His men brought them that he bade, A square tree of forty feet, Before his saddle anon he it set, Fast that they should it brase, &c.
And out of saddle and crouthe him bare, And I say for soothë thing He brake his neck in the falling.
Oakes turned in his saddle at the first stroke and, with blazing eyes and suppressed pride, waved a last vigorous acknowledgment.
He rested one hand on the pommel of his saddle and pointed with the other at a man inside the Mansion gate.
The next moment he reeled from his saddlemortally wounded.
His riderless horse went plunging back towards the main army, his "saddle and housings stained with blood, carrying the melancholy news of his master's fate to the astonished troops.
With his passion reverberating among the consonants like distant thunder, he laid his hand upon the mane of his horse as though it had been the gray locks of his adversary, swung himself into the saddle and galloped away.
Saddle my horse in two minutes, or I'll--" The ellipsis was frightfully suggestive.
At noon the Duchess, rolling out of her saddle upon the ground, declared her intention of going no farther, and the party halted.
It was Enriquez who, in the sports that followed, leaned from his saddle at full speed, caught up the chicken buried to its head in the sand, without wringing its neck, and tossed it unharmed and fluttering toward his mistress.
It was Enriquez who caught the unbroken mustang, sprang from his own saddle to the bare back of his captive, and with the lasso for a bridle, halted him on rigid haunches at Miss Mannersley's feet.
Steel, of Mudbury, took the saddle and two legs, Sir Pitt; but he says the last was too young and confounded woolly, Sir Pitt.
Mrs. Crawley cried in great anger; "why didn't my Lady Bareacres tell me to go and saddle the horses!
The officer leaned eagerly forward in his saddle and the girl inside the door clasped her hands and listened breathlessly.
The horse staggered and fell as he left the saddle and caused him to lose his balance.
Turning in hissaddle he saw Barbara running toward him, her breast heaving, her arms outstretched.
The Artist, who was next in front of me, turned in his saddle and said: "We ought to get a warm welcome at Moulton's cabin.
I was making a peg to hang my saddle on, and I chopped my finger with the hatchet.
Mrs. Vansittart, moreover, showed clearly enough that she was on the safe side of forty by quite a number of years when it came to settling herself in the saddle and sitting her fresh young horse.
She pulled up, and sat motionless in the saddle for a few moments.
It then struck the pommel of the saddle and bounded off.
I was the first in the saddle in the morning, the last to feel fatigue at night.
Sandy, on such occasions, always remained at home, although he had learned to stick to the saddle as well as any man.
Paul turned quickly around in his saddle towards the young lady who had addressed him.
Paul pressed his hat down, and settled into his saddle with a grim smile.
So they rode on for a moment or two, walking their horses in the dim twilight; she in the shadow of the grey wall and the overhanging trees, and he very close to her, with his hand still upon her saddle and his reins loose in his hand.
Now go and tell Morris to saddle my horse, and then come back, and put away these guns as I told you.
So saying Marcy put on his coat and cap, kissed his mother, and left the house to tell one of the hands to put the saddle on his horse.
They also went to bed, and were soon asleep, and the other guard went along with us, and helped to saddle the horses.
They also went to bed, and were soon asleep and the other guard went along with us, and helped to saddle the horses.
As soon as he saw the lady, the cabbage tree hat was raised in a flourish, the horse was reined in, the man off his saddle and the bridle hitched to a post.
It seems that Jim Steadbolt has been taking his revenge,' he answered, 'and that I must be in the saddle in an hour's time.
No sleep at all last night watching that nigger who was tied up to a gum tree, and I've been in the saddle all day.
But she took about five minutes to see that her saddle was properly tightened and then we rode up to the hill.
My saddle and clothes were so hot that I could not place my hand on them.
As he slipped from the saddle a bullet struck down his horse, but without hesitation the colonel jumped into the moat, and was soon safely within the postern.
Tis well," he replied, "for twelve hours in the saddle is apt to give one a keen hunger, to say nothing of an aching frame.
