| 单词 | bestride |
| 例句 | Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Through the window of Roth's "stuff", we see the Rolling Stones morph from their creative highpoint of the late 60s and early 70s into the corporate behemoth that still bestrides the world's stadium circuit. The Art of Classic Rock by Paul Grushkin 2010-05-14T23:29:00Z Immaculately groomed and entirely self-possessed, Siobhan bestrides the world of public relations like an expertly contoured colossus. In ‘American Horror Story,’ Kim Kardashian Skims the Surface 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z But the space age sounds and lyrics such as "Ground control to Major Tom" still sounded incredibly futuristic on its 1975 re-release, by which point Bowie bestrode pop like a Technicolor-clad colossus. The best No 1 records: David Bowie – Space Oddity 2012-05-31T20:37:00Z Barely two feet tall, it is the humble ancestor to every monstrous welded metal assemblage bestriding today’s urban landscapes. Master of surprises 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It turned into a sad and moving thread, with readers discussing how easy it is for musicians who once bestrode the world to pass from our memories. Readers' reviews 2011-02-03T22:30:02Z I think he is the most wonderful human being who ever bestrode the earth. Christopher Meyer: 'I wasn't nice to everyone' 2012-07-01T18:59:01Z Byrne, who last visited Broadway in 2016 with “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” appears at ease on the stage, bestriding it as easily as another man might stroll his own patio. ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Roams His Past 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Sparked a memory of a time when the Versace man bestrode the catwalk like a fashion colossus. | Umit Benan Wins! 2011-01-19T21:51:28Z Lord Wellington bestrides the continent in pursuit of Boney while his wife Kitty invests her spare housekeeping money with Nathan Rothschild who, in turn, is bankrolling the British government. Tides of War by Stella Tillyard – review 2012-06-19T07:00:02Z For 20 years he bestrode the pop world in a manner unlike anyone else — and not, it should be noted, with a style that was static or imposed upon him. Ernst Jorgensen remasters Elvis Presley's legacy 2010-12-24T06:00:00Z To the Stefano Ricci client, clothing serves a psychological function as much as a sartorial one — it must remind everyone, the wearers most of all, that they stand bestride the world like a colossus. Stefano Ricci, Clothier to the 0.001 Percent 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z If Mr. Driver bestrides “Burn This” like a colossus — could he really be only 6-foot-2, as Wikipedia has it? — everyone else seems to shrink beneath his shadow when he’s onstage. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The new material confidently bestrides pop and dance, but trails little new in its glossy wake. Annie Bridges Pop and Dance on New Album A&R 2013-08-22T14:00:04Z It made sense, then, that the pioneers of avant-garde but accessible synthesizer pop should bestride a lineup that also featured Hot Chip, Britain's leading geek techno band. Latitude festival 2013 – review 2013-07-21T17:05:30Z But then Marley was a larger-than-life figure, bestriding his era like some denim-clad colossus; he's worth the extra time investment. Marley ? review 2012-02-13T16:19:31Z Nor even can screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh, who came to The Look of Love after years toiling in the bowels of the British TV culture that Alan bestrode and embodied. Steve Coogan: forever Partridge? 2013-04-15T15:29:00Z To be fair, he would soon bestride the zeitgeist like a colossus. Readers recommend: songs about modernity ? the results 2011-01-13T16:36:31Z Not really, in a current landscape where a former Conservative party chairman and former No 10 Labour adviser bestride the two great bodies of broadcasting regulation. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z For good or ill, there are huge concentrations of attention on actors of different generations, and Olivier, who bestrode the narrow world like a Colossus, had that to the max. Kenneth Branagh Returns to the Stage, With More Roles 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Jacques-Louis David saw him as a Roman emperor bestriding the Alps, in a painting that emulates classical equestrian statues. What can Spielberg learn about Napoleon from art? 2013-03-05T15:30:36Z And then, on the 29th day, Eli, a man of another God — the God — bestrode the multiplexes to raise holy Hell and challenge the Kingdom of Avatar. 2010-01-17T22:10:00Z No single character dominates “Jitney” the way that the Olympian Troy Maxson bestrides “Fences.” Review: August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Magnifies Marginalized Souls 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z I'm all for that, but "discoveries" at Cannes must graduate through the ranks until they regularly bestride the competition, confident in their cinematic voice and vision. Trailer Trash 2013-04-20T23:05:44Z A journalist who once bestrode the world, he lost not only his objectivity but also his hope when he covered the Spanish Civil War. ‘Thunder Rock’ Review: A Beacon That Fails to Light the Way 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z The offices are spooky-minimalist, and a colossal statue of a little girl bestrides the campus, her eyes glassy and piercing like a nightmare doll’s. Review: ‘Devs’ Is a Cold and Beautiful Machine 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z "Like a colossus, he bestrides the cultural world as if it were the bottle-strewn boardwalk of Atlantic City," it proclaims. Sorry, losers and haters: 'Bard of the Deal' presents the luxurious poetry of Donald Trump 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In a spare, well-acted production by the company Thirdwing at the Wild Project, in Manhattan’s East Village, Walt himself bestrides this lively drama, played by the author with a cigarette frequently in hand. ‘Burbank’ Review: When Disney’s Animators Went on Strike 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But then a Hollywood movie star — who was also a uniquely magnetic performer on the musical stage — rode into town, bestriding a vehicle perfectly suited to his outsize talents. Hollywood Star Gives Broadway a Much-Needed Boost. Sound Familiar? 