The Retrospective Review, Volume 13Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1826 - Books |
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Page 21
... horse- back , the Spaniard a - foot ; the one is good for the onset , the other for a retreat ; the one , like the wind in the fable , is full of ruffling and fury , the other , like the sun , when they went to try their strength upon ...
... horse- back , the Spaniard a - foot ; the one is good for the onset , the other for a retreat ; the one , like the wind in the fable , is full of ruffling and fury , the other , like the sun , when they went to try their strength upon ...
Page 22
... horses ; and their mice to be as big as monkeys ; but they have the wit to fetch this far enough off , because the hearer may rather believe it than make a voyage so far to disprove it . << Every one knows the tale of him , who 22 ...
... horses ; and their mice to be as big as monkeys ; but they have the wit to fetch this far enough off , because the hearer may rather believe it than make a voyage so far to disprove it . << Every one knows the tale of him , who 22 ...
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... horse is an open sepulchre . " And the English , generally , are observed by all other nations , to ride , commonly ... horses . " In these hot countries , also , one shall learn to give over the habit of an odd custom , peculiar to the ...
... horse is an open sepulchre . " And the English , generally , are observed by all other nations , to ride , commonly ... horses . " In these hot countries , also , one shall learn to give over the habit of an odd custom , peculiar to the ...
Page 32
... horses and arms to get the said lands by force , and for that Grono would not suffer him to have the said lands before his years came out , he was called to the law , and then Reginald Gray came with twenty- four horsemen to take the ...
... horses and arms to get the said lands by force , and for that Grono would not suffer him to have the said lands before his years came out , he was called to the law , and then Reginald Gray came with twenty- four horsemen to take the ...
Page 33
... horses in the stable were found to stand in blood up to their bellies ! " He became allied to the house of Hanmer , in Flintshire , a family of great antiquity and influence in the country , by marriage with Margaret , daugh- 66 The ...
... horses in the stable were found to stand in blood up to their bellies ! " He became allied to the house of Hanmer , in Flintshire , a family of great antiquity and influence in the country , by marriage with Margaret , daugh- 66 The ...
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