Wallace's Monthly, 第 4 卷

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Benjamin Singerly, Publisher, 1878
 

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第 391 頁 - was sprinkled in his hair; Sportsmen and jockeys knew him not, And yet they say he once could trot Among the fleetest of the town, Till something cracked and broke him down The steed's, the statesman's, common lot ! ' 'And are we then so soon forgot ?" Ah me ! I doubt if one of you Has ever
第 368 頁 - seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household.
第 392 頁 - sorrel whisks his tail ! And see ! in spite of whip and shout, Old Hiram's mare is giving out ! Now for the finish ! at the turn, The old horse—all the rest astern— Comes swinging in with easy trot; By Jove! he's distanced all the lot! That trot no mortal could explain. Some said, "Old
第 392 頁 - Fell on his hollow flanks unfelt; The spur that pricked his staring hide Unheeded tore his bleeding side; Alike to him are spur and rein, He steps a five-year-old again ! Before the quarter-pole was pass'd, Old Hiram said, "He's going fast;" Long ere the quarter was a half,
第 51 頁 - which bound the three together being then loosed, the horse rises with difficulty. The gaucho, now holding fast the bridle fixed to the lower jaw, leads the horse outside the corral. If a second man is present (otherwise the trouble is much greater), he holds the animal's head while the first puts on the horsecloths.
第 392 頁 - he went. The parson wondered what it meant. And murmured, with a mild surprise, And pleasant twinkle of the eyes; " That funeral must have been a trick, Or corpses drive at double-quick; I shouldn't wonder, I declare, If brother Murray made the prayer!
第 54 頁 - provision for war. Then, in other caverns, there were long rows of horsemen armed to the teeth, with lances raised and banners unfurled, all ready for the field ; but they all sat motionless in their saddles like so many statues. In other halls: were warriors sleeping on the ground beside their horses, and foot-soldiers in groups,
第 53 頁 - Old Castile is some two or three "hundred miles from this." " Even so," replied the soldier, coolly ; " I told your excellency I had strange things to relate ; but not more strange than true, as your excellency will find, if you will deign me a patient hearing." " Proceed, culprit,
第 391 頁 - breadth expand The splendors of the four-in-hand; On faultless ties and glossy tiles The lovely bonnets beam their smiles. (The style's the man, so books avow; The style's the woman, anyhow.) From flounces frothed with creamy lace Peeps out the pug-dog's smutty face, Or spaniel rolls his liquid eye, Or stares the wiry pet of Skye. 0 woman ! in your
第 56 頁 - I shall manage to make myself comfortable. I would only entreat that, while your excellency is so careful about me, you would have an eye to your fortress, and think on the hint I dropped about stopping up the entrances to the mountain." Here ended the scene. The prisoner was conducted to a strong dungeon in the

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