The Horse and His Rider, Or, Sketches and Anecdotes of the Noble Quadruped: And of Equestrian NationsWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 203 strán (strany) |
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Strana 15 - race divine ! And yet,—he was but friend to one Who fed him at the set of sun, By some lone fountain fringed with green: With him,—a roving Bedouin, He lived (none else would he obey Through all the hot Arabian day), And died, untamed, upon the sands Where Balkh amidst the desert stands
Strana 57 - witnesses of the complete success of his art. This, too, had been a troop horse, and it was supposed, not without reason, that after regimental discipline had failed, no other would be found availing. I observed that the animal appeared terrified whenever Sullivan either spoke to or looked at him: how that extraordinary ascendancy could have been obtained
Strana 208 - horse, but all in vain; the old Indian father and his son escaped, and were free. What a fine picture one can form in one's mind : the naked bronzelike figure of the old man with his little boy, riding like a Mazeppa on the white horse, thus leaving far behind him the host of his pursuers
Strana 56 - unknown before. When sent for to tame a vicious beast, for which he was either paid according to the distance, or generally two or three guineas, he directed the stable, in which he and the object of the experiment were, to be shut, with orders not to open the door until a signal was given. After a
Strana 105 - returns with him to his tent. But it sometimes happens that the woman does not wish to marry the person by whom she is pursued, in which case she will not suffer him to overtake her; and
Strana 56 - of about half an hour, during which little or no bustle was heard, the signal was made, and upon opening the door, the horse appeared lying down, and the man by his side playing with him like a child with a puppy dog. From that time he was found perfectly willing to submit to any discipline, however repugnant to his nature before.
Strana 183 - break loose, and then the combat ensues. A general neighing, screaming, kicking, and snorting, soon rouses the grooms, and the scene for a while is terrible. Indeed no one can conceive the sudden uproar of such a moment, who has not been in Eastern countries to hear it.
Strana 134 - Kings are beleaguered on their thrones by their own vassal crew, And in their den quake noblemen, and priests are bearded too. And loud they yelp for the Cossack's help to keep their bondsmen down, And they think it meet, while they kiss our feet, to wear a tyrant's crown. The sceptre now to my lance
Strana 9 - Inscribed on many a learned page, In mystic characters and sage, Long time my first has stood; And though its golden age be past, In wooden walls it yet may last, Till clothed in flesh and blood. My second is a
Strana 55 - hitherto ferocious animal following him about the course like a dog—lying down at his command—suffering his mouth to be opened, and any person's hand to be introduced into it—in short, as quiet almost as a sheep. He came out the same meeting and won his race, and his docility continued satisfactory for a considerable