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... Fort Worth, Texas in 1886, where he hires on at a major cattle ranch and ultimately saves it from foreclosure. A good deal of the story involves his horse "Spirit" and his involvement in the early Texas State Fair races. This 203 page novel is suitable for young readers. Buy at www.callmemontana.com...

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...king on one of the biggest ranches in the state. It was his interest in race horses that took him there in the first place, but it wasn’t long befo... ...le, and second, it’s where I found Spirit. He was just a yearling when my old horse broke his leg and had to be put down. Spirit was sired by my bo... ...ld horse broke his leg and had to be put down. Spirit was sired by my boss’s horse and Dan planned to give him to his own son, Drew. But Drew was k... ...ded it was time, Dan offered to sell him to me. Spirit was the most beautiful horse I’d ever seen and I was quick to take him up on the offer. It ... ...little whisky would be good for it.” “I’d like that, but I have to bring my horse along and I need to get him some water as soon as I can. Can we... ...n’ at Spirit. “That’s a fine lookin’ piece of horseflesh. Not sure if he’s Arabian or Steel Dust. If he’s Steel Dust, he’s an odd color. I wonder... ...ler, too. Better muscled and longer legs - looks some like a Thoroughbred or Arabian.” “To tell you the truth, Luke, I’m not all that sure. I bou...

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...n.  Helen remembered, as if it was only yesterday, how afraid she had been when she heard horses hooves and the sobs died in her throat becau... ...that she could not see or, she hoped, be seen. ‘Well what have we here?’ the devil asked, for his horse had stopped near her tree and he was untying... ...or supper. Here, wear my jacket, you are shivering, poor child.’ Gavin had lifted Helen onto his horse, one arm holding her tight around her waist,... ...en had loved and respected her father. Everything she was she owed to him. Because of his love of horses, he had encouraged Helen to ride from an ea... ...use of his love of horses, he had encouraged Helen to ride from an early age and she was a superb horsewoman. As if this was not enough, she had bee... ...worse, eh?‘ The voyage continued without too much further drama except for the appearance in the Arabian Sea of several Arab dhows, obviously slave ...

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...ise.com Desert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 3 PROLOGUE Bedouin Encampment Arabian Peninsula, Rub al-Khali—18th Century "Allah has forsaken you, Kane.... ...I will understand." Kane fingered the small platinum pendant at his neck—a horse and rider—feeling his first real pangs of vulnerability since she had... ...er than anything else that was happening to her, she decides. And then the horse—large and imposing—materializes between them and the figure does a me... ...asury of Islamic history and culture around—costumes and traditional Saudi Arabian garb on display, along with rugs, woven objects, jewelry, musical i... ...o. This man had trod upon desert sands, had labored and fought beneath the Arabian sun. As if sensing his advantage, he leaned in again, cupped one of... ...earned in school, at work, months and years living and breathing Islam and Arabian culture. Being so near this genie-man turned her memory to mush. "I... ...lds. God, what's getting into you? She shook her head, eyes landing on the horse-and-rider pendant hanging from a silver chain around his neck. Nice p... ... piece, if only for the mere fact that it seemed so out of place. It was a horse and rider sculpture. Nothing crazy in and of itself, except that Isla... ...e. Therese froze at the living room threshold, watching Kane—in full Saudi Arabian regalia—hold court with Jamilah and her two kids. Lawrence of Arabi...

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...oman died in another village of the same parish. The military took away all the horses out of the country to drag their wagons. Meanwhile the corpse ... ...ses out of the country to drag their wagons. Meanwhile the corpse lay there; no horses came back; the corpse began to putrefy, and the stench became ... ...nxious to penetrate—for illustration: If we bury a crab for three months in horse-dung, he will turn to a scorpion. But if you thus bury a scorp... ...agicians, or ancient physicians, and of the race of Hindoos , Israelites, Jews, Arabians, Chinese, Assyrians, Egyptians, Chaldeans, and many of our o... ...There were on board this vessel at the time as she lay in Charles River, eighty horses, shipped from Barbadoes , and this was the witchcraft that ro... ...ter and appeared very chilly. Sometimes the devil would bring Miss Godwin a horse, and then she had all the graceful motions of an equestrian. O...

