 Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace, Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker...  The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 214by James Stuart Laurie - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...galloping through. Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other : we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup and set the pique right,... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 pages
...galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle, and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle, and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace, Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...galloping through : Behind shut the 'postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place : I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup and set the pique right,... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. * Not a word to each other; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup and set the pique right,... | |
 | Living voices - 1873 - 588 pages
...through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. u. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place. I turned in my saddle, and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great...neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle, and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,... | |
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