 Leopard should put his horse to the gallop to encounter him. But the Christian knight, well acquainted with the customs of Eastern warriors, did not mean to exhaust his good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident...  Tales of the crusaders. By the author of 'Waverley'. - Page 9by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Crusades - 1825 - 310 pages
...mean to exhaust his good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead-halt, confident that if his enemy advanced to the actual...motion. Equally sensible and apprehensive of such a provable result, the Saracen cavalier, when he had approached towards the Christian within twice the... | |
 | Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...: and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if his enemy advanced to the actual shuck, his own weight, and that of his powerful charger, would give him sufficient advan. tagc, without I lie additional momentum of rapid motion. Equally sensible and apprehensive ol'... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 792 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight,...of his powerful charger, would give him sufficient ad-* vantage, without the additional momentum of rapid motion. Equally sensible and apprehensive of... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight...charger would give him sufficient advantage, without the ''"momentum gained by rapid motion. 4. Equally sensible and + apprehensive of such a probable result,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 498 pages
...contrary, made a dead halt, confident tk. if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weigh and that of his powerful charger would give him sufficient advantage, without the "'"momentum gained by rapid motion. 4. Equally sensible and "'"apprehensive of such a probabk result,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 414 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight...charger would give him sufficient advantage, without the smomentum gained by rapid motion. Equally sensible and apprehensive of such a probable result, the... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight, and that of his powerful charger, would i» give him sufficient advantage, without the additional momentum of rapid motion. Equally sensible... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight,...result, the Saracen cavalier, when he had approached toward the Christian within twice the length of his lance, wheeled his steed to the left with inimitable... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion. On the contrary he made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight...advantage, without the additional momentum of rapid motion. ti. Equally sensible and apprehensive of such a probable result, the (Saracen cavalier, when he had... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...good horse by any unnecessary exertion ; and, on the contrary, made a dead halt, confident that if the enemy advanced to the actual shock, his own weight, and that of his powerful charger, would i» give him sufficient advantage, without the additional momentum of rapid motion. Equally sensible... | |
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