Luckily for theBorderer a pal rushed up and saved him by settling the Turk.
It was an extraordinary thing that theBorderer first broke his bayonet and then bashed his butt, which came off as clean as a whistle.
The blow smashed the butt clean off, and the Borderertumbled down.
McLellan lived here for several years in partnership with an adventurous borderer named Crooks, who was an expert in trading with the savages.
After remaining for a time in Kentucky, this noble borderer returned to Virginia in order to settle up his affairs.
Borderer met warrior, and now and then, locked in the arms of one another, they fell and rolled together into the lake.
At rare intervals a deep cheer from a borderer replied to the savage war whoop.
That was a matter of course with every borderer in such moments.
The confidence of the borderer in him was not misplaced.
The spirit of the shiftless one, great borderer that he was, rose to the crisis, but he said nothing.
To the fiery Bordererit was an insupportable situation.
Had ye rued what ye did, ye should hae been dealt wi' only by your Maker," muttered the Borderer as the dead man's comrades bore away the body.
He was accustomed to taking his chances with such ordinary perils, and scorned them as a true-hearted borderer must.
He was an experienced scout, and knew as much about the tricky ways of the red men as any borderer of his time.
In his nine sections on poetry he says nothing about style, except to quote Oicero to the effect that "the Poet is the nearest Borderer upon the Orator, and expresseth all his vertues, though he be tyed more to numbers.
Now you are to remember the sky was overcast and the night was pitchy dark, and how the old borderer could read a sign of any sort was far beyond my comprehension.
The old borderer took his bearings by the sun and laid the course quartering to bring us out as near as might be on the heights above the gorge.
The freedborderer glared from one to the other of us.
So now, when all was lost, I fell to kneading out this sodden dough of afterwit with Ephraim Yeates; but when I sought to carry off the blame as mine by right, the old borderer would not give me leave.
Yeates thought it still over-early; but when Jennifer pressed him hard the old borderer left the casting vote to me.
But for the old borderer and the Indian there was no such bellows to blow the fire of perseverance.
Twas the old borderer who took the initiative in the swift retreat, and we followed his lead like well-drilled soldiers.
But when we would have broken cover, the old borderer dropped his weapon and gripped us with a hand for each.
The old borderer dwelt at length upon the need for this severity, saying that a single Cherokee escaping would bring the warriors of the Erati tribe down upon us to cut off all chance of our retreat with the women.
The old borderer was busied with his loot of the Indian camp--'twas not in his nature to come off empty-handed, however hard pressed he had been for time.
While Sevier was talking, the old borderer was fumbling in the breast of his hunting-shirt, and now he produced a packet of papers tied about with red tape.
And his answer to the old borderer was no answer at all.
The Borderer lost not a moment in taking his resolution, and boldly trotted against his enemies in front, who called loudly on him to stand and deliver; Charlie spurred on, and presented his pistol.
Even now he was persuaded the borderer had missed the southern tract, and was annoyed at his own stupidity, perhaps inclined to veil it from his men by affecting ignorance of his charge’s destination.
The brawny borderer had a new interest in life now, strange to say, unconnected with hawk or hound, with morning chase or midnight foray, with axe or lance, or mighty stoups of ale.
Cowl or cassock, rochet and stole, or black Geneva gown, not one of them but comes to corn as kindly as the longest-legged borderer that ever lifted a spear.
Everything was ready, and the borderer went about his work in the garden, as he said to himself, ‘with a clear conscience.
Mary Seton smiled within herself, and felt twice as big as the great borderer trembling there before her.
There was a faint flush on Mary’s brow as she stopped her company and bade the borderer approach.
The rough borderer would have been at a loss to explain to himself why he entertained so warm a regard for Walter Maxwell.
The borderer was long of limb and in capital wind; moreover, his heart was as true as the steel in his hand; but three or four to one will beat the best of swordsmen, and he was overpowered at last, and driven back towards the stair.
Only as she turned away to join the Queen, a low stifled sob smote upon her ear, and looking back she beheld the borderer standing as if spell-bound on the spot where she had left him.
Had you not rather be lying drunk in the filthiest gutter in Eastcheap than make your bed here on the heather, with a rough-footed borderer to pull your boots off, and an Armstrong’s lance through your body to make you sleep well?
The borderer was somewhat disconcerted; nevertheless, he reflected for a moment.
National enmities have always been fiercest among borderers; and the enmity between the Highland borderer and the Lowland borderer along the whole frontier was the growth of ages, and was kept fresh by constant injuries.
Well had they cause of jealous fear, When lay encamped, in field so near, The Bordererand the Mountaineer.