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...red by courtesans, 23, 280 sq. Su alJo Homicide, and Woman (c). Abraham, Arabian traditions of, 6, Iiii; chapter of A. (<l!!r'an), 6, 238; the fai... ...g, 44,173,480 n.; animal sacrifice for the A., 41, 126; the ,sacrificial horse to go the way ofthe A.,44,288. Adityasambhava, n. of a Tathi'i­ gata...

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... this explanation of the most celebrated philosophers and astronomers, Egyptian, Greek, Arabian, and Latin. I see the vain efforts which they make to... ...ont of all the armies which are in heaven, and he is represented as seated upon a white horse, with a sword in his mouth, with many crowns upon his ... ...with all the kings of the earth gathered together to make war with him who sat upon the horse, as the destruction, the entire and total ruin of them ... ...ning with brimstone, and the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth, and all the f... ...the carcases of all those enemies who were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse; which sword proceedeth out of his mouth. How is it po... ...bes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. I have w...

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...udges the terra cotta and black jar, its painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years ol... ... a strange pair. P Gems: A horseman on a gold agate, a Nike on chalcedony, a nude girl on jasper, ... ... sweeping doorways and steps, sprinkling the dusty street, cleaning where horses and cattle had passed. Birds sickled from the eaves, dogs and horse... ...aces, the faces of my men. I’d like to see a helmet and plume, the scarlet horse- hair plume...color...what a great thing... “My house has no window ... ...r, you have come to the most beautiful place on earth, the land of swift horses, where the nightingale sings its melodies among the sacred foliage... ... guards he slashed a man’s ear. I rebuked him and cared for the guard, an Arabian named Malchus, who was singularly afraid of me, afraid of the gard... ...3 prayed daily for you...” Malchus, his face in torchlight, mumbled in Arabian and turned away. “Leave him alone...get out of here,” Peter shoute... ...n amalgamation of North and South, I was utterly non- plussed. Trainer of Arabian horses, owner of Arabian horses, breeder of Arabians, Seward is ma...

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...is and his authors negligence, then any backbiters obscure diligence. His horse I set before you; perhaps without his trappings; and his meat withou... ...so long as he could stand, feeling himselfe to faint and stagger from his horse, commanded his steward to lay him against a tree, but in such sort, t... ... and to cut it off. And there is nothing whereby the cleane strength of a horse is more knowne, than to make a readie and cleane stop. Among the ski... ...oweth that custome to be amongst the Scithians, and generally amongst all horsemen, he alleageth further unto him the example http://www.uoregon.edu... ...e caballus. --Hor. i. Epist. xiv. 43. The Oxe would trappings weare, The Horse, ploughs-yoake would beare. By this course you never come to perfecti... ...in seeking to escape, had no doubt saved himselfe by the swiftnesse of an Arabian mare on which he was mounted that day, if http://www.uoregon.edu/%... ...menes did hold, Or all that fertill Phrygias soile doth beare, Or all th'Arabians store of spice and gold? Whilst she to fragrant kisses turnes her...

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...ermaids, sirens and seals -- The mermaid wife who forsook her human husband -- Horses and oxen of the sea -- Monstrous serpents and other frightful fo... ... obtained -- The magnificent marble palace at Ciandu -- A herd of 10,000 white horses and as many mares -- Mare's milk used only by royalty -- Marvell... ...urgeon Anderson.............................................. 500 Killing sea-horses among the icebergs................................... 501 Cook i... ...hts, while tilting tournaments and furious engagements, with lance and rushing horse, are re-enacted for some fair lady's hand before our enraptured r... ...51 men and seven women, and carrying with them several cows, sheep, goats, and horses. The voyage was attended with no difficulties, and in a reasonab... ...will be remembered occurs in the story of "Sinbad the Sailor," related in the "Arabian Nights." The true name of this ruler was Aloadine, and his reli... ...ryphal adventures of Sinbad the sailor, and have ever since been a part of the Arabian Nights Entertainment. Marco Polo returned to Venice in 1298, an...

