Nothing is more pleasing to a traveller than the sensation of continually getting forward ; whereas the riding of a horse of a contrary make is like swarming tho bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were... Mr. Jorrocks' Lectors: From Handley Cross - Page 18by Robert Smith Surtees - 1910 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
| Curiosities and wonders - 1789 - 508 pages
...forward; whereas the riding a horfe of a contrary make is like fwarming the bannifters of a ftaircafe, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were going backwards. * Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground and fee the better... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...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 going backwards. Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, e.nd see the better... | |
| Henry William Bunbury - Caricatures and cartoons - 1808 - 192 pages
...sensation of continually getting 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 as if you were going backwards. Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better... | |
| Robert Smith Surtees - 1854 - 750 pages
...of continually gel tin' forward ; whereas the ridin' of an 'oss of a contrary make is like swarmiu' the bannisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps...it low, that he may have an eye to the ground and s« the better where he steps. Some say the "ead should be as large as possible, inasmuch as the weight... | |
| Robert Smith Surtees - Fox hunting - 1903 - 872 pages
...continually gettin' forward ; whereas the ridin' of an 'oss of a contrary make is like swarmin' the banisters of a staircase, when, though perhaps you really advance, you feel as if you were gpin' 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
...of continually getting forward ; 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 as if you were going backwards. Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eye to the ground, and see the better... | |
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