanging smoke the first...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1893 - 318 pages
...blood where his muzzle hit the ground; but he recovered himself and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1900 - 266 pages
...open mouth, smashing his lower jaw and going into the neck. I leaped to one side almost as I pulled trigger ; and through the hanging smoke the first...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Charles Eugene Banks, Le Roy Armstrong - 1901 - 480 pages
...blood where his muzzle hit the ground ; but he recovered himself and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into the magazine, my rifle holding but four, all of which I had fired. Then he tried to pull up ; but as he did so, his muscles seemed... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1902 - 496 pages
...blood where his muzzle hit the ground ; but he recovered himself, and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into...his muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head dropped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted... | |
 | Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 540 pages
...Instantly the great bear turned with a harsh roar of fury and challenge, blowing the bloody foam from his mouth, so that I saw the gleam of his white fangs;...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 244 pages
...blood where his muzzle hit the ground; but he recovered himself and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into...muscles seemed suddenly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 322 pages
...blood where his muzzle hit the ground; but he recovered himself and made two or three jumps onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into...tried to pull up, but as he did so his muscles seemed sudio6 Hunting the Grisly denly to give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot... | |
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