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...AJOR GOLIAH O’GRADY GAHAGAN, H.E.I.C.S., Commanding Battalion of Irregular Horse, AHMEDNUGGAR. Seeing, I say, this simple visiting ticket, the world w... ...es, a brass hel- met surrounded by leopard skin, with a bearskin top and a horsetail feather, gave the head a fierce and chivalrous ap- pearance, whic... ... a moment, and then said— “Bobbachy, consomah, ballybaloo hoga.” The black ruffians took the hint, and retired. “Colonel and Mrs. Jowler,” said I sole... ...ut seven more to make head against at least thirty of these vagabond black horse- men. I never saw in my life a nobler figure than the leader of the t... ...o front teeth, fell one side on each shoulder, and he galloped on till his horse was stopped by my men, who were not a little amused at the feat. As I... ...who were not a little amused at the feat. As I had expected, the remaining ruffians fled on seeing their leader’s fate. I took home his helmet by way ... ...a candle and a drawn sword. “Liar! scoundrel! deceiver!” shouted I. “Turn, ruffian, and defend yourself!” But old Jowler, when he saw me, only whistle... ...d any effect upon them, had not I appeared in the room, and shouted to the ruffians to hold their hand. Seeing a general officer before them (I have t... ... the Ahmednuggar Irregulars were more dreadful to the view than any set of ruffians on which I ever set eyes. I would to Heaven that the Czar of Musco...

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...remained cov- ered with a dazzling mantle of six inches in depth) when two horsemen rode up to the Wallace Inn. The first was a strong, tall, powerful... ...rey riding-coat, having a hat covered with waxcloth, a huge silver-mounted horsewhip, boots, and dreadnought overalls. He was mounted on a large stron... ...bs!” The hint was sufficient for my Land- lord, who, advancing to take the horse of the principal per- son, and holding him by the reins as he dismoun... ...amed to come back frae the hill without a buck hanging on each side o’ his horse, like a cadger carrying calves.” “I wish they had left some for us th... ...t villain,” exclaimed the Dwarf,—”that cool-blooded, hardened, unrelenting ruffian,—that wretch, whose every thought is infected with crimes,—has thew... ... the rowels of his spurs and the sides of his over-ridden horse. “How now, ruffian!” demanded the Dwarf, “is thy job chared?” “Ay, ay, doubt not that,... ... his ain hand before he breaks out.” Some now remembered that the party of ruffians had been heard to say they were acting for James VIII., and were c... ... amounted in substance to this:—That she was awaked by the noise which the ruffians made in breaking into the house, and by the resistance made by one... ...f, imprudently named him by his name, and besought him for mercy; that the ruffian in- stantly stopped her mouth, dragged her from the house, and plac...

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...y—only a theat- rical combat, as you could see by the picture in which the horseman was cantering off at three miles an hour, the bull tripping after ... ...ater in the day, came clattering along a smart rider on a prancing Spanish horse; and in the afternoon a few families might be seen in the queer- est ... ...s on shore, had a store of agreeable legends regarding the bulls, men, and horses that had been killed with unbounded profusion in the late en- tertai... ...ffed out of the bay. THE NEXT STAGE was Gibraltar, where we were to change horses. Before sunset we skirted along the dark savage moun- tains of the ... ...oor trem- bling little boys, was a fine scholar when he was a sizar, and a ruffian then and ever since. Where is the great poet, since the days of Mil... ...ay trembling, were accommodated somehow upon the ma- hogany backs of these ruffians, carried through the shallows, and flung up to a ledge before the ... ..., and the bug—oh, the accursed!Why was he made?What duty has that infamous ruffian to perform in the world, save to make people wretched?Only Bulwer i... ... village of Siloam I would not recommend the artist to loiter. A colony of ruffians inhabit the dismal place, who have guns as well as sticks at need.... ...velling cockneys, &c. , have affixed their rude marks upon it. Some daring ruffian even painted the name of “Warren’s blacking” upon it, effac- ing ot...

