 ... and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the harness; wretched little dogtired creatures, that looked as if they had been driven to the last gasp, and as if they had never been rubbed down in their lives; their bones starting through their...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 11by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1809 - 442 pages
...perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off, half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arms' length by a man dressed like... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 458 pages
...perch tied in two places; the iron of the «heels half ofli half loose; wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...their skin; one lame, the other blind; one with a rawback, the other with a galled breast; one with his neck poking down over his collar, and the other... | |
 | 1810 - 478 pages
...down ; the perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off; wooden pegs for Jirich-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...dog-tired creatures, that looked as if they had been driren to the last gasp, and as if they had never been ruBbed down in their lives ; their bones starting... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off, half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pina, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arms' length by a man dressed like... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 pages
...the perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...driven to the last gasp, and as if they had never been nibbed down in their lives ; their bones starting through their skin ; one lame, the other blind ;... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off, half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arm's length by a man dressed like... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half off, half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arm's length by a man dressed like... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1825 - 744 pages
...the perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half nil half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the...they had been driven to the last gasp, and as if they bad never been rubbed down in their lives ; their bones starting through their skin ; one lame, the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1831 - 476 pages
...perch tied in two places, the iron of the wheels half oil', half loose, wooden pegs for linch-pins, and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the harness ; wretched little dog-tired creatures, thatlooked asif theyhad been driven to the last gasp, and as if they had never been rubbed down in... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 pages
...original and characteristic than that of Belinda — and altogether as lively and natural. For the low life, we do not know if we could extract a more felicitous...his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arms' length by a man dressed like... | |
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