10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSILY»
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horsily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
horsily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly
Chapter. 11. General. Cartup-Kreutzler's. horsily. decorated. office,. Military.
Headquarters. Considering that Major Tana Gainor was a mere lowly major in the
presence of the colony's Security Chief and a general, you would have thought ...
Eric Flint, Dave Freer, 2004
And do you never change, either, Mrs. Theobald V The Duke throws the
tenderest expression he is master of into his voice; — he is a common-looking "
horsily "-dressed young man of five feet four or five, with an unwholesome,
reddish ...
3
Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography
A knot of men hang about the door, talking horsily and doggily, and fling out a
careless word of commendation in the equine tongue, as some filly, more
promising than ordinary, flies by, wafting twenty yards of tulle against their faces.
4
The English Illustrated Magazine
Why this man Tom Hennesy, the dandy of the Stamford Regent ! the knight of the
crooked whip, the adored of barmaids, the idol of schoolboys, horsily inclined for
eighty-nine miles of the finest coaching road in England, came down from mere ...
He contented himself with saying "high-horsily," as the observant Sir Toady
expressed it, " Well, madam, I expect when I say a thing, that I shall be obeyed in
my own house, and by the members of my own family ! " And so saying, he
squared ...
Samuel Rutherford Crockett, 1905
6
Ought We to Visit Her ?
The Duke throws the tenderest expression he is master of into his voice;—he is a
common-looking “horsily”-dressed young man of five feet four or five, with an
unwholesome, reddish complexion, the lacklustre, Beaudesert eyes, a thick, ...
7
Powder, Spur, and Spear: A Sporting Medley
the first glance, more particularly the fancy of a horsily inclined young man who
rather fancied himself, and who because he imagined he knew the good points of
a horse, and could with tolerable accuracy detect the presence of a splint, ...
8
At her mercy, by the author of 'Lost sir Massingberd'.
He is dressed in country costume, but by no means " horsily," and the only touch
of foppery about him, if such it be, is the exceeding closeness with which his
black hair has been cut — almost suggesting recent acquaintance with a high
fever, ...
Outdoor life, writ large, signifying pigeon-shooting, race-courses, and a general
polarity, perhaps, towards horsily-cut coats, a jewel-set whip, and gaiters !) His
project was to emigrate this coming autumn to Virginia, the most hopeful of
colonies ...
Of his antecedents very little was known, but he dressed well, if rather horsily,
rode well to hounds, and always had a horse for sale. Moreover, he had shown
himself more than willing to espouse the elder Miss Jones. Young Lindsay, son of
a ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORSILY»
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horsily is used in the context of the following news items.
Transcript: President Obama's Nov. 5 news conference on midterm …
Scott Horsily (ph), last question. QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. You mentioned that where your policies actually were on the ballot, they ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»
A Point of View: The European dream has become a nightmare
... past will continue unabated, the confused quadriga will remain caught in mid-gallop, and the European neigh-sayers will finally, and horsily, ... «BBC News, May 12»
An elusive icon: the changing face of our monarch
The pulchritude of girlhood gave way to the horsily Hanoverian features that inspired her Eighties' Spitting Image puppet and the equine grins ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 12»
The Weekend's TV: Martin Clunes – Horsepower, Sun, ITV1Roger …
... were getting as much out of domestication as we were, Clunes changed tack (nautically rather than horsily, if you see what I mean) and made ... «Independent, Aug 10»