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...now and then we can 13 George Meredith take a walk to see the military on horseback, if she’s for sol- diers.” Indeed, he joked quite comically in sp... ...or sol- diers.” Indeed, he joked quite comically in speaking of the famous horse-guards—warriors who sit on their horses to be looked at, and do not m... ...be looked at, and do not mind it, because they are trained so thoroughly. “Horse-guards blue, and horse-guards red,” he wrote—”the blue only want boil... ...eds—Ah was al’ays a bad hand at ‘counts. Gi’es it up.” “Why, you’re like a horse that never was rode! Try again, old man,” said the farmer. “If I drag... ...a call. He began to say that he spoke to Mr. Fleming, and not to the young ruffian of a bully whom the farmer had brought there: and then asked in a v... ...y the gentlemen, though rather against evidence, that the man was a sturdy ruffian, and an infuriated sot. The first suggestion was to drag him before... ...her class were not to be trusted. As likely as not she would side with the ruffian; that is, she would think he had been wronged—perhaps think that he... ...k, Ned—eh?” “I did not attack him at all,” said Edward. “He behaved like a ruffian to you, and deserved shooting like a mad dog.” “Did you, though,” A... ...ousand pound to be paid down the day of my marriage,’ do you, you impudent ruffian! ‘acording to agremint.’ What a mercenary vagabond this is!” Algern...

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...r head down on Hob’s shoulder, and seemed ready to fall asleep there. ‘Her horse fell with her, and they were too bent on their sport to heed her,’ ex... ...e, and would not let me catch him, but cantered off—either after the other horses or to the Priory. I knew not where I was, 10 The Herd Boy and His H... ...e rubbed her smooth head against him. ‘Can she leap? Baudrons leaps like a horse in the tilt-yard.’ ‘Cannot she! There, my lady pussy, show what thou ... ...e Julian Berners, she had imbibed nothing but a vehe- ment taste for hawk, horse, and hound. The recluses of St. Mary, York, after being heartily scan... ...nd lance like thy gallant father!’ ‘Nay, but I saw a poor man fall off his horse and lie hurt, I do not want those hard, cruel ways. And my father was... ...they began to recognise some of those whom Sir Giles had dismissed as mere ruffians unequipped a few days before. It was with a yell of indignation th... ... and His Hermit sullen voice, as a grim red and scarred face was seen on a ruffian held by two of the archers. ‘No Yorkists we, sir!’ began a stout fi... ...ome means, rough or otherwise, a certain amount of order was restored, the ruffians slinking off among the gorse bushes, their flight hastened by the ...

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...oble-looking child of seven or eight years old, who, mounted on an old war-horse, was led round the court by a youth, his elder by some ten or eleven ... ...beheld the dark blue crosslet on an argent field floating above a troop of horsemen, whose armour glanced in the setting sun. “There are the Lances of... ...and a perfect and very white set of teeth. The instant the first-mentioned horseman perceived Eustace and Arthur, he sprang to the ground and hurried ... ...ifferent from its usual peaceful mo- notony. The men were unsaddling their horses, rubbing them down, walking them about, or removing the stains of du... ...ives of the place. In the midst stood the strange Squire, superintending a horse-boy who was rubbing down the Knight’s tall war-horse, and at the same... ...n a scarf from the treachery of those villains! Well, I would yet give yon ruffian his desert.” By this time Eustace having observed Ingram among the ...

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... are excellent, espe- cially a great figure of a parson entering church on horseback,— an enormous parson truly, calm, unconscious, unwieldy. As Zeuxi... ...ts. Look in the next page, and you will see the ferocious, bacon-devouring ruffian of a miller is actually causing this garment to be carried through ... ...ank’s “John Gilpin” and “Epping Hunt;” for though our artist does not draw horses very scientifically,—to use a phrase of the atelier,—he feels them v... ...t on a piece of paper not so big as the tenth part of your thumb-nail. The horses of John Gilpin are much more of the equestrian order; and as here th... ...of Mr. Hood, our artist has not been so successful. There is here too much horsemanship and not enough incident for him; but the portrait of Roundings... ...sque effrenee to begone, and not to kick up a row. Such a troop of lawless ruffians let loose upon a populous city would play sad havoc in it; and we ... ...d room and the chapel.” What a wild, fierce, scared look he has, the young ruffian, as cautiously he steps in, holding light his bar of iron. Y ou can...