In the event of an Indian inroad each borderer had to defend himself until there was time for them all to gather together to repel or avenge it.
We remember once hearing a distinguished Borderer remark that the ancient history of nearly all the great Border families had been faithfully chronicled in "Pitcairn's Criminal Trials!
The Borderer disdained to resign his enterprise, even in these desperate circumstances; and at once forming his resolution, spurred his horse over the parapet.
Scott was a Borderer of Borderers, a descendant of Auld Wat of Harden and Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow.
It may be said, indeed, that in him many of the finest qualities of the Scottish Borderercame to full fruition.
As Tonpit drew up the borderer informed: “We can’t outride them.
Sevier was still flushed with victory when Watts drew himself erect and smiled coldly on the borderer and in a mocking voice said: “So be it.
The borderer raised his rifle; then he lowered it as the five guards sounded a shout of rage and started for the assassin.
Slipping out the window, the borderer stole to the corner of the house and waited until he glimpsed a shadowy mass passing behind the slaves’ cabins.
But the borderer was not to be decoyed into imagining he could escape to the forest by a sudden rush.
Polcher walked in silence beside the borderer for a minute and then gravely asked— “What’s to become of us, John, now that the mother State has cast us off?
Still having the girl in mind, the bordererexerted all his energies to force Hester back.
The Jumper resumed his gloomy way and the borderersaddled his horse and rode south.
Judging Chucky Jack by his own standards, he fully expected that when the borderer had wearied of playing with him he would destroy his sight and leave him to find a hideous death in the forest.
Holding it high, he strode up to the borderer and scanned him closely.
The borderer wrote a few hurried lines to Stetson, explaining his fears and exhorting the settler to raise enough men to make the raid a success.
Raising his rifle, theborderer carefully covered the leader and fired.
The borderer had no idea of leading the gang to the ledge, and at once he endeavoured to work north, parallel to the trail.
As he fired the borderer fell flat and remained motionless.
Old Tassel’s braves glanced at Watts, as if asking if that were the reason the borderer was still alive, and found their answer in his gloomy eyes.
The borderer glanced over his shoulder to make sure no more torches were approaching and, confident no one could discover him unless by physical contact, he seized the iron bars and shook them gently, and called Jackson by name.
What strains shall equal to thy glories rise, First to the world, and borderer on the skies?
His position, however, which was in more senses than one that of a borderer between two worlds, gives to the study of his writings an exceptional value.
A borderer who has run up against Injuns as much as I have must look forward to the time he'll be caught napping, as I was, and pay the penalty with his life.
Noo, Jamie Scott o' Cannobie, He hied to Carel toon; And mony a borderer cam to see The English lads thrawn doon.
Although wanting in the height, weight, and experience possessed by his veteran opponent, the wiry borderer had the advantage of youthful suppleness and activity on his side.
It is probable the enraged Borderer would not have long continued to vent his rage in empty menaces, had not the entrance of the four yeomen with their bows bent convinced him that the force was not at this moment on his own side.
The borderer now spurred after Thurstane, who had got a dozen rods the lead of him.
If you will cease to consider the man as a modern bushwhacker, and invest him temporarily with the character, ennobled by time, of a borderer of the Scottish marches, you will be able to feel some sympathy for him in his audacious enterprise.
Texas Smith was too old a borderer to attempt to draw his weapons while such a man as Kelly was sighting him at ten feet distance.
A hint from Coronado had warned the borderer that here was a person whom it might be necessary some day to get rid of.
Kenton immediately took the lead, though Blue Jacket clung to his side as if to advise in case the borderer needed assistance.
There was a collision, and the borderer measured his length again on the stone floor of the cavern.
Kenton had seen it in Sandy, and it aroused a fellow-feeling in the breast of the famous borderer for the young pioneer, because he himself had many times been taken to task by Daniel Boone for showing the same weakness.
Sandy would have been even willing to venture into the village, and try to mingle with the crowd, had Kenton given his permission; but this the borderer was not likely to do, since he knew what must follow.
Afterwards Bob sat beside Kenton while the bordererplied him with many questions.
What Kenton said, therefore, counted heavily with Sandy; and, when the reckless borderer thus gave his promise to assist them in their work, the boy believed success was assured.
The first thing Bob and Sandy noticed was that the young borderer carried two guns!
To the hands of Simon Kenton willingly did Bob resign his cause, firm in the belief that, if any mortal could carry it to success, the bold borderer would.
The borderer spoke a few last words, after which he made both lads pledge themselves to control their eagerness, and promise to obey his orders.
For a moment the sly old borderermade no response, and I knew he was quietly turning over the complicated situation in his own mind preparatory to intelligent action.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "borderer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
