Horses
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Tomorrow morning we shall order a good breakfast; while they are preparing it we go out for a stroll, we escape, hire fresh horses, and reach the next post.'
His horses, his uniforms, the liveries of his servants were kept up with a nicety which would have done credit to the punctiliousness of a great English nobleman.
King John has slept at Duncroft Hall, and all the day before the little town of Staines has echoed to the clang of armed men, and the clatter of great
horses
over its rough stones, and the shouts of captains, and the grim oaths and surly jests of bearded bowmen, billmen, pikemen, and strange-speaking foreign spearmen.
On reaching the road which led through the bottom of the valley, they turned their
horses'
heads to the north.
The trooper rose instantly from the table, exclaiming,-"Quick, gentlemen, to your horses; there comes Dunwoodie," and, followed by his officers, he precipitately left the room.
Some few of them had been built with more care immediately around the dwelling of Mr. Wharton; but those which had intersected the vale below were now generally a pile of ruins, over which the
horses
of the Virginians would bound with the fleetness of the wind.
Frances threw herself on a sofa, buried her head under its cushion, and with her shawl drawn over her face, to exclude as much of sound as possible, continued there until the shouts of the combatants, the rattling of the firearms, and the thundering tread of the
horses
had ceased.
They scattered in every direction, flying from the field as fast as their horses, the chosen beasts of Westchester, could carry them.
Disciplined to the most exact obedience, these ill-fated men met the charge bravely, but they were swept before the mettled
horses
and nervous arms of their antagonists like chaff before the wind.
The lawn in front of the Locusts was hidden from the view of the road by a close line of shrubbery, and the
horses
of the two dragoons had been left, linked together, under its shelter, to await the movements of their masters.
They were busily engaged in separating the fastenings of the horses, when the trooper on the piazza discharged his pistols, and rushed, sword in hand, to the rescue.
Three hundred of his comrades were within a mile of the cottage; unridden
horses
were running at large in every direction, and Henry Wharton seized the unconscious sentinel by his legs, and threw him headlong into the lawn.
As the deceased was the immediate sentinel over the person of young Wharton, and the other was not to be blamed for defending the horses, which were more particularly under his care, his captain heard him with uneasiness but without anger.
In fact, their duty was performed, and they retired along the skirt of the wood, with intent to regain their horses, which had been left under a guard at the upper end of the valley.
Dunwoodie, observing that the remnant of the Hessians had again ventured on the plain, led on in pursuit, and easily overtaking their light and half-fed horses, soon destroyed the remainder of the detachment.
"I strove nobly for my liberty; but the perverse spirit of rebellion has even lighted on their
horses.
Their
horses
refused to take the leap in the dark, and amid the confusion of the rearing chargers, and the execrations of their riders, Birch was enabled to gain a sight of the base of the hill, on whose summit was a place of perfect security.
Their dresses were neat, though plain; and a never-failing topic amongst them was the performance and quality of their
horses.
A second soldier, who was stationed near the house to protect the
horses
of the officers, could command a view of the outside of the apartment; and, as it was without window or outlet of any kind, excepting its door, the considerate sergeant thought this the most befitting place in which to deposit his prisoner until the moment of his execution.
The barns were occupied by the men of the troop, while the
horses
were arranged under the long sheds which protected the yard from the cold north wind.
As soon as this summary operation was satisfactorily completed, Lawton directed his men to leave the Skinners to replace their own clothes, and to mount their horses; for they were a party who had been detached for the purpose of patrolling lower down in the county.
The whole business was accurately discussed, the time fixed, and the manner adopted; in short, nothing was wanting to the previous arrangement for this deed of villainy, when they were aroused by a voice calling aloud,-"This way, Captain Jack - here are the rascals 'ating by a fire - this way, and murder the t'ieves where they sit - quick, l'ave your
horses
and shoot your pistols!"
The youth was aroused from the stupor, which had been created by this strange scene, by the trampling of horses, and the sound of the bugles.
"I've known these Virginians sit their
horses
with two or three balls through them; aye, even after they were dead."
"These trained
horses
always stop when the rider falls," observed one of the gang.
But why don't the boys prick their
horses
and jog a trot?
If we have to encounter a spirit, it's more than likely he'll make his attack by surprise;
horses
are not very powerful in the dark, and I have a character to lose, good woman."
Dismounting, he ordered eight of his men to follow his example, and turning to Hollister, said,-"Stand you here, and guard the horses; if anything attempt to pass, stop it, or cut it down, and - "The flames at this moment burst through the dormer windows and cedar roof of the cottage, and a bright light glared on the darkness of the night.
Whenever a stronger ray of light than common shot upwards, the composed figures of Sergeant Hollister and his associates, sitting on their
horses
in rigid discipline, were to be seen in the background of the picture, together with the beast of Mrs. Flanagan, which, having slipped its bridle, was quietly grazing by the highway.
"Woman, fifty horses, aye, the best that were ever reared on the banks of the Potomac, would be but a paltry price, for one blow at a villain."
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