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... connections in New South Wales, had set it abroad that the poor boys were ruffians, companions of the double-dyed villain Prometesky, and that Harold... ...ecessary to Eustace in accomplishing all the details of taking possession. Horses were wanted by both, used to riding as they had always been, and the... ...ir on Neme Heath, just beyond Mycening, rather famous for its good show of horses, where there was a chance of finding even so rare an article as a hu... ... I represented the inexpedience of their taking her about with them to the horse-fair afterwards, and made Eustace per- ceive that it would not do for... ...” Harold sprang on the back seat as the coachman jumped down to run to the horses’ heads. He saw over the people’s heads, and after that glance made o... ...he would have set off again af- ter breakfast for the interrupted quest of horses at the fair. This, however, was forbidden, with a hint about even th... ...s in Melbourne, speak- ing of the notorious Harry Alison as a huge bearded ruffian, 119 Charlotte M. Yonge and telling horrid stories of his ex... ...exion and outline, though he was somewhat older, and had the wild, fierce, ruffianly as- pect of a bushranger. This man was taking deliberate aim at ... ...ned on him, and peculation and dishonesty on that congenial soil grew into ruffianism. Expelled from the gold diggings for some act too mean even for...

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...story of another experimental phi losopher who had a great theory about a horse being able to live without eating, and who demonstrated it so well, t... ...e without eating, and who demonstrated it so well, that he had got his own horse down to a straw a day, and would unquestionably have rendered him a v... ... charity boy, ‘and you’re under me. Take down the shutters, yer idle young ruffian!’ With this, Mr. Claypole administered a kick to Oliver, and entere... ...seemed to be dividing his attention between the frying pan and the clothes horse, over which a great number of silk handkerchiefsl were hanging. Sever... ...ed by a blow. 87 OLIVER TWIST ‘Come in, d’ye hear?’ growled this engaging ruffian. A white shaggy dog, with his face scratched and torn in twenty dif... ...w, trembling; ‘don’t speak so loud!’ ‘None of your mistering,’ replied the ruffian; ‘you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: ou... ...d drew the curtains close. The driver wanted no directions, but lashed his horse into full speed, without the delay of an instant. The girl still held... ...ack the curtains of the bed. Upon it, in lieu of the dogged, black visaged ruffian they had expected to behold, there lay a mere child: worn with pain... ... it had long been known as the residence of none but low 272 OLIVER TWIST ruffians, who, under various pretences of living by their labour, subsisted...

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...anies, each company consisting of three thousand footmen and three hundred horse. These companies were called legions, because they were the choicest ... ...ered in the circus maximus at all other times, and only at 46 V olume One horse-races is exposed to public view; others merely say that this god had ... ... a gallant man, eager of honor, and of aspiring thoughts, being mounted on horseback, was galloping on before the rest, and mired his horse here, and,... ...ors, and the legions were in- creased to six thousand foot and six hundred horse; then they divided the people into three tribes; the first, from Romu... ...eracy with him. Fidenae he took, a neighboring city to Rome, by a party of horse, as some say, whom he sent before with commands to cut down the hinge... ...s informed against me.” He had not gone far, before he was dispatched by a ruffian, sent on that errand. In the meantime, Marius, on the point of bein...

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...beyond fun. The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place. A dozen shouted— “Hale him forth! To the horse-pond, to the horse-pond! Where... ...e of squalid alleys where the swarming hives of poverty and misery were massed together. Suddenly a great drunken ruffian collared him and said— “Out ... ...or where she stood, and almost took her breath. She stared at the Prince in stupid amazement, which so amused her ruffianly son, that he burst into a ... ...d in the Prince’s presence? Upon your knees, ye pauper scum, and do him reverence!” He followed this with another horse-laugh. The girls began to plea... ... thy tongue, friend: belike he is dangerous!” “Marry, he looketh it—mark his eye!” “Pluck the lad from him—to the horse-pond wi’ the cub!” 54 Mark Tw... ...n certain, when suddenly a trumpet-blast sounded, a voice shouted, “Way for the King’s messenger!” and a troop of horsemen came charging down upon the... ...Boldly said, and I believe thee, whether thy small headpiece be sound or cracked, my boy. But whether this scurvy ruffian be thy father or no, ’tis al... ...hen he came, none came with him; but now I re- member me that as the two stepped into the throng of the Bridge, a ruffian-looking man plunged out from... ...austive search. As he lay thinking and planning, he presently began to reason thus: The boy would escape from the ruffian, his reputed father, if poss...

