 | History - 1806 - 770 pages
...they set oír in full gallop ; and, at the distance of t wo or three hundred ynrds.makea wheelround, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a...menacing manner. On a sudden they make a full stop, at thedistance of forty orfitty yards looking wildly at the object ot' their surprise; but upon the least... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 498 pages
...any person near them, they set off in full gallop, and at the distance of two or three hundred yards, wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their...full stop, at the distance of forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their surprise ; but, on the least motion, they all turn round, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 496 pages
...any person near them, they set off in full gallop, and at the distance of two or three hundred yards^ wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their...a sudden they make a full stop, at the distance of ijjrty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their surprise; but, on the least motion, they... | |
 | Animal behavior - 1821 - 188 pages
...they get off in full gallop ; and at the distance of two or three hundred yards makea wheel round, and boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner : on a sudden they make a fall stop, at the distance of forty or fifty yards, looking wildly at the object of their surprize... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...near them, these animals set off at full gallop ; and, at the distance of two or three hundred yards, wheel round and come boldly up again, tossing their...full stop at the distance of forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their surprise ; but on the least motion they all turn round, and... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...near them, these animals set off in full gallop, and, at the distance of two or three hundred yards, wheel round and come boldly up again, tossing their...full stop at the distance of forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their surprise; but, on the least motion they all turn round, and... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Agriculture - 1830 - 706 pages
...good beef; from whence it may be fairly supposed that, in proper situations, they would feed well. " At the first appearance of any person they set off...and gallop to a considerable distance ; when they wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner : on a sudden they... | |
 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...practised of late years; the park-keeper alone generally shooting' them with a riHed gun at one snot. "At the first appearance of any person they set off...full speed, and gallop to a considerable distance; \vhen they wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner: on a sudden... | |
 | James White - Horses - 1847 - 650 pages
...person approaching, they set off in full gallop, and at the distance of two or three hundred yards wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner; they then stop suddenly at the distance of forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...near them, these animals set off at full gallop ; and at the distance of two or three hundred yards, wheel round and come boldly up again, tossing their...full stop at the distance of forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of their surprise ; but on the least motion they all turn round, and... | |
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At the first appearance of any person near them, they set off in full gallop, and at the distance of two or three hundred yards, wheel round, and come boldly up again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner ; on a sudden they make a full stop, at the... 
