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Page 17
... weight , the more eagerly do they strain to force it to follow them . The faster they are allowed to go , the harder do they pull , until , if the reins were to break , they would enjoy the opportunity by running away , not as in the ...
... weight , the more eagerly do they strain to force it to follow them . The faster they are allowed to go , the harder do they pull , until , if the reins were to break , they would enjoy the opportunity by running away , not as in the ...
Page 19
... weight and muscular strength of a horse multi- plied into each other , form a momentum which , if his courage were as indomitable as that of man , would make him the master instead of the servant of the human race ; and accordingly ...
... weight and muscular strength of a horse multi- plied into each other , form a momentum which , if his courage were as indomitable as that of man , would make him the master instead of the servant of the human race ; and accordingly ...
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... weight , from which they are harmlessly extricated the instant the animal rises . Should he happen unfortunately to have the girths between him and the horse , he lies , like Ariel in the cloven pine , " painfully imprisoned , " in a ...
... weight , from which they are harmlessly extricated the instant the animal rises . Should he happen unfortunately to have the girths between him and the horse , he lies , like Ariel in the cloven pine , " painfully imprisoned , " in a ...
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... weight backwards - in fact , if from the saddle the backs of the two animals are separated from each other by only a very small angle , both can descend the hill together at considerable speed without the smallest danger . The only ...
... weight backwards - in fact , if from the saddle the backs of the two animals are separated from each other by only a very small angle , both can descend the hill together at considerable speed without the smallest danger . The only ...
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... weight he carries into such a false position , that it becomes diffi- cult and dangerous to advance . The restrained quad- ruped , impatient to follow the horses before him , yet altogether out of gear , on every little twitch at his ...
... weight he carries into such a false position , that it becomes diffi- cult and dangerous to advance . The restrained quad- ruped , impatient to follow the horses before him , yet altogether out of gear , on every little twitch at his ...
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