Crossword-Solution: MARKSMAN 8 letters, 26 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 16

But Tell was more and better than a mere marksman, more and better than a mere cool head; he was a type; he stands for Swiss patriotism; in his person was represented a whole people; his spirit was their spirit—the spirit which would bow to none but God, the spirit which said this in words and confirmed it with deeds.

Wherefore, then, should I be dissatisfied? Have you not yourself told me that Count de Coude is a splendid marksman?” “You mean that you hope to be killed?” exclaimed D’Arnot, in horror.

For in those days the skill of each celebrated marksman was as well known for many miles round him, as the qualities of a horse trained at Newmarket are familiar to those who frequent that well-known meeting.

Thus was I engaged when young Rupert Hentzau, who feared neither man nor devil, and rode through the demesne--where every tree might hide a marksman, for all he knew--as though it had been the park at Strelsau, cantered up to where I lay, bowing with burlesque deference, and craving private speech with me in order to deliver a message from the Duke of Strelsau.

But Jack is a fine rider, and is not a very fine marksman; so it was decided to send him with Houston to the Convention.