The Horse and His RiderJ. Murray, 1860 - 226 páginas |
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... half , of they know not what , at their heels . And yet , if on the following day the same high - flying , high - spirited , high - mettled horses were to be hooked to a sturdy living oak tree , after two or three ineffectual snatches ...
... half , of they know not what , at their heels . And yet , if on the following day the same high - flying , high - spirited , high - mettled horses were to be hooked to a sturdy living oak tree , after two or three ineffectual snatches ...
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... half - an - hour , be so thoroughly conquered by the two straps which he conceives to be part and parcel of the irresistible strength of his master , that so soon as he is satisfied that his own powers of resistance are of no avail , he ...
... half - an - hour , be so thoroughly conquered by the two straps which he conceives to be part and parcel of the irresistible strength of his master , that so soon as he is satisfied that his own powers of resistance are of no avail , he ...
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... For the foregoing reasons if gentlemen sportsmen who occupy on the road and the hunting - field this false posi- tion , would but allow Mr. Calcraft , in his peculiar way , to lift them about half a dozen times a few SEAT ON A HORSE . 39.
... For the foregoing reasons if gentlemen sportsmen who occupy on the road and the hunting - field this false posi- tion , would but allow Mr. Calcraft , in his peculiar way , to lift them about half a dozen times a few SEAT ON A HORSE . 39.
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Sir Francis Bond Head. to lift them about half a dozen times a few inches into the air , and then , as a tallow - chandler ... half a shovelfull of loose stones which had escaped his observation , yet , if he has 40 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
Sir Francis Bond Head. to lift them about half a dozen times a few inches into the air , and then , as a tallow - chandler ... half a shovelfull of loose stones which had escaped his observation , yet , if he has 40 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
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... half way down a pockethandkerchief sticking in the boughs of a small projecting tree , he returned to the barracks , gave the alarm , and accordingly , as soon as a boat could be pro- cured , the soldiers , who rushed forward to man it ...
... half way down a pockethandkerchief sticking in the boughs of a small projecting tree , he returned to the barracks , gave the alarm , and accordingly , as soon as a boat could be pro- cured , the soldiers , who rushed forward to man it ...
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