He must have had much confidence in himself.

At our house we would rather trust in the Lord.

I only told him about the lions and tigers because he asked me, and that was the way I played.

But you should have heard him laugh.
You wouldn't have supposed to see him that he could.
"Umph!" he said at last.

"I am a little curious about your ammunition.
Just how to you bring down your prey ?" "I use portulaca powder and tiger lily bullets on the tigers, and four o'clocks on the lions," I said.
You could have heard him a mile, dried up as he was.
"I used to wear a red coat and ride to the hounds fox hunting," he said.