"Lucas" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the "Poetical Remains of Mr. Pringle," I find the following remarkable escape:—"Lucas Van Buren usually carried a huge elephant gun, as long and unwieldy as himself; but left it at home one day when he had most need of it. He was riding across the open plains, near the Little Fish river, one morning about day break, when observing a lion at a distance, he endeavoured ...
— Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals • R. Lee
... broad-browed burly man in knickerbockers, who was apparently a clergyman, to judge from his white tie, the adjutant of the local regiment, and a couple of good-looking youths, Etonian friends of Philip. Elizabeth and Mariette came in from the garden, and a young cousin of the Gaddesdens, a Miss Lucas, slipped into the room under Elizabeth's wing. She was a pretty girl, dressed in an elaborate demi-toilette of white chiffon, and the younger men of the party in their shooting dress—with Philip at their head—were ...
— Lady Merton, Colonist • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... for your trouble, Lucas. When you have drunk that, your legs will lengthen like a pair of oars, and you'll get back to ...
— Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish • Various
... fue trasladado al cielo, y que al tiempo de su partida dexo al Cacique de aquella Provincia por heredero de su santidad i poderio." Lucas Fernaudez Piedrahita, Historia General de las Conquistas del Nueoo Reyno de Granada, Lib. i, cap. iii ...
— American Hero-Myths - A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent • Daniel G. Brinton
... exclaimed Mr. Leo Hunter. 'Solomon Lucas, the Jew in the High Street, has thousands of fancy-dresses. Consider, Sir, how many appropriate characters are open for your selection. Plato, Zeno, Epicurus, Pythagoras—all founders ...
— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens
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