"It is said that a hundred gamecocks will……" — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
"It is said that a hundred gamecocks will live in perfect harmony together it you do not put a hen with them; and so it would have been with Billy and Bob, had there been no women in the world."
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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
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11 Quotes by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
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He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was…
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Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and…
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All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of…
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I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek.…
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But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife.…
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During the session of the Supreme Court, in the village of -, about three weeks ago, when a number of…
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In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on…
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The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about…
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There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind…
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