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...tch. Their mother takes the shot, laughing as her sons continue with their horseplay. "What are you doing?" Kelly started, dropped the picture and hel... ..." "Like you do me?" Kelly almost slapped a palm over his own mouth but the horse had already jumped out of the barn. He didn't know why he'd just said... ...y dark." "Will you?" Tyler gaped at her, looked insulted. "Of course. Wild horses couldn't keep me away." Kelly nodded but knew she'd hurt him. He was... ...n on her collarbone and caught his breath. "That was almost as nice as the horse," Dagny whispered, kissed his cheek. Tyler snickered, pulled her agai... ...gled her butt against his groin. She reached out to smooth the mane of her Arabian—a beautifully carved depiction in ivory of one of the more notably ... ...piction in ivory of one of the more notably graceful and spirited breed of horse Kelly had read about. She was only a little surprised Tyler had been ...

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...ar Capernaum I met an officer as I rested under trees along the road. His horse was lathered with sweat and the man was tired; he leaned forward in t... ... fond of his only child, yet so skeptical. Rising nervously, catching his horse’s bridle, he urged me to go to his home. “I can’t wait any longer..... ...don’t seem to understand that my son is dying. Ride to Capernaum. Take my horse. Ride...help my boy. Master, cure him...he VOICES FROM THE PAST ... ... guards he slashed a man’s ear. I rebuked him and cared for the guard, an Arabian named Malchus, who was singularly afraid of me, afraid of the gard... ...9 prayed daily for you...” Malchus, his face in torchlight, mumbled in Arabian and turned away. “Leave him alone...get out of here,” Peter shoute...

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...er of the continent where the most animals were to be had. Until they got the horse. Only then, when they found a way to dominate grazing animals d... ...d they invade their lands. The original Africans never did this; they had no horses. They never learned to domesticate the wild zebra. The animals... ... has yet to make an ecological comeback. These first cities also created the Arabian Desert. They and their farms; turned green, lush ecosystems i... ...ue to the clash of cultures or languages? Once Asiatic Mongols started using horses, they became incredibly warlike. So did the North American pla... ...ered. For thousands of years: the most powerful military weapon had been the horse-archer. Up until the 14 th Century, the superior mobility, spee... ...th Century, the superior mobility, speed and long-range killing power of the horse-archer gave Nomads the power and means to continually expand onto... ...bs and Jews: is that the Jewish Semites were less warlike a tribe. Where did Arabian carpets come from? From the Bedouin Tribes of the Semitic Arab...

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...n crops wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, hogs, cattle, horses; net food importer meat, wheat, vegetable oils, fresh fruits and v... ...l notes: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields Population: 312,405 (July 1987), average annual growth ... ...ic geopolitical posi- tion along world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields People Population: 46,706,229 (July 1987), aver- age an... ...ember 1987, $937 million; about 9.9% of central government budget Male Atoll Arabian ?;,' '/ *MALE Sea % ';'. -;.:. * \ ' '* x < r Laccadive Sea See r... ... world's daily oil production transits this point going from Persian Gulf to Arabian Sea) Population: 1,226,923 (July 1987), average annual growth rat... ...nnual growth rate 4.95% Nationality: noun Saudi(s); adjective Saudi or Saudi Arabian Ethnic divisions: 90% Arab, 10% Afro- Asian Religion: 100% Muslim...

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...net. Like in this paradoxist anticipation: “you couch in the entrails of a horse/ you shelter in the ear of a boot/ you write with a window-pen/ you ... ...ems of genre in Italian, Esperanto, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Arabian. The linguistic diversity gives an idea on the paradoxism’s univer... ...ed by others in Italian, Esperanto, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Arabian, Aius, Craiova, 124p., 2000; 35. Inventario del general malo, Moor...

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...they could not stand against the white man's will. Their will was like the Iron Horse, which the white man called 'Progress', and Johnathan Cross ... ... the earth is a part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters, the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our broth­ ers. The shining water t... ...t again, huh?" he said to Cathy Knowles, who was shifting her feet like a race horse. "Hey, I'm the last one in, I'll be the first one out," she sa... ...nge­ ments." To say that Hawk felt disappointed, was equivalent to having your horse in the lead and stumbling just before the wire. "Fine." He pul... ...ess, but may I say, Mr. Chairman, this agenda is enough to choke the proverbial horse, "Senator Langdon, the Ranking Re­ publican from Texas said, an... ...ion ofthe marble steps. The house was over twenty-thousand square feet, a small Arabian Palace was the way Pierce described it. The maid ushered him...

