 | English literature - 1787 - 690 pages
...the riding a horfe of a contrary make, is like fwarming the bnmiifters ot a (Ыгcafe, when, thougli perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were...the ground, and fee the better where he fteps. The lefb h« lifts his fure-Iegs, the eafier he will move for his rider, and he will Jikewife bruit) all... | |
 | English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...a contrary make, is bke fwarniinglhe banniiters (if a itair ofe, vvhtn. though perhaps you re»lly advance, you feel as if you were going backwards....head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and Гее the beiu-r where he ftcpi. " Tlie lefs he lifts his (ore-legs, the e.ifier he will move for... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 652 pages
...forward: whereas the riding a horse of a contrary make, is like swarming the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps, you really advance, you feel...head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better where he steps. The less he lifts his fore legs, the easier he will move for his rider:... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...forward: whereas the riding a horse of a contrary make, is like swarming the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps, you really advance, you feel...his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, e.nd see the better where he steps. The less he lifts his fore legs, the easier he will move for his... | |
 | Henry William Bunbury - Caricatures and cartoons - 1808 - 192 pages
...forward: whereas the riding a horse of a contrary make, is like swarming the bannisters of a stair-case, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel...head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better where he steps. him down. If he turns out his toes as well as he should do, he will... | |
 | Robert Smith Surtees - 1843 - 974 pages
...; whereas the ridin' of an 'oss of a contrary make is like swarmin' the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance you feel as if you were goin' backwards. " Gambado says nothin' about the size of an 'oss's head, but he says he should carry... | |
 | Robert Smith Surtees - England - 1854 - 636 pages
...; whereas the ridin' of an 'oss of a contrary make is like swarmin' the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were goin' backwards. " Gambado says nothin' about the size of an 'oss's head, but he says he should carry... | |
 | Henry William Bunbury - Caricature - 1905 - 196 pages
...; whereas the riding of a horse of a contrary make is like swarming the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel...head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better where he steps. and the left, and not have the trouble of kicking the same stone a second... | |
 | Robert Smith Surtees - Fox hunting - 1910 - 268 pages
...; whereas the ridin' of an 'oss of a contrary make is like swarmin' the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were goin' backwards. ' Gambado says nothin' about the size of an 'oss's head, but he says he should carry... | |
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Nothing is more pleasing to a traveller than the sensation of continually getting forward: whereas the riding a horse of a contrary make, is like swarming the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps, you really advance, you feel as if you were... 