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Page xiv
... better goer ; and , if we get treated with a portion of the Maid of Masca as well as the heifer in sausages , they will both be turned to their best account . - The simple young gentleman who certainly had nothing to do with the ...
... better goer ; and , if we get treated with a portion of the Maid of Masca as well as the heifer in sausages , they will both be turned to their best account . - The simple young gentleman who certainly had nothing to do with the ...
Page xix
... better than Cure . A few Lessons in Rotten Difference between Blundering and Tripping Row . illustrated · 146 CHAP . IX . Rearing . Kicking . Plunging . Their Causes and Cures . Preparing for a Trot . The Canter . The Gallop ...
... better than Cure . A few Lessons in Rotten Difference between Blundering and Tripping Row . illustrated · 146 CHAP . IX . Rearing . Kicking . Plunging . Their Causes and Cures . Preparing for a Trot . The Canter . The Gallop ...
Page 7
... better for the day's work . If a man contemplates becoming a perfect horseman , he should consider in what way his riding will be chiefly required , and make himself master of that . If he only contemplates road riding , if he acquire a ...
... better for the day's work . If a man contemplates becoming a perfect horseman , he should consider in what way his riding will be chiefly required , and make himself master of that . If he only contemplates road riding , if he acquire a ...
Page 15
... better than all the school tutors in existence . This would , no doubt , have been fatal to my pro- gress , had I been learning military horsemanship ; but as I was only placed there to learn hands , I condescended to be instructed in ...
... better than all the school tutors in existence . This would , no doubt , have been fatal to my pro- gress , had I been learning military horsemanship ; but as I was only placed there to learn hands , I condescended to be instructed in ...
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... better and quicker mode of effecting his object , he loses time by not adopting it , and does not effect his object nearly so well . If a boy or man has sense and temper enough to be taught , he will save an infinity of time , expense ...
... better and quicker mode of effecting his object , he loses time by not adopting it , and does not effect his object nearly so well . If a boy or man has sense and temper enough to be taught , he will save an infinity of time , expense ...
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