"El" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Rach-el Greaves! Oh! oh!" cried Vere, and put her hands to her sides in peals of derisive laughter. "Oh, this is too killing! And you believed it? You dear, sweet innocent! That man and—Rachel Greaves! My dear, have you seen her hair? Have you seen her hat? ...
— The Heart of Una Sackville • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... me to write this letter. We are at the headwaters of the Rio de Nieves, but we move on to the westward as soon as I have written. He tells me we are bound for the mountains beyond Huejugilla el Alto, which is directly west of Zacatecas as the bird flies one hundred and ten miles. He bids me tell you to follow to Huejugilla el Alto, where he says arrangements will be made for my ransom. Remember Jack Burk. He spoke of the mountains to the west of Zacatecas. Pacheco threatens to mutilate ...
— Frank Merriwell Down South • Burt L. Standish
... no mas personas que con cinco o seys que son el cabo de todo esto, los tomasen a su mano y les cortasen las cabecas," etc. Ibid., ...
— History of the Rise of the Huguenots - Volume 2 • Henry Baird
... entire day bent over his work. He was large and bald-headed, with a good-natured face, a red beard sprinkled with white hairs, and he wore a short, loose coat. As he spoke he lighted his clay pipe, the bowl of which represented Abd-el-Kader's face, very much colored, save the eyes and turban, which ...
— A Romance of Youth, Complete • Francois Coppee
... they set out on their long and perilous journey for Leavenworth. The first sixteen miles, over a broken and hilly country, was void of incident. They had passed through Arroyo Hondo and reached the Caon, (El Boca del Caon,) one of the gateways to Santa F; as they were threading this narrow pass, they saw, on turning a short angle of the precipice that towered three hundred feet above them, four mounted Mexicans, armed to the teeth and prepared to dispute their passage. One ...
— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler
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