 Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 28by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...shag and long, Broad breast, full eyes, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, strait legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad...not lack, Save a proud rider, on so proud a back.' His nostrils drink the air: — Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps With gentle majesty, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...wide, H igh crest, short ears, legs straight and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, hroad huttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack,, Save a proud rider on so proud a hack. Sometime he'scuds far off, and there he stares ; Anon he starts at stirring of a feather ! To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...colour, pace, and bone. Bound-hoof'd, short-jointed, the fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...feather : To bid the wind a base he now prepares, And whe'r he run , or fly, they know not whether; For through his mane and tail the high wind sings,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...: Look what a horse should have, he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Sometimes , bane1 he now prepares, And whe'r he run, or fly, they know not whether. 1 Та 1Л1 the vim! a boat:... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pages
...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlock shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide ; High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Alas ! his only riders now are the rain and a sordid harness ! The least utterance of the wretchedest... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoof 'd, short-jointed, fetlock shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide ; High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Alas ! his only riders now are the rain and a sordid harness ! The least utterance of the wretchedest... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoof 'd, short-jointed, fetlock shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide ; High crest, short ears,...broad buttock, tender hide ; Look, what a horse should hare, he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Alas ! his only riders now are the rain... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, strait il and cost, I refuse not to sustain this expectation...not loath to hazard so much ere dulity upon the best hack. Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares ; Anon he starts at stirring of a feather. To... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...FRY'S Leonora, HORSE. 1. Long-hooPd, short- jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eyes, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttocks, tender hide. 2. The beast was sturdy, large and tall, With mouth of meal, and eyes of wall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...starts at stirring of a feather ; To bid the wind a base1 he now prepares, And whe'r he run, or fly, they knew not whether ; For through his mane and tail... | |
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