The Horse and His RiderJ. Murray, 1860 - 226 páginas |
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... to that portion only of the community who , like himself , preferring a long tether to a short one , take exercise on four legs , instead of on two . CONTENTS . PAGE PREFACE 3 CONTENTS 5 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS - A 2.
... to that portion only of the community who , like himself , preferring a long tether to a short one , take exercise on four legs , instead of on two . CONTENTS . PAGE PREFACE 3 CONTENTS 5 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS - A 2.
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... leg , and to affix a long strap to the fetlock of the other , which two simple operations at once ensure the victory ... legs . The longer and the more violently he can be en- couraged to resist , the more deathlike will be the trance in ...
... leg , and to affix a long strap to the fetlock of the other , which two simple operations at once ensure the victory ... legs . The longer and the more violently he can be en- couraged to resist , the more deathlike will be the trance in ...
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... legs from under him , and the instant he fell , belaboured his head and body until the savage proprietor of both became so completely terrified , that he ever afterwards seemed almost to quail whenever his conqueror walked up to him ...
... legs from under him , and the instant he fell , belaboured his head and body until the savage proprietor of both became so completely terrified , that he ever afterwards seemed almost to quail whenever his conqueror walked up to him ...
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... legs and fondle him in various ways , just as if he were a dog . On riding into the yard to inquire by what ma- gical means the little quadruped had been made so gentle and tame , we were informed by the old farmer who owned him that ...
... legs and fondle him in various ways , just as if he were a dog . On riding into the yard to inquire by what ma- gical means the little quadruped had been made so gentle and tame , we were informed by the old farmer who owned him that ...
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... legs , he makes impromptu his first hurried , untaught , unpractised effort to dislocate a rider . But if , instead of being as it were invited to perform these unsophisticated antics , he be allowed , or rather , by whip and severe ...
... legs , he makes impromptu his first hurried , untaught , unpractised effort to dislocate a rider . But if , instead of being as it were invited to perform these unsophisticated antics , he be allowed , or rather , by whip and severe ...
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