“Out started six officers, seized my bridle, put their pistols to my breast, ordered me to dismount, which I did. One of them, who appeared to have the command there, and much of a gentleman, asked me where I came from; I told him. He asked what time I left . I told him, he seemed surprised, said ''Sir, may I crave your name?'' I answered ''My name is Revere.”
Paul Revere
“I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America.”
Hinton Helper
“Thrusted light is worse than presented pistols.”
Herman Melville
“It [a pun] is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.”
Charles Lamb
“Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view.”
Barbara Kingsolver
“While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.”
Boyle Roche
“She picks up the book bag and a BB pistol falls out. He grabs it.”
Paul Puryear
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