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z No mere intimation of immortality, Dr. Alexander’s memoir carries the audacious title “Proof of Heaven” and, at time of writing, it bestrides the New York Times best-seller lists like a Colossus. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z His caricatures of Napoleon include a colossal George III contemplating his miniature enemy, who bestrides no more than the plump palm of the royal hand. What can Spielberg learn about Napoleon from art? 2013-03-05T15:30:36Z He was sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, in what was a stunning fall from grace for a former president who once bestrode the world. France's Sarkozy, defending his 'honour', awaits corruption appeal verdict 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z He bestrides a real estate empire worth $25 billion, according to Forbes, a portfolio that includes 56 cottages, 12 homes and seven palaces. In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.) 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Back then it was not the pro-independence SNP which bestrode Scottish politics but Labour. What is Nicola Sturgeon's political legacy? 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z New Zealand, noted for its gorgeous geography and modest population of 5 million, bestrides an important geostrategic location between the South Pacific and Antarctica. Ardern, high-profile New Zealand leader, stepping down next month 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z No Jim Brown, the scourge of defensive backs and Black Power avatar bestride a motorcycle. Appreciation: Pelé was the greatest soccer player. Was that good or bad for Brazil and for soccer? 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Russian mercenaries with the same shadowy Wagner Group now fighting in Ukraine bestride the Central African Republic, a country rich in gold and diamonds. Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z ‘Spartacus’ Kirk Douglas doth bestride the screen like Colossus as the titular gladiator turned rebel leader in Stanley Kubrick’s epic 1960 historical drama. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Spartacus,’ ‘Speed Racer,’ ‘Son of the Sheik’ and more 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Before he bestrode the continent and prefigured the ghastliness of modern European history — religious impulses sublimated in politics — Napoleon Bonaparte was an artillery captain. Opinion | Give Ukraine more artillery, and let the Navy break Russia’s blockade 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Amazon is a behemoth that bestrides several economic sectors. Seattle innovation – and stagnation 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It was a dramatic fall from grace for a politician who bestrode the national and global stage for five years, but it may get worse. Factbox: France's Sarkozy faces more than one criminal investigation 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z This year of the virus has been a throwback to the infectious giants that bestrode the world before the advent of antibiotics, vaccines and public health measures. Coronavirus doctor's diary: Study shows one-in-three children have rarely been leaving the house 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z But as he bestrides the global stage, the PM is under fire for his performance at home. Climate change a grave security threat - Boris Johnson 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z It is a rare feat for a civil-rights luminary, even on the local level, to bestride generations, as the dearly missed U.S. Remembering Harold Moss, Tacoma’s first Black mayor 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The world the Big Three bestrode before the pandemic may not necessarily exist after it. Rafael Nadal the beacon of sport's old power despite new normal 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z He functioned mostly as a reminder of why the prime minister bestrides the British political landscape. For Boris Johnson, a Baby Amid a Dizzying Year of Peaks and Valleys 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “Surely nobody can disagree,” this stated, “that he should bestride the Hall of Fame, a bloody bandage round his head.” Roll up, roll up for the Premier League Hall of Fame (oh, and let the arguments begin) | Marina Hyde 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is not a Caesar; he does not bestride our narrow world like a colossus, undefeatable save by desperate or underhanded means. Opinion | The Only Way to Remove Trump 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “We have a royal family that befits the idea of an empire bestriding half the globe,” said Alan Rusbridger, a former editor of The Guardian. ‘Megxit’ Is the New Brexit in a Britain Split by Age and Politics 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The exploitation of the imaginary Aryan history, bestrode by Valhallan gods, became central to the Hitler cult. The Field Guide to Tyranny 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It seems long ago that she was wielding her symbolic handbag of power in Parliament and bestriding the world stage as the Iron Lady of a still-great peacetime Britain. Review | Margaret Thatcher’s last stand 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The Netherlands, like Britain, once bestrode a far-flung empire. Europe looks on with dismay as Brexit disarray deepens 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z When he was bestriding the nation, Gershwin was the most modern guy around; 82 years later — guess what? — he still is. Review | The thoroughly modern genius of George Gershwin 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And the average age is dropping, with jockeys as young as 5 bestride a horse and most 10 or younger. For Indonesia’s Child Jockeys, Time to Retire at 10, After 5 Years of Racing 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z A true giant bestriding the realms of freedom and imagination. 