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Strana 15
Oh Lord , sir ! do speak to your horses , and tell them to go more softly ; Oh law , O ! they are the most uncivil horses ever I saw . " The horses were actually the best of their kind , and seemed to understand every word of their ...
Oh Lord , sir ! do speak to your horses , and tell them to go more softly ; Oh law , O ! they are the most uncivil horses ever I saw . " The horses were actually the best of their kind , and seemed to understand every word of their ...
Strana 16
When he could make us laugh no other way , he would insist upon drinking out of the horse - bucket , and that after the horses had done , for which he was sometimes censured by the driver , with " sir , why did'nt you drink before I ...
When he could make us laugh no other way , he would insist upon drinking out of the horse - bucket , and that after the horses had done , for which he was sometimes censured by the driver , with " sir , why did'nt you drink before I ...
Strana 18
We set out from MacMinville * long before day , and long before we reached Sparta , a little village , where we were to change horses , and breakfast , it rained excessively . At length we reached Sparta , at the foot of Cumberland ...
We set out from MacMinville * long before day , and long before we reached Sparta , a little village , where we were to change horses , and breakfast , it rained excessively . At length we reached Sparta , at the foot of Cumberland ...
Strana 20
... killing up your horses clambering over them , to bring you from a distance articles of necessity , rewarding your hard labour with a scanty bundle or two of buckwheat perhaps , or rye , and a few Irish potatoes .
... killing up your horses clambering over them , to bring you from a distance articles of necessity , rewarding your hard labour with a scanty bundle or two of buckwheat perhaps , or rye , and a few Irish potatoes .
Strana 26
... as loud as a trumpet , the horses going almost at full speed . I was really deafened with them , but could not refrain from laughter to see the doors and windows fly open , and crowded with amazed spectators , while the dogs barked ...
... as loud as a trumpet , the horses going almost at full speed . I was really deafened with them , but could not refrain from laughter to see the doors and windows fly open , and crowded with amazed spectators , while the dogs barked ...
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