The gay attire and fine chargers of the chiefs made them conspicuous even at a distance.
There is other testimony to the same effect: “Many of the ladies, being mounted on ponies, were obliged to dismount and ride astride on the chargers of their Afghan acquaintance, to avoid getting wet.
They gasped to see the small body of cavalry, with faces set, their chargers with manes and tails streaming in the wind, galloping down the deadly valley to their death.
Chasseur and hussar were intermingled; and the heavy Norman horse of the Imperial Guard were interspersed with the grey chargers which had carried Albion’s chivalry.
XLIV And now their noble meiny brought up before the gate Store of good chargers saddled; thither to swell their state Flock'd troops of foreign champions, all bearing shield in hand, All with the Rhenish brethren bound to King Etzel's land.
And during the encounter, many high-saddled chargerswere overthrown, and shields were struck, and lances broken.
The armour was there already, and the lances were got ready, and the chargers were examined.
Moreover, in the place of the horses stolen from him, see that thou send to me without delay just as many good chargers of Wallachia, and beware lest I come for them myself, for then thou wilt have no cause to thank me.
There were plunging and reefing and rooting and sidling and rearing and bucking, as the panting chargers swung this way and that in vain endeavour to dislodge the riders.
Here half a dozen yelling orderlies were posted to spur on the chargers to the leap.
At their first onset, with horses comparatively fresh, against the blownchargers and disordered mass of their pursuers, they were entirely successful.
They were just halting in the Cerolian place, when he saw them, and dismounting, chargers and men in a confused and dusty group before the door of Cicero.
Dismount then, all of ye, and leading your chargers to the rear slay them; so shall we all run equal in this race of death or glory!
In response to this command, the gallant chargers of the Cossacks leaped forward.
They gave Gamuret thanks for the honour he had won in the field that day, Four-and-twenty had fallen before him, and their chargers he bore away, 710 And three chieftains had he made captive.
The rear-guard knoweth naught of my journey, from the others I stole this shield, Lest perchance my lord should find here a joust, and with onslaught fierce And clash of the meeting chargers the spear thro' his shield might pierce.
Down on the scared Mobilians The furious rush was led; Down fell the howling victims Beneath the horses' tread; The angered chargers trod alike On dying and on dead.
And soon he hears our chargers leap, The flashing sabre blinds his eyes, And ere he drives away his sleep, And rushes from his camp, he dies.
Remember when at eventide the prancing10 chargers were displayed before him, And he said, "Truly I have loved the love of earthly goods above the remembrance of my Lord, till the sun hath been hidden by the veil of darkness.
The twenty-one Veronese ambassadors rode, clothed in white, on chargers caparisoned with white taffeta.
So long they held such pastime / and with so mickle heat That through the broidered trappings / oozed clear drops of sweat From the prancing chargers / whereon the knights did ride.
Their chargers stood in comfort / and rested by the way: The ship it moved so lightly / that naught of injury had they.
Then full upon each other / they spurred their chargers fast, As on their shields they lowered / their lances firm and tight, Whereat the lordly monarch / soon found himself in sorry plight.
For knight and royal master / the chargers ready were, As with fond embracing / parted many there, Who long in joy together / a merry life had led.
After the shock their chargers / bore the knights so fast Onward past each other / as flew they on the blast.
Bright shone many a band Of gold from their apparel / and rich equipment then; And gently went their chargers / with Siegfried and his chosen men.
The chargers soon and riders / from castle court were sped.
Of Reuss men and Greeks there / great was the tale, And rapid saw ye riding / the Wallach and the Pole On chargers full of mettle / that they did deftly guide.
All these are set forth before in the holy Scriptures, and presented to us thereby, as in the gold chargers of the temple.
The chargers were a type of something; and he that can show a fitter antitype than is here proposed to consideration, let him do it, and I will be thankful to him.
They therefore are the chargers and the ordinance of the supper; in these also are the trespass-offerings, with what is fried in pans, mystically prepared for the children of the Highest.
Colonel Crealock, military secretary, and Captain Molyneux, of Lord Chelmsford's staff, had their chargers shot under them.
There was scarcely any sickness at all on board during the voyage, and all the horses, both officers' chargers and troopers, were landed in a very fair condition.
With those chargers and our thanks we must bid Godspeed to them, hoping that such a dread experience as the siege beneath the castle moat may never again be thrust upon them.
Calling one of the men-at-arms, he instructed him to saddle and make ready another of Sir John's chargers and to prepare a store of food while he occupied himself in selecting his best weapons and a spare suit of mail.
The impact hurled the chargers violently back upon their haunches and forced their riders backwards to the limit of endurance, while their stout ash lances were bent and split from end to end!
Then there was a whistle, and now a horse neighed; and thereafter the trampling of chargers broke upon the ear.
This to the two syces, who were both now hanging on to the Arab's reins, the fierce animal having made a sudden dash to get at the two chargers being brought up.
This was said just as two chargers were led out by their syces, and brought towards where the officers were standing.
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