10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STILTY»
Discover the use of
stilty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stilty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Veterinarian for 1844
I did not like his going ; he was stilty and groggy, and stepped very short. I
mentioned this to Mr. Maxwell. On the same dav 1 sent for William Barnard, the
blacksmith, who has shod horses for Mr. Maxwell for eight or nine years. I saw the
shoes ...
Messrs. Youatt and percivall,
1844
The greasy-looking, turgid flow, heavy with silt, was one of hundreds of channels
cutting through the swampy delta, and the walls of a Stilty city rose beyond it. He
lifted a pair of electronic binoculars from a console and peered through them at ...
... independent of the head or covering (for French guards will not be exposed to
weather, as ours are) of proportionate height, forming, altogether, the most top-
heavy, stilty- looking vehicle my eyes ever beheld. Whilst my horse was
refreshing ...
4
The New sporting magazine
One old fellow, '* Stilty," with one leg, one eye, and on crutches, who worked his
way to the Derby in Blue Gown's year and came back with £2 for card money,
crutched it there and back. It is said that *' Stilty" journeys full length under the
seat ...
5
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Wo fear Ringwood will join the moderate list, for though a lengthy colt he has bad
stilty forelegs, and galloped in short scrambling style. Digby Grand showed a
good deal of temper before the start, and we fancy the distance was a quarter of a
...
John William Carleton,
1870
6
Language and composition
Stilty Legs was all curiosity, so he left his mother's side and wobbled over to see
what the racket was all about. There on a branch of the tree was Pompadour
Kingfisher, who seemed to be angry about something. Little Stilty Legs pricked up
his ...
Effie Belle McFadden,
1925
7
The American Farmer, 1825
... premature use, . stroyed by narrowness at the heels? A good hoof is and never
a natural defect. Should the legs be I circular in the tread, or nearly so, measuring
as muck round and straight below, they are called stilty, and are never firm and ...
8
The North American Veterinarian
Seventeen of the 50 showed a stilty gait and would eat very little. Anti-swine
erysipelas serum cleared the condition up rapidly and for three weeks, the hogs
made better gains than had been the case before the disease hit. Then almost all
...
9
The Stallions of Heaven
She might have been sort of stilty and snooty and set in her ways sometimes; but,
at least she was able to admit when she was wrong! That's a lot more than I can
say for the rest of you! I'm sorry now that I didn't say all that in my frigging eulogy!
... a special sail out to see them in the late afternoon when the sun turns the red
clay to gold-and anchor in Menemsha Pond (do not anchor in the basin). This is
the quaint, stilty, shacky, grey-shingle fishing village you've seen on travel
posters.