'Now her words are needed most': readers remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z But the tidal flats Giraffatitan bestrode 150 million years ago weren't in Europe. Countries demand their fossils back, forcing natural history museums to confront their past 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The only question on the agenda today was how long the man who once bestrode the Catholic world will be living behind bars. 'Take him away, please': George Pell hadn't dressed for prison, but that's where he went 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Now I look back at my brief tenure as a remarkable episode in my life and watch my former young charge as he bestrides the world stage. My strange experience of teaching MBS 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Solar panels are being nailed to rooftops, colossal wind turbines bestride the plains and oceans, and a million electric vehicles are on U.S. roads — and it isn’t enough. ‘A kind of dark realism’: Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Tiny Beatles bestride the zebra crossing on Abbey Road, which is surprisingly near Red Square, the Taj Mahal and the pyramid at the Louvre. Shrinking the world: why we can't resist model villages 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Steel, Ford and many others bestrode the business world as if they would maintain such power forever. A trillion-dollar milestone, but questions loom for Amazon 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Today Germany bestrides its Continent, but German power is wielded softly, indirectly, implicitly — and when the fist is required, it takes the form of fiscal ultimatums, not military bluster or racial irredentism. The fall of Germany’s third empire 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z I asked him how a man with a small spectacles workshop in the Dolomites had come to bestride the global eyewear industry. The spectacular power of Big Lens | The long read 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z "I don't think he is trying to look like he is bestriding the Home Office. I don't think it is deliberately 'kingly'." When is it OK to do a 'power pose'? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Though Bear bestrides the narrative, it is Pinch who commands the reader’s respect. The damage overbearing fathers do to sons 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z For a while Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov constituted the “big three”, bestriding science fiction like colossi. Arthur C Clarke at 100: still the king of science fiction 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z THE only media mogul still bestriding his industry in old-fashioned style is used to being a predator rather than prey, a builder of empires, not a dismantler of them. The last media mogul stuns his industry with talk of selling 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z At the global level, these crises are overwhelming: climate change, the refugee crisis, the rise of a powerful super-rich who bestride the global economy. A mission for journalism in a time of crisis 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Maybe Trump privately believes that as a fellow Leviathan bestriding the world stage, this is his due, too. Trump’s Asia tour will expose his craving for the approval of despots | Simon Tisdall 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Xi Jinping bestrides the seven-strong politburo, but there are six other people – all men – who will sit in power with him over the next five years. The omnipotent seven: meet the men who make up China's new politburo 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Such propaganda helps domestically by boosting Kim Jong Un as a titan bestriding the world stage. N. Korea propaganda revels in ICBM: A look at what it means 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z FAIRFIELD, Conn. — They bestrode the business world, or at least the suburban corporate campus, like a colossus. The Decline of the Baronial C.E.O. 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z As for Schweinsteiger himself, he played the game magisterially, bestriding the action more than actually mucking through it. Bastian Schweinsteiger forgets the World Cup and shines on MLS debut 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z If Trump really wanted to bestride the post-2016 GOP like an orange colossus, neither Trump militias nor Trump TV are the natural path. How will Trump be reborn? 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Several of Shakespeare’s monarchs bestride the Brooklyn Academy of Music stage, when Ivo van Hove brings his fusion of Henry V, Henry VI and Richard III to the Next Wave festival. The best American theater shows for fall 2016 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Straw men bestrode the landscape, and paranoia and conspiracy theories flourished. Commented out 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The Dutch could not cope with West Germany’s superior technique, speed and strength, particularly that of Schuster, who bestrode midfield with almost nonchalant imperiousness. The Joy of Six: great European Championship performances 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The ‘‘lumbersexual’’ is a figure bestriding recent literature from the lifestyle coverage of the Sundance Film Festival to academic papers analyzing the narrative of the zeitgeist. Buffalo in the City 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Now, it seems, the fashion industry is embracing the male curl, with tousle-headed models bestriding the catwalks of the men’s equivalent to London fashion week. All tangled up: will curly hair for men ever be fashionable? