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Page 17
... sudden acts like an arrant coward . For instance , in the mail , it apparently matters not to the spirit of the horses whether there be one passenger or six - light bags or heavy ones ; on the contrary , the greater the weight , the ...
... sudden acts like an arrant coward . For instance , in the mail , it apparently matters not to the spirit of the horses whether there be one passenger or six - light bags or heavy ones ; on the contrary , the greater the weight , the ...
Page 18
... sudden so completely cowed , that not only without any resistance does he allow his harness piecemeal to be unbuckled ... suddenly fails him , and as nothing will then induce him to make another effort , it becomes necessary to send ...
... sudden so completely cowed , that not only without any resistance does he allow his harness piecemeal to be unbuckled ... suddenly fails him , and as nothing will then induce him to make another effort , it becomes necessary to send ...
Page 20
... suddenly deprived of the use of both his fore - legs . The longer and the more violently he can be en- couraged to resist , the more deathlike will be the trance in which he is about to lie . He struggles - struggles -struggles - until ...
... suddenly deprived of the use of both his fore - legs . The longer and the more violently he can be en- couraged to resist , the more deathlike will be the trance in which he is about to lie . He struggles - struggles -struggles - until ...
Page 25
... away . If , consequently , by the triumph of reason over instinct he be caught , or rather by the lasso tumbled head over heels , saddled , and if all of a sudden WILD AND TAME HORSES COMPARED . 25 A WILD HORSE AND A TAME.
... away . If , consequently , by the triumph of reason over instinct he be caught , or rather by the lasso tumbled head over heels , saddled , and if all of a sudden WILD AND TAME HORSES COMPARED . 25 A WILD HORSE AND A TAME.
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Sir Francis Bond Head. heels , saddled , and if all of a sudden , to his vast astonish- ment , he finds sitting astride ... suddenly saddled and mounted , the rider has greater difficulties to encounter than those just described for the ...
Sir Francis Bond Head. heels , saddled , and if all of a sudden , to his vast astonish- ment , he finds sitting astride ... suddenly saddled and mounted , the rider has greater difficulties to encounter than those just described for the ...
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