1 Already the plowing was nearly finished, and the bloody glory of the sunset colored the fresh-cut furrows of red Georgia clay to even redder hues.
2 As for dysentery--the "bloody flux" as the ladies delicately called it--it seemed to have spared no one from private to general.
3 Ahab has that that's bloody on his mind.
4 He sleeps with clenched hands; and wakes with his own bloody nails in his palms.
5 But, gentlemen, a fool saved the would-be murderer from the bloody deed he had planned.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story. 6 It became, emphatically, the bloody arena, in which most of the battles for the mastery of the colonies were contested.
7 'Twould be, indeed, a bloody path for such tender feet to wade in," returned the equally reluctant scout; "but I thought it befitting my manhood to name it.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14 8 In short, everything wore rather the appearance of a day of pleasure, than of an hour stolen from the dangers and toil of a bloody and vindictive warfare.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 9 Then raising his voice to its highest tone, he poured out a strain so powerful as to be heard even amid the din of that bloody field.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 10 Notwithstanding the horror excited by the presence of her captor, there was a present relief in escaping from the bloody scene enacting on the plain, to which Cora could not be altogether insensible.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 11 A dozen blazing piles now shed their lurid brightness on the place, which resembled some unhallowed and supernatural arena, in which malicious demons had assembled to act their bloody and lawless rites.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 12 Of his own bloody intentions toward the maidens, and of his baffled malice he made no mention, but passed rapidly on to the surprise of the party by "La Longue Carabine," and its fatal termination.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 13 The motion and the cry were too sudden for words to interrupt his bloody intention.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 14 The latest straggler had returned from his fell employment, only to strip himself of the terrific emblems of his bloody calling, and to join in the lamentations of his countrymen, as a stricken people.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 33 15 No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose.