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... knew that mustang ; for I was Bellerophon ! Yes , glad as the Greek , and mounted on a horse of the elder gods , With never a magic bridle or a fountain . mirror nigh ! My chaps and spurs and holster must have looked it ! What's the ...
... knew that mustang ; for I was Bellerophon ! Yes , glad as the Greek , and mounted on a horse of the elder gods , With never a magic bridle or a fountain . mirror nigh ! My chaps and spurs and holster must have looked it ! What's the ...
Page 98
... knew that stroke of old , and followed as a cat follows a mouse . While the Captain of the Archangels was wrenching his pony round , Hughes struck with all his strength , and next instant Kittiwynk was away , Corks following close ...
... knew that stroke of old , and followed as a cat follows a mouse . While the Captain of the Archangels was wrenching his pony round , Hughes struck with all his strength , and next instant Kittiwynk was away , Corks following close ...
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... knew he was climbing . He got a foothold , leaned against the tide rushing through the oak grove , and kept on . Against the man and horse there crushed another trunk , de- nuded of leaves , swinging by its roots , stag- gering them ...
... knew he was climbing . He got a foothold , leaned against the tide rushing through the oak grove , and kept on . Against the man and horse there crushed another trunk , de- nuded of leaves , swinging by its roots , stag- gering them ...
Contents
In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
Copyright | |
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