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Page 6739
... horses and their arms engrossed ; The rest was homely , and their frugal fare , Cooked without art , was served in earthenware : Yet worthy all our envy , were the breast But with one spark of noble spleen possest . Then shone the fanes ...
... horses and their arms engrossed ; The rest was homely , and their frugal fare , Cooked without art , was served in earthenware : Yet worthy all our envy , were the breast But with one spark of noble spleen possest . Then shone the fanes ...
Page 6762
... horses fell into a slower trot ; there was a short struggle , a volley of oaths , and the red - eyed larrikin was dropped off the roof of the coach on to the sand , where he lay swearing so fear- fully that the wonder was that he held ...
... horses fell into a slower trot ; there was a short struggle , a volley of oaths , and the red - eyed larrikin was dropped off the roof of the coach on to the sand , where he lay swearing so fear- fully that the wonder was that he held ...
Page 6783
... horse he rode upon ! Honor to bold Robin Hood , Sleeping in the underwood ! Honor to maid Marian , And to all the Sherwood - clan ! Though their days have hurried by Let us two a burden try . JOHN KEBLE . JOHN KEBLE , a famous English ...
... horse he rode upon ! Honor to bold Robin Hood , Sleeping in the underwood ! Honor to maid Marian , And to all the Sherwood - clan ! Though their days have hurried by Let us two a burden try . JOHN KEBLE . JOHN KEBLE , a famous English ...
Page 6821
... horse was killed or disabled or de- prived of the rider , his fall or his plunge or his ungoverned pressure had commonly the effect of enforcing upon the neigh- boring chargers more or less of lateral movement , and in this way there ...
... horse was killed or disabled or de- prived of the rider , his fall or his plunge or his ungoverned pressure had commonly the effect of enforcing upon the neigh- boring chargers more or less of lateral movement , and in this way there ...
Page 6822
... horse killed under him . We shall afterwards see that this last casu- alty did not end the part which Wombwell was destined to take in the battle ; but for the moment of course it disabled him , and there was no longer any staff officer ...
... horse killed under him . We shall afterwards see that this last casu- alty did not end the part which Wombwell was destined to take in the battle ; but for the moment of course it disabled him , and there was no longer any staff officer ...
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