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Page 98
... half - back , and Macnamara and Hughes on Corks and Kittiwynk were for- wards . The tough , bamboo ball was set in the middle of the ground , one hundred and fifty yards from the ends , and Hughes crossed sticks , heads up , with the ...
... half - back , and Macnamara and Hughes on Corks and Kittiwynk were for- wards . The tough , bamboo ball was set in the middle of the ground , one hundred and fifty yards from the ends , and Hughes crossed sticks , heads up , with the ...
Page 215
... half the road and I ain't urging my mare . " It depended on what you called urging . He hadn't taken to lambasting Lady with his hat yet , the way he had Red Rover , but he was sitting on the edge of his seat - and sitting mighty light ...
... half the road and I ain't urging my mare . " It depended on what you called urging . He hadn't taken to lambasting Lady with his hat yet , the way he had Red Rover , but he was sitting on the edge of his seat - and sitting mighty light ...
Page 249
... half an inch , half a head , Half a neck , he was leading , for an instant he led ; Then a hooped black and coral flew up like a shot , With a lightning - like effort from little Gavotte . The little bright mare , made of nerves and ...
... half an inch , half a head , Half a neck , he was leading , for an instant he led ; Then a hooped black and coral flew up like a shot , With a lightning - like effort from little Gavotte . The little bright mare , made of nerves and ...
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In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
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