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His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
(American, 1882 - 1945)

His was the One Desperate Figure of the Night

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  • He was the One Desperate Figure of the Night
1907
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Deerslayer threw all his force into a desperate effort, ...
Deerslayer threw all his force into a desperate effort, ...
N.C. Wyeth
1925
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
Dropping one of the sage-hens I asked the man behind me to pick it up. As he was groping for it I pulled one of my Colt's revolvers, and hit him over the head. He dropped senseless. // "Wheeling about I saw that the other man, hearing the fall, had turned, his hand upon his revolver. It was no time for argument. I fired and killed him."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Ten thousand dollars! Why, even one thousand dollars would keep him clothed, housed and fed for the few remaining years of his life and there would be enough left over to keep his old body out of Potter's Field. His hands trembled and the white fire of the diamonds flashed more temptingly.
Ten thousand dollars! Why, even one thousand dollars would keep him clothed, housed and fed for the few remaining years of his life and there would be enough left over to keep his old body out of Potter's Field. His hands trembled and the white fire of the diamonds flashed more temptingly.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
I had half seen how he had rested his elbow on the hedge and carried his head to one side when he fired that first shot.
I had half seen how he had rested his elbow on the hedge and carried his head to one side when he fired that first shot.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
"One swing 'f his battle-axe chops off the lock, 'n' there's a dragon black as ink wi' one eye."
"One swing 'f his battle-axe chops off the lock, 'n' there's a dragon black as ink wi' one eye."
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Sat all night by his bedside
Sat all night by his bedside
N.C. Wyeth
1906
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
"At first, for some time, I was not able to answer him one word; but as he had taken me in his arms, I held fast by him, or I should have fallen to the ground"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
From his father Charles August learned one golden truth--no degree of adversity can conquer the unconquerable
From his father Charles August learned one golden truth--no degree of adversity can conquer the unconquerable
N.C. Wyeth
1931
Image Not Available for I see the cheeks are powder-burnt and there's a mark acrost his forehead like it was one time split open
I see the cheeks are powder-burnt and there's a mark acrost his forehead like it was one time split open
N.C. Wyeth
1919
One long gaze filled Jim Crawford with sustaining strength. This was a possession of his soul.
One long gaze filled Jim Crawford with sustaining strength. This was a possession of his soul.
N.C. Wyeth
1929
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
Then the tide ebbed, and one night the major decamped
N.C. Wyeth
1905
Day and night he labored joyously with a plan of one of the enemy's balloons before him.
Day and night he labored joyously with a plan of one of the enemy's balloons before him.
N.C. Wyeth
1907