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The U.S. remains immensely powerful, but it no longer bestrides the world like a colossus. The Bleak Reality Driving Trump’s Rise 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z When he was fit in 1995 – and even when he was in the early stages of his illness in 1999 – he bestrode the rugby field like no player had ever done before. Celebrating Jonah Lomu as the ultimate construction of destruction | Eddie Butler 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The American colossus that bestrides the Iran issue, able to bend other countries to our will, is nowhere to be seen. Selective Leadership Disorder 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z We used to bestride the world like a colossus, a leader among nations, smarter, faster, braver, more forward-thinking than our rivals. The Ashley Madison Hack Shows We’re Too Dumb to Cheat 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z And yet the prime minister bestrides his nation's politics, with no serious challenger in sight. Tsipras dominates Greek politics despite crises and U-turn 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z She was a waif in a world of Top Gun, hair metal and the supermodels who bestrode the Earth when she first became famous. Welcome back Winona – the exotic outsider all 1990s girls wanted to be | Bidisha 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Tellingly, when she’s feeling most empowered by her newfound avidity and unruly appetites, she imagines herself as an Amazon, bestriding San Francisco like a monster of her own most audacious yet still tentative making. Review: ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ is funny, forthright and daringly frank 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Today he bestrides the town like a colossus. The GOP’s pathetic crybaby agenda: Trump, Scalia and the whiny, paranoid new face of the right 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Gone are the days when the Swiss maestro bestrode the Centre Court like an elegant anachronism, all gold-trimmed blazer and long white trousers. Roger Federer v Sam Querrey: Wimbledon 2015 – live! | Les Roopanarine 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z As a politician Hillary Clinton bestrides the landscape like a colossus. Editorials from around New England 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z As the decades went by, it was moving — and inspirational — to see Lee, in material terms the mayor of a medium-size city, bestride the international scene as a mentor of global strategic order. Henry A. Kissinger: The world will miss Lee Kuan Yew 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Coming just a week after Tsipras outraged many Germans by saying that Greece is determined to pursue a claim for war reparations, Merkel’s willingness to intervene demonstrated why she bestrides Europe like a colossus. Angela Merkel Throws Greece a Lifeline 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z And just two years after he first appeared on their stage, the junior senator from Texas bestrode the world inside the Fort Worth Convention Center as a colossus. Ted Cruz returns to the Texas GOP convention stage as a hero who transformed his party. Gone are the days when the Swiss maestro bestrode the Centre Court like an elegant anachronism, all gold-trimmed blazer and long white trousers. Roger Federer v Sam Querrey: Wimbledon 2015 – live! | Les Roopanarine 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The pound bestrode its complex system of shillings and pence until decimalisation in 1971. A short history of the pound 2014-02-14T09:43:18Z Nelson Mandela bestrode the world like a colossus. Tributes paid to Nelson Mandela 2013-12-05T23:14:31Z Remember when Texas Instruments and Dell were the giants that bestrode the landscape? The New Space Race 2013-09-29T11:05:23Z United at the moment bestride the English scene just as Liverpool did before them, but without the continuity or security the boot room used to provide. Sir Alex Ferguson's successor faces the impossible job 2013-05-08T11:23:41Z It was supposed to be a ceremony to salute Britain’s first female prime minister, a woman who won three successive election victories and bestrode the world stage. Maggie, Divisive Even in Death 2013-04-12T08:45:00Z “She bestrode the world like a colossus,” says Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne. The New Thatcher Era 2013-04-08T12:15:00Z There was a time when headline writers sometimes referred to Benjamin Netanyahu as "King Bibi", conjuring the image of a colossus bestride the world of modern Israeli politics. Netanyahu dealt weak hand by voters 2013-01-26T12:33:09Z What makes the Armstrong case so much more than the latest felling of a sporting cheat's reputation is the extent to which he once bestrode the world of cycling. Lance Armstrong: pedalling tales 2013-01-18T22:55:10Z Five months ago, King Bibi bestrode the narrow world like the Colossus, the governing coalition around him swollen to 94 seats in a Knesset that seats only 120. Israel Elections: Netanyahu Looks Like a Winner, but Watch for Surprises 2012-10-11T20:05:40Z The world's most populous nation bestrides table tennis like a bat-clutching colossus, claiming all six medals in the singles and gold in both team events at the Beijing Games. London 2012: A recipe for the perfect ping pong bat – and happiness 2012-07-27T00:17:18Z Leaning forward, cranium bulging, he is presented in the Soviet style, bestriding the world from his humble park bench. Euro 2012: Valeriy Lobanovsky, king of Kiev who was before his time 2012-06-15T09:59:01Z Is that the same animal you bestrode when we departed?'