 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...the back sinews of our stage-coach or post-chaise horses, lie will soon feel (though not so ketnly as they do) what is the cruel and fatal consequence....our horses — we keep them so constantly on the qui viix, or, as we term it, in hand, that we are always driving them from the use of their weight to the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1834 - 600 pages
...postilion will occasionally unhook his bearing-reins ; but the jaded creatures, trained -for years Y 2 to to work in a false attitude, cannot in one moment...the qui vive, or, as we term it, in hand, that we are always driving them from the use of their weight to the application of their sinews. That the figure... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Germany - 1835 - 310 pages
...hill, an English postillion will occasionally unhook the bearing-reins of his horses; but the poor jaded creatures, trained for years to work in a false...with our horses — we keep them so constantly on the tfui vive, or, as we term it, in hand — that we are always driving them from the use of their weight... | |
 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...cruel and fatal £on*e<iu*nce. It is true, that, in ascending aver)' irteep hill, an English postillion will occasionally unhook his bearing-reins; but the...habitually encouraged to adopt. Besides this, we are so •harp with our horses—we keep them so constantly on the qui vive, or, as we term it, in hand, that... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 436 pages
...hill, an English postillion will occasionally unhook the bearing-reins of his horses ; but the poor jaded creatures, trained for years to work in a false...the qui vive, or, as we term it, in hand — that we are always driving them from the use of their weight te the application of their sinews. That the figure... | |
 | 1836 - 428 pages
...hill, an English postillion will occasionally unhook the bearing-reins of his horses ; but the poor jaded creatures, trained for years to work in a false...the scientific position which the German horses are hahitually encouraged to adopt ; besides this, we are so sharp with our horses — we keep them so... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...how can it be otherwise ? — their heads are higher than nature intended them to be even in waiking in a state of liberty, carrying no weight but themselves...with our horses — we keep them so constantly on the qvi vive, or, as we term it, in hand, that we are always driving them from the use of their weight... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1840 - 418 pages
...all say to him, ' Why do you not allow your wheel to be turned by cold water instead of hot ? Why do you not avail yourself of the weight of the water,...horses, — we keep them so constantly on the qui rive, or, as we term it, in hand, that we are always driving them from the use of their weight to the... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Mineral waters - 1843 - 358 pages
...moment; get themselves into the seicntfic position which the German horses are hahitually eneouraged to adopt; besides this, we are so sharp with our horses — we kcep them so constantly on the ijui five, or, as we term it, in band — that we are always driving... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Mineral waters - 1845 - 240 pages
...hill, an English postilion will occasionally unhook the bearing- reins of his horses ; but the poor jaded creatures, trained for years to work in a false...the qui vive, or, as we term it, in hand — that we are always driving them from the use of their weight to the application of their sinews. That the figure... | |
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... fatal consequence. It is true, that in ascending a very steep hill an English postilion will occasionally unhook his bearing-reins ; but the jaded creatures, trained for years to work in a false attitude, cannot in one moment get themselves into the... 
