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 14 - O'Brien's blood itself! He, who hath no peer, was born, Here, upon a red March morn; But his famous fathers dead Were Arabs all, and Arab bred, And the last of that great line Trod like one of a 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...
Strana 41 - Hindoo festivals, when many thousands are assembled to witness all kinds of shows, was suddenly alarmed by the shrieks and commotion of the crowd.
Strana 52 - Every description of horse, or even mule, whether previously broke, or unhandled, whatever their peculiar vices or ill habits might have been, submitted, without show of resistance, to the magical influence of his art, and in the short space of half an hour became gentle and tractable. The effect, though instantaneously produced, was generally durable. Though more submissive to him than to others, yet they seemed to have acquired a docility unknown before.
Strana 54 - I believe a great part of his art consisted ; though the circumstance of the tete-a-tete shows that upon particular occasions something more must have been added to it. A faculty like this would in other hands have made a fortune, and...
Strana 37 - ... them, and each claimed the privilege of having it first on the alternate Sunday. The horse soon became accustomed to this regulation ; and although the parties lived two miles distant, he stopped once a fortnight at the door of the half-customer at Thorpe, and once a fortnight at that of the other half-customer at Chertsey, and never did he forget this arrangement, which lasted several years, or stop unnecessarily, when he once thoroughly understood the rule. * * " Dr. Gall says that dogs ' learn...
Strana 13 - round his straining throat Grace and shifting beauty float ; Sinewy strength is in his reins, And the red blood gallops through his veins ; Richer, redder, never ran Through the boasting heart of man. He can trace his lineage higher Than the Bourbon dare aspire, — Douglas...
Strana 13 - GAMARRA is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within! His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light.
Strana 24 - The stretching of the ears in contrary directions shows that he is attentive to everything that is passing round him ; and while he is doing this he cannot be much fatigued, or likely soon to become so. It has been remarked, that few horses sleep without pointing one ear forward and the other backward, in order that they may receive notice of the approach of objects in every direction. When horses or mules...
Strana 173 - ... 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, and then all who have, must bear me witness that the noise is tremendous. They seize, bite, and kick each other with the most determined fury, and frequently cannot be separated before their heads and haunches stream with blood. Even in skirmishes with the natives, the horses take part in the fray, tearing each other with their teeth,...