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...oeuvre himself as soon as possible out of reach of the teeth or heels of a horse. But the peculiar dread of his childhood was tigers. Some gaping nurs... .... He had run a few paces and stopped, trying to de- fend his head with the horse rearing over him. It beat him down with two swift blows of its fore h... ...ect health and the obsession returned. He could not endure the neighing of horses: when 14 The Research Magnificent he saw horses galloping in a fiel... ...field with him his heart stood still. And all his life thereafter he hated horses. 6 6 6 6 6 A different sort of fear that also greatly afflicted Benh... ...ntain-side, a road of innumerable hairpin bends and precipitous banks, the horse was gaunt and ugly with a disposition to shy, and he confesses he clu... ...lt about them but their voices; they are like the he- roic dreams of young ruffians in a penitentiary. You saw that man at Scutari in the corner of th...

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...t Phileas Fogg, who was set down in the betting books as if he were a race-horse. Bonds were issued, and made their ap- pearance on ‘Change; “Phileas ... ...ilt of iron, of two thousand eight hun- dred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at eleven o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th of Octobe... ...ed to travel in India by the old cum- brous methods of going on foot or on horseback, in palanquins or unwieldly coaches; now fast steamboats ply on t... ...ringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stran- glers, held his sway. These ruffians, united by a secret bond, strangled victims of every age in honour... ...e conducted to a palkigahri, a sort of four-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, in which they took their places and were driven away. No one spoke ... ...ling with masts, where, al- though it was early morning, elegantly dressed horsemen and handsome equipages were passing back and forth. The carriage s... ...ashed in. “Yankee!” exclaimed Mr. Fogg, darting a contemptuous look at the ruffian. “Englishman!” returned the other. “We will meet again!” “When you ...

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... foreman; and then it would his turn to sneer and bully, and ride the high horse. Thus it will be seen that there was a skeleton in the great perfumer... ...he humble street. A “helper,” rubbing down one of Lady Smigsmag’s carriage-horses, even paused in his whistle to lis- ten to the strain. Mr. Tressle’s... ...his little present of eau-de-Cologne. “Oh fie!” says the Cap- tain, with a horse-laugh, “it smells of the shop!” He taunted the tailor about his wig, ... ... will be at your door at three o’clock, and I propose to accompany them on horse- back, if agreeable likewise.” This note was sealed with yellow wax, ... ..., and how Mr. Eglantine was to ride by their side. Mr. Walker did not keep horses of his own; his magnificent friends at the “Regent” had plenty in th... ... so that her darling Howard might enjoy it, that the man would have been a ruffian indeed could he have found it in his heart to be angry with her; an...

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...un, And many a gallant, stayed perforce, Was fain to breathe his faltering horse, 8 The Lady of the Lake And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half ... ... the lake of V ennachar; And when the Brigg of T urk was won, The headmost horseman rode alone. VII. Alone, but with unbated zeal, That horseman plied... ... them on the vanished game; But, stumbling in the rugged dell, The gallant horse exhausted fell. The impatient rider strove in vain T o rouse him wit... ...o more; Then, touched with pity and remorse, He sorrowed o’er the expiring horse. ‘I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of S... ...tward, in Glenfinlas’ shade Nor strayed I safe, for all around Hunters and horsemen scoured the ground. 36 The Lady of the Lake This youth, though st... ...The chief of a rebellious clan, Who, in the Regent’s court and sight, With ruffian dagger stabbed a knight; Yet this alone might from his part Sever e... ... of Guard, Their prayers and feverish wails were heard,— Sad burden to the ruffian joke, And savage oath by fury spoke!— At length up started John of ... ...ies, of Queen Elizabeth’s time, says, ‘West Smithfield was formerly called Ruffian’s Hall, where such men usually met, casually or oth- erwise, to try...

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...ugh; but never, at any moment,—going into the city or coming out of it, on horseback or on foot, at home over his book or after the mazes of the dance... ...that it grew with him, as did his hair and his nails. And he always rode a horse which charmed good judges of what a park nag should be;—not a prancin... ...a statue in a monument. It often did please Ferdinand Lopez to be quiet on horseback; and yet he did not look like a statue, for it was acknowledged t... ...ke a statue, for it was acknowledged through all London that he was a good horseman. He lived luxuri- ously too,—though whether at his ease or not nob... ... at a moment’s notice. He might be cruel, a mere adventurer, or a thorough ruffian for all that was known of him. There should, thought Arthur Fletche... ...one. In this condition of things it was not possible for him to pursue the ruffians, as he could not leave his friend leaning against the park rails. ... ...s in truth more shaken, stunned, and bewildered than actually injured. The ruffian’s fist had been at his throat, twisting his cravat, and for half a ... ...t. We did give notice to the police as we were coming home, but I fear the ruffians had ample time for an escape. He was too weak and I was too fully ... ...verett asked after his wound. ‘But it would have gone badly with me if the ruffian had struck an inch lower. I suppose my hat saved me, though I remem...