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...G OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA OF SHA GP GP GP GP GP A A A A A T T T T T AN ARABIAN ENTER AN ARABIAN ENTER AN ARABIAN ENTER AN ARABIAN ENTER AN ARABIAN... ...niversity. 3 George Meredith THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT By George Meredith AN ARABIAN ENTERTAINMENT 1898/1909 BOOK I THE THWACKINGS IT WA S ORDAINED that... ...ncy and his boy- hood, and of his father the Emir’s first gift to him, his horse Zoora, in old times. Presently the youth revived somewhat, and looked... ...hirlwind of the desert before whom all bowed in terror, the Arab, the wild horsemen, and the caravans of pilgrimage; and none could stay her, neither ... ...and scarfs and glittering steel of the Arabs of Ruark. Presently she saw a horseman break from the rest, and race in a line toward her. She knew this ... ...d were troubled with a dread, fearing to advance; but Bhanavar commanded a horse to be saddled for her, and mounted it, and plunged through the ford s... ...ugh the ford singly; so they followed her, and all day she rode forward on horseback, touching neither food nor drink. By night she was a league beyon...

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Excerpt: New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...t Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University... ........................................... 235 4 Robert Louis Stevenson New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson THE SUICIDE CLUB STORY OF THE YOUN... ... excelled all competitors, he would summon his confidant and Master of the Horse, Colonel Geraldine, and bid him prepare himself against an evening ra... ..., and bid him prepare himself against an evening ramble. The Master of the Horse was a young of- ficer of a brave and even temerarious disposition. He... ...se adven- tures; the imperturbable courage of the one and the ready 5 New Arabian Nights invention and chivalrous devotion of the other had brought t... ...ted his store. There were but nine remaining, three in one tray and 7 New Arabian Nights six in the other. “Gentlemen,” said he, addressing himself t... ...d your: importunity in this affair has been sufficient.” The Master of the Horse regained his feet at once. “Your Highness,” he said, “may I be excuse... ...s my fortune, a good while ago, to do Colonel Geraldine, his Master of the Horse, one of those services, so common in my profession, which are never f...

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...Back in the day before automobiles, a good horse trainer and veterinarian was the equivalent of “Mr Goodwrench”. A badly behaving or unhealthy equine was equivalent to breaking down on the highway or running out of gas on a lonely stretch of highway somewhere in Utah....

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...Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slender w...

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...ies May fare as well as they. —BP . Corbet. AN ANCIENT LEAFLESS STUMP of a horse-chesnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south s... ... contradicted every mo- ment, and myself set up for a model. I may steal a horse, while he may not look over the wall! Did you observe the inconsisten... ...culties with male house- maids—black and brown—and washerwomen who rode on horseback in white satin shoes. She looked as if it were hardly natural tha... ...her train, saying, that the penalty of irregularity must be borne, and the horses should not suffer for such 28 Dynevor Terrace Vol 1 freaks; and he ... ...cal from the intrusive!’ ‘I should like it, of all things!’ ‘I’ll send the horse round to the stable, and begin at once!’ exclaimed Louis, all eagerne... ...of it in your letter,’ cried Mrs. Frost, giving way to her merriment. ‘The Arabian Nights themselves, the two viziers laying their heads together, and... ...he teacher—always reads all the fashionable intelligence as if it were the Arabian Nights, and imparts little bits to Miss Salter and her pets; and so...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists. Thither we must now acc...

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...INES ENNINES ENNINES I T WAS IN JUNE that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its... ...I must summon one of the contadini from the farmhouse yonder, to take your horse to the stable.” 8 The Marble Faun V ol 2 Accordingly, the young Coun... ...rooms in Blue Beard’s castle, or the countless halls in some palace of the Arabian Nights. It must have been a numerous family, indeed, that could eve... ...l sunshine; and the creaking cider-mill, set in motion by a circumgyratory horse, is all a-gush with the luscious juice. To speak frankly, the cider-m... ...xpected, and shatters our design in fragments. The travellers set forth on horseback, and purposed to per- form much of their aimless journeyings unde... ...rney. From village to village, ragged boys and girls kept almost under the horses’ feet; hoary grandsires and gran- dames caught glimpses of their app...