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  • That's the conceit: a renegade production for a renegade's biopic.

    Paul Snyder: Public Enemies and the Invention of Video 2009

  • We therefore resolved to put ourselves in the hands of God and in the renegade's; and at the same time an answer was given to Zoraida, telling her that we would do all she recommended, for she had given as good advice as if Lela Marien had delivered it, and that it depended on her alone whether we were to defer the business or put it in execution at once.

    Don Quixote 2002

  • The Christians who were to row were ready and in hiding in different places round about, all waiting for me, anxious and elated, and eager to attack the vessel they had before their eyes; for they did not know the renegade's plan, but expected that they were to gain their liberty by force of arms and by killing the Moors who were on board the vessel.

    Don Quixote 2002

  • The laws of the conclave were also quite specific on another point: If ever a mage met a renegade wizard, one who was operating outside the law of the conclave, it was the duty of that mage to either reason with the renegade, bring the renegade to justice before the conclave, or-in extreme cases - end the renegade's life.

    The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998

  • The tilt of his hat gave him a renegade's glance that seemed almost insolent.

    The Bounty Hunter Thompson, Vicki Lewis 1995

  • "Here is the stronghold," he said, pointing to the spot he had carefully plotted from the renegade's directions.

    The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • Thereafter she often watched the renegade's window, from which, no matter how late the hour, shone a glimmering of lamplight.

    O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Various

  • Both ignored the renegade's protests and insults as Cortin returned the bow.

    The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • Odeon watched in revolted fascination as his Joanie stripped skin, with precise delicacy, from the screaming renegade's hands.

    The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • A loud yell of satisfaction, from the excited mob, followed this inhuman act; while several savages, rushing forward with rifles loaded in the same manner, now strove who should be first to imitate the renegade's example; by which means, no less than fifty discharges were made, in quick succession, until the flesh of the old man, from the neck downwards, was completely filled with burnt powder.

    Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Emerson Bennett

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