10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAYHORSE»
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drayhorse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke
“Speaking of the mobile library,” said Dobson, and he embarked on a long-
winded and pettifogging digression upon the mobile library, which in that place at
that time took the form of a cart pulled by an elegant yet tubercular drayhorse, the
cart ...
2
The Horse, in the Stable and the Field His Varieties, ...
Even here, however, a quicker horse is rapidly displacing him, and, except in a
few of the old established breweries, the true drayhorse is now rarely seen. Thirty
years ago in a walk along Cheapside and Cornhill, two or three teams of ...
3
Poetic Form: An Introduction
... grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal! (12—14) Hopkins eschews
religious consolation or reflections on what the farrier's 'heavenlier heart' (6)
might have earned him in the afterlife. Rather, he takes us back, employing an
elegiac ...
Michael D. Hurley, Michael O'Neill, 2012
How far from then forethought of, all thy more boisterous years, When thou at the
random grim forge, powerful amidst peers, Didst fettle for the great grey
drayhorse his bright and battering sandal! Hopkins served as a parish priest at St
Francis ...
5
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
DRAYHORSE. n. s. {_dray and horse.] A horse which draws a dray. — This truth
is illustrated by a discourse on the nature of the elephant and the drayhorse. T
atler. * DRAYMAN, n.s. [dray and man.] One that attends a dray or cart.— A brace
of ...
An old prole of a drayhorse is offered a few sugary rocks, or a carrot (the animal's
pacifist heart clouds its judgement) and other sweetened tidbits, so he ambles
through a maze of stalls wiped clean of blood and there's Muzak in the air: a
smart ...
7
Domestic Manners of the Americans:
of the great mass) have no more idea of what constitutes the difference between
this "Prince of a five acre patch," and themselves, than a drayhorse has of
estimating the points of the elegant victor ofthe racecourse. Could the drayhorse
speak, ...
Frances Milton Trollope, 2014
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
This truth is illustrated by a discourse on the nature -of the elephant and the
drayhorse. Tatter. * DRAYMAN, n.s. [dray and man.] One that attends a dray at
cart. — A brace of draymen bid God speed him well, And had the tribute of his
supple ...
9
The Complete White Oxen: Collected Short Fiction
The steady rumble of every-day had gradually reclaimed him, so that he turned
from the drayhorse — Christ! after Florence could not his wife even be called a
drayhorse! Stand up the sorry thing and look at her. He could do that; that was his
...
10
Guinness times: my days in the world's most famous brewery
'Trace-horses' were used in Dublin's steep streets and lanes to help the
drayhorse to pull the load up the hill. (The term 'trace-horse' comes from the two
traces or side straps that connect a horse's harness to the dray. When a horse
refuses to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAYHORSE»
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Newlyweds Christopher and Pamela Gale make it to Hempstead …
Drayhorse Shires, based in Challock, supplied the two horse-drawn carriages for Pamela and Christopher Gale's wedding. Picture courtesy of ... «Kent Online, Jul 14»
DORCHESTER: Hundreds gather to see Drummer paraded through …
It was a scene you could imagine in one of Dorchester's community plays – hundreds gathering to see the bronze statue of a drayhorse ... «View Online, Apr 14»
Shoppers find extra Christmas magic in Bromley, Orpington and …
In Orpington the Drayhorse Shires Christmas carriage rides were a big attraction for people enjoying the White Christmas fun day. There the ... «News Shopper, Dec 13»
Christmas events, fairs and Santa visits in Cambridgeshire
... Lane, Wheatfield Drive, Hopbine Court, Grenfell Way, Oasthouse Way, Drayhorse Road, Taveners Drive, Foundry Way and WaRoad Close. «Hunts Post, Nov 13»
Orpington Christmas lights switch on enjoyed by thousands
Children met Santa Claus and his reindeer and enjoyed rides on the Christmas carriage pulled by the drayhorse shires. News Shopper: Petra ... «News Shopper, Nov 13»
Bromley panto stars and Charlton footballers joining Santa for …
As another special treat, the Drayhorse Shires that appeared in the London Olympic Games opening ceremony will be offering rides in their ... «News Shopper, Nov 13»
Bad hair, bad accents, bad film: Ridley makes a Mexican mess
... plantation in the 1920s and went to serve as a butler to seven presidents in the White House, this a clunky, lumbering drayhorse of a movie. «Herald.ie, Nov 13»
Meet Father Christmas and his reindeer in Orpington next month
Meanwhile, the Drayhorse Shires that appeared in the London Olympic Games opening ceremony will offer rides in their Christmas coach. «News Shopper, Oct 13»
How YouTube has changed the world forever
Now, thanks to Psy, everyone's drunk uncle thinks it's hilarious to gallop around the dancefloor like a gone-to-seed drayhorse on its way to the ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 13»
A Terrifying Explosion Rocked Wall Street In September 1920
On this day (+3) in 1920, sometime before noon, a drayhorse hitched to an enclosed wagon, stood, unattended, pawing the ground (or ... «Business Insider, Sep 12»
