The Horse and His RiderJ. Murray, 1860 - 226 páginas |
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... described by Shakspeare's thrilling exclamation of King Richard- " A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! " In like manner , in civil life , how often has the school- boy , who in his infancy had clutched with ecstasy his toy -a ...
... described by Shakspeare's thrilling exclamation of King Richard- " A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! " In like manner , in civil life , how often has the school- boy , who in his infancy had clutched with ecstasy his toy -a ...
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... described , his courage all at once evaporates , and with heaving flank , panting nostrils , palpitating heart , flabby muscles , and the perspiration bursting through every pore : in the skin , he then allows his conqueror 20 THE HORSE ...
... described , his courage all at once evaporates , and with heaving flank , panting nostrils , palpitating heart , flabby muscles , and the perspiration bursting through every pore : in the skin , he then allows his conqueror 20 THE HORSE ...
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... described Lord Ellenborough's proclamation about the gates of Sumnauth , to sing over his carcase " a song of triumph . " And thus as Achilles was mortally wounded in the only vulnerable part of his body — the heel , —so does Cruiser ...
... described Lord Ellenborough's proclamation about the gates of Sumnauth , to sing over his carcase " a song of triumph . " And thus as Achilles was mortally wounded in the only vulnerable part of his body — the heel , —so does Cruiser ...
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... described , it must be apparent to everybody , that while for the latter a powerful hero must be procured , all that is requisite for the former is calmness , gentleness , and two little straps which , in a lower stratum , physically ...
... described , it must be apparent to everybody , that while for the latter a powerful hero must be procured , all that is requisite for the former is calmness , gentleness , and two little straps which , in a lower stratum , physically ...
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... suddenly saddled and mounted , the rider has greater difficulties to encounter than those just described for the animal is not only gifted by nature with all the propensities of the wild horse to reject 26 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
... suddenly saddled and mounted , the rider has greater difficulties to encounter than those just described for the animal is not only gifted by nature with all the propensities of the wild horse to reject 26 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
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