 ... enabled him to live on the smallest possible amount of sleep, in dividing the watch with Tom Simson, somehow managed to take upon himself the greater part of that duty. He excused himself to the Innocent, by saying that he had " often been a week...  Poems and Stories - Stran 47avtor: Bret Harte - 1912 - 132 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 282 strani
...a week without sleep." " Doing what I " asked Tom. " Poker ! " replied Oakhurst, eententiously ; " when a man gets a streak of luck, — nigger-luck,...for certain is that it 's bound to change. And it 's finding out when it 's going to change that makes you. We 've had a streak of bad luck since we... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 276 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent, by saying that he had "often been a week without sleep." "Doing what ? " asked Tom. " Poker ! " replied Oakhurst,...when a man gets a streak of luck, — nigger-luck, — lie don't get tired. The luck gives in first. Luck," continued the gambler, reflectively, " is... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1871 - 288 strani
...a week without sleep." " Doing what ? " asked Tom. " Poker ! " replied Oaklmrst, Benten.tiously ; " when a man gets a streak of luck, • — nigger-luck, — he don't get tired. The l;ick gives in first. Luck," continued_tjj£ ganiblur,_n.'"Bectiyely, " is a mighty queer thing. All... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent, by saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." "Doing what?" asked Tom. "Poker!" replied Oakhurst,...queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that it's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We've had a streak... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1873 - 268 strani
...himself to the Innocent, by saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." " Doing what 1. " asked Tom. « Poker ! " replied Oakhurst, sententiously...it for certain is that it 's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We 've had a streak of bad luck since we... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 220 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent by saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." " Doing what ? " asked Tom. " Poker ! " replied Oakhurst,...for certain is that it 's bound to change. And it 's finding out when it 's going to change that makes you. We 've had a streak of bad luck since we... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 434 strani
...Tom. " Poker!" replied Oakhurst sententiously. " When a man gels a streak of luck,—niggrr-bick,—he don't get tired. The luck gives in first. Luck," continued...queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that it's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We've had a streak... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent by saying that he had "often been a week without sleep." " Doing what ?" asked Tom. "Poker!" replied Oakhurst,...queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that it's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We've had a streak... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1903 - 292 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent by saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." "Doing what?" asked Tom. "Poker!" replied Oakhurst,...for certain is that it 's bound to change. And it 's finding out when it 's going to change that makes you. We 've had a streak of bad luck since we... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1892 - 294 strani
...duty. He excused himself to the Innocent bv saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." "Doing what?" asked Tom. "Poker!" replied Oakhurst,...queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that it's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We 've had a streak... | |
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