While he was binding the saddle of sheep's wool about the Arab's narrow girth he was surprised to find that the friendly son of Judah had followed him to the pasture.
He looked up the straight highway toward Pa-Ramesu, then turned in the saddle and gazed toward Tanis.
God grant, Sir, that the roan drop not out of the race and leave us but one saddle betwixt you and me, Sir.
In Kamchatka and Northeastern Siberia both dogs and reindeer are employed for drawing sledges, and the reindeer for a saddle animal.
Thus equipped he is mounted on a pole, generally a fence-rail, withoutsaddle or bridle, and borne on the shoulders of those who supplied his wardrobe.
By some accident he slipped from the saddle and fell to the ground; the elephant immediately turned, and in spite of the efforts of the driver to stop him, pierced his master with his tusks, killing him almost instantly.
The proper adjustment of a load on a pack-saddle is a work of art that can only be accomplished after long experience.
In Northeastern Siberia the reindeer is much oftener used under the saddle than with a sledge.
When troops are on the march they have a form of saddle that will carry eight men, and some of the largest will hold ten.
The swift camel or saddle dromedary has been known to make ten miles an hour, though his ordinary pace will not exceed seven or eight.
If you do remain in the saddle give him a free rein, and do not pull in the least, except when it is necessary to guide him.
The Grimsley fits well on the animal's back, and saves it from soreness longer than any other form of saddle in use.
The riding saddle for a camel is a sort of dish with a pommel, and the practiced rider crosses his legs around this pommel, and thus holds himself in place.
The same conditions are true ofsaddle or draught animals, and of the wheels of wagons.
Travelers between Pekin and Kiachta, on the frontier of Siberia, generally ride in camel carts, or at all events have them in reserve, while they promenade on their saddle ponies.
Before she could saddle Silvertail, Enid vanished into the night.
Some groaned, with the ugly, deadened groan of uttermost pain; one man, slouched in the saddle of a mule, screamed mechanically every time the mule took a step.
I put mysaddle on him and rode down toward the front.
Then you lie about the mule, for the saddle is my own.
Without another word he loosened the man, placed him again in the saddle and turned the horse’s head toward the east where already a great, round moon lighted the way.
Had he not told her how their curiosity was excited by seeing persons afoot with often disastrous results, and warned her to be sure and stay in the saddle if she were near any of the grazing herds.
Bess sprang to the ground, unfastened and jerked off the saddle and thrust the reins into the man’s hands just as West came up.
Henry slipped from his saddle when he saw Bess coming toward them, and lifting his big hat and holding the impatient horse with the other, said: “Let me be first to congratulate you.
Several times she checked her horse and slid quickly from her saddle to inspect some odd-looking stones, or to pluck some strange, new flower.
The horse suddenly turns, and the loosened saddle with the rider are flung to the ground almost at West’s feet!
Bess drew rein and turned in the saddle to view again the scene which had first met her gaze more than a year ago.
With a start she came out of her reverie, and straightening up in the saddle began to wonder at the time of day.
Now he is bending low over the saddle till man and horse seem one; neither hear the cries and shouts as they begin the last half of the race.
James Fletcher and Henry West, together with the other gentlemen of the party, were waiting at the gate with several extra saddle horses.
She shuddered at the remnant of blood stains which she saw upon his hands and bespattered white silk shirt, and springing into the saddle turned her horse away with an unreasoning jerk.
She spurned the proffered assistance to mount, and had gained the saddle before it was fairly given.
They were to change horses, re-saddle and remount unassisted, except that some one could help in holding the horses after each mile.
She did not watch Henry West as he removed the saddle and bridle from the dead horse, nor did she see the last tender caress given to the stiffening neck.
Then he was patted and soothed and fed with sugar, the saddle patched up and replaced, and we rode eighteen miles that day and never another mishap.
In watering the ponies at the well, "Georgie's" loosened saddle turned and swung under his belly.
But where a horse is liable to come upon his knees, certainly the system of rising in the saddle is most unsafe, and I never met with any one who could better teach his pupils to sit close and firm even with the roughest trot than M.
