 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. '. LESSON XXXIV. The same, continued. Now see him mounted, once again, Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So, stooping down, as need he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...well brushed and neat, he manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again upon his nimble steed, 30 Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, with caution and...galled him in his seat. So " fair and softly," John did cry, but John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, in spite of curb or rein. 35 So... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...might be t Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, Now see hi1n mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...heed ! But, finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well- shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot. Which galled him in his seat. So, Fair and softly,... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush 'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain ; That trot became... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd ~ <k Wݳ { o k o _y ^U # 텋>Hv 0 +; [sI ...I釱 g k q M b o _ o ]fE = }X t ~ l\ u q /y So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands,... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 586 pages
...from top to toe, His long red cloak, well-brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing...trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...o'er the scones With caution and good heed. 80 But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well shod of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold,...weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 120 With store of 86 But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping... | |
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His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones, With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting... 
