"Gad" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... athrist oedd, O'r tu arall i'r tiroedd, A gododd,—gwaethodd drwy'r gad, Ar filoedd i'w rhyfeliad: Un oedd o'r rhai aneddant Uffern boeth yn ei ffwrn bant,— Hoffai lid a gofid gau, A'i llwydd ydoedd lladdiadau; Seirph tanllyd, gwaedlyd eu gwedd, Gwenwynig, (gwae anhunedd) Ei gwallt oedd,—a gwyllt eiddig, Rhag hedd oedd dannedd ei dig; Ei llygaid yn ...
— Gwaith Alun • Alun
... ten minutes later he drew a long breath. "Gad!" said he half aloud, "Rita'll never realize how close I was to proposing to-day. She ALMOST had me.... Though why I should think of it that way I don't know. It's damned low and indelicate of me. She ought to be my wife. I love her as much as a man of ...
— The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig • David Graham Phillips
... just been promoted to the rank of vice-admiral. His voyages by land over Germany and Russia had been counted as naval campaigns. On seeing the portrait he cordially shook the painter's hand, and exclaimed, "By Gad! though my old hulk does not deserve to be perpetuated, I would gladly give five hundred pistoles to see myself as like as that is to my dear ...
— The Purse • Honore de Balzac
... "Gad! Hamilton," exclaimed Uncle Jack MacKenzie, who was facing Eric as I came up behind, "have you been in a race or a fight?" and he gave him the look of suspicion one might give ...
— Lords of the North • A. C. Laut
... a bluff," went on Grant, paying no heed to the interruption, although his cheeks flushed, "but we went at it, behind the pavilion, and I had pricked him twice, when the guard came up and separated us. At that the fellow took to his heels, and, by Gad! got away—swam the Delaware, while we were beating the west shore. The next I saw of him he was in command of those ragamuffins who attacked us out yonder. Now he shows up here looting this house on the trail of 'Red' Fagin. I'd hang him offhand ...
— My Lady of Doubt • Randall Parrish
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