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... me reporting ashore what you have told me about that silver?” The cynical ruffian was not alarmed in the least. He actually laughed. “You fool, if yo... ...umsy carts used to creak along behind slow yokes of oxen guided by boys on horseback. In a pause of stillness Giorgio cocked his gun. The ominous soun... ... on the outside of the shutter. They could hear suddenly the snorting of a horse, the restive tramp- ing of hoofs on the narrow, hard path in front of... ...eart—and you have no conscience, Gian’ Battista—” They heard him wheel his horse away from the shutters. The party he led were babbling excitedly in I... ... ears in the fiery, still air. Single figures on foot raced desper- ately. Horsemen galloped towards each other, wheeled round together, separated at ... ...of stupid and greedy banditti is always at the mercy of the first imbecile ruffian, who may blow out his brains in a fit of tem- per or for some prosp... ... upon him with his following of the lowest rabble. His sickly fear of that ruffian was the most rejoicing sight imaginable.” He got up and went to the... ...in Mitchell, impa- tiently. “Poor old chap! But have you any idea how that ruffian Sotillo obtained his information? He did not get hold of any of our... ...claimed from his abased state. That feeling led him to ask— “What has that ruffian done with the other two?” “The chief engineer he would have let go ...

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...tter, down came the tall postilion in a post chaise, not upon one of the horses, but inside actually inside the chaise, and, driving up to... ...present a herald, but bearing a much stronger resemblance to a court card on horseback. This was one of the Circus people, who always came down to Mud... ...en engaged by Nicholas Tulrumble expressly for the occa sion. There was the horse, whisking his tail about, balanc ing himself on his hind legs, and... ...he wrong stop, and played one tune while the band played another; or how the horses, being used to the arena, and not to the streets, would stand stil... ...emely singular. While I was at breakfast, a yellow gig, drawn by a dark grey horse, with a patch of white over his right eyelid, proceeded at a rapid ... ...nity of expression in the features, and a baleful ferocity of purpose in the ruffian’s eye, which appals and sickens. His whole air is rampant with cr...

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... was a great ottoman of Aunt Maria’s work, and a huge cushion with an Arab horse- man, that Lucy would uncover, whispering, ‘Poor mamma worked it,’ wh... ...een the Salsette caves? ‘Yes.’ She was longing to hear about them, but his horse was announced. ‘You said you would be engaged in the morning while I ... ...hilled, with his hair plastered down, and his coat stuck all over with the horse’s short hair. ‘You must go to bed at once, Gilbert,’ said his father.... ...omised him that he should see the celebrated ‘Blunderbuss,’ Sam Shepherd’s horse, that won the race last year. Gilbert had gone ‘because he could not ... ...f that. It seems to me like what John Smith calls singing psalms to a dead horse.’ ‘John Smith! I am glad you mentioned him; I shall desire Dusautoy t... ...ighting in Tibb’s Alley over a gipsy’s dog, and coming back looking like a ruffian! Mr. Goldsmith wished him no harm, but it would be a dis- grace to ...

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...o enrag’d, desire doth lend her force Courageously to pluck him from his horse. Over one arm the lusty courser’s rein, Under her other was the tende... ...he cries; "some favor some remorse!" Away he springs, and hasteth to his horse. But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbors by, A breeding jennet, lu... ...kmanship at strife, As if the dead the living should exceed; So did this horse excel a common one, In shape, in courage, color, pace and bone. 14 ... ... strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide: Look, what a horse should have he did not lack Save a proud rider on so proud a back. ... ... full of fear, Jealous of catching, swiftly doth forsake him, With her the horse, and left Adonis there. As they were mad, unto the wood they hie th... ...too full of riot, Teaching decrepit age to tread the measures; The staring ruffian shall it keep in quiet, Pluck down the rich, enrich the poor with t...