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"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"

Oil on canvas
1925
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.1838
canvas reused (see NCW 1328)
Not on view
Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"
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N.C. Wyeth
1920
"See here Harjes, don't you ask me to do any of your dirty work--because I won't do it!"
"See here Harjes, don't you ask me to do any of your dirty work--because I won't do it!"
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Slowly and thoughtfully, absolutely without bravado, Drift shuffled the cards. "Keep ca'm Dawse," he advised. "Set down, why don't you?"
Slowly and thoughtfully, absolutely without bravado, Drift shuffled the cards. "Keep ca'm Dawse," he advised. "Set down, why don't you?"
N.C. Wyeth
1914
"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"
"Christmas a humbug, Uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure!"
Frank C. Herbst
1918
Robin Wrestles Will Stuteley at Gamewell "Catch him by the middle," he shouted. "Now you have him, lording, fairly. Throw him prettily!" And sure enough Stuteley came down.
Robin Wrestles Will Stuteley at Gamewell
"Catch him by the middle," he shouted. "Now you have him, lording, fairly. Throw him prettily!" And sure enough Stuteley came down.
N.C. Wyeth
1917
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"Quit now," he managed to whisper, "if you want to"
N.C. Wyeth
1928
"Just out," says Sir Henry. "In fact, we don't keep it. Try a lemon soda. The Mexican pointed his finger at him. "If you have no whiskey," says he, "go out and get some."
"Just out," says Sir Henry. "In fact, we don't keep it. Try a lemon soda. The Mexican pointed his finger at him. "If you have no whiskey," says he, "go out and get some."
N.C. Wyeth
1912
"All the rest of it wouldn't have mattered without you," he said
"All the rest of it wouldn't have mattered without you," he said
Harvey T. Dunn
ca. 1917
"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.
"Since when is a heathen wench's word better than that of twenty Christians?" asked one of the monks. "It is I who will decide whether she alone speaketh the truth, or all of you," Richard said sternly.
N.C. Wyeth
1931
Sally Merrillee and Johnny "I'm glad you think I'm not scared," he said. "I haven't talked like this to anybody else"
Sally Merrillee and Johnny
"I'm glad you think I'm not scared," he said. "I haven't talked like this to anybody else"
N.C. Wyeth
1928
"Four different sizes o' shoes," said Peter Smith. "Right," agreed Kilmair; "four hombres and one senorita. I don't think we'll be welcomed."
"Four different sizes o' shoes," said Peter Smith. "Right," agreed Kilmair; "four hombres and one senorita. I don't think we'll be welcomed."
N.C. Wyeth
1919
Pablo swung the girl behind him. "Who ees there?" he called sharply and repeated the challenge in Spanish. A familiar voice answered from behind the corner of the wall. "Don't shoot, Pablo; it is all right."
Pablo swung the girl behind him. "Who ees there?" he called sharply and repeated the challenge in Spanish. A familiar voice answered from behind the corner of the wall. "Don't shoot, Pablo; it is all right."
N.C. Wyeth
1925