—'Aye; 'tis she and no other.'—'Then she is under some spell that we cannot unravel!' The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Fortunately the animal had been big and strong, for once Frank had seemed to have little mercy on the beast he bestrode. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z But the wild horse which the intrepid rider bestrode proved his salvation, for he gradually outran all his pursuers. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z We can fancy him sitting one of those splendid horses he so magnificently bestrode. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z If a pursuivant bestrode him, he might discover through his means who be recusants a hundred miles around. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z When "the Monk" had retired, an idolater of terrible appearance, bestriding a gigantic camel, advances; challenging the Believers thrice. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Combinations of capital or of labor, ruled by a few individuals, bestride the land with immense power both for good and evil. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z On she went, and well had she her own wishes answered by the fiery little animal she bestrode. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z I had just time to take the alarm, when the poor beast sank down and rolled gently over, leaving me bestriding its body, my feet in the water. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z And his heel did press and goad on the quivering flank bestrode, Toll slowly. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z At their head was a soldier of the Hawazin, bestriding a gigantic red camel and he was signalling with a spear to which he had fixed a black flag. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z No man ever bestrode a more generous beast than you. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But as I bestrode my horse and we recommenced our journey along the silent roads I felt my head ache worse than ever. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Six or seven men, each wearing a deer’s skull with antlers, dance through the streets, pursued by a comrade who bestrides a mimic horse, and whips the dancers to keep them on the move. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z They soon start off again in their frenzied gallop, unrolling their flourishes, bestriding each other in delicious fantasy and causing the imagination to soar in wild dreams. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z It was nothing less than a horse of bronze bestridden by an archer, whose notched arrow was ever on the string, its point directed at the summit of the mountain. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Of course, now that he was so handsomely dressed, it was quite out of the question for him to sit in a ramshackle old carriage, or to bestride a fifty-thaler nag. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Those who can recall the loose connection between Bishop Samuel Wilberforce and the steed which he bestrode, can form an idea of the ‘seat’ of the great Sir Robert. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Also we had tales of Indians with men that rode amain, and horses that one longed to bestride, such beauties they were, all fire and delicate strong temperament. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Of course, by many indices, the U.S. remains the unmatched economic and military leviathan bestriding the planet. Changing of the Guard: Does the 21st Century Need to Be an 'American Century'? 2012-02-23T18:35:45Z To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Tököly hastened to bestride his horse on hearing that his adversaries had been a little beforehand with him, and, putting spurs to his horse, galloped rapidly away. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z The jockey-man is not a whit more rational in this respect than the boy who bestrides his hobby-horse, and flourishes his penny whip. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z He seemed to bestride Washington like a Colossus. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z On the one hand Colombia is a Pacific state, an Andine and continental country; yet her chief ports and arteries of communication lead northwards; and, until fifteen years ago, she bestrode the Isthmus of Panam�. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z The animal he bestrode was of a coal-black, and, like his master, bore his years well. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z And his little son, Don Baltasar Carlos, bestrides a spirited pony and wears at the back of his helmet a tuft of garnet feathers. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z A naked man bestrides a large sack of money, on which a figure or statue of Hope is standing. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z After his second, Hudson described the diminutive Argentine as a "colossus bestriding the earth." Lionel Messi's Final Goal 2012-01-27T10:20:00Z The horse which I bestrode was a fresh and convincing evidence; and I could not but believe that similar relays were waiting behind me the whole length of the road from London. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He bestrides the midfield, the toughest place to play in terms of physical output. On Soccer: A Big Hole to Fill for Manchester City 2012-01-04T22:34:30Z They all wore European clothes, rode in good English saddles, and bestrode powerful horses, which they seemed to manage with much grace. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Just as I bestrode the top, a dog gave out a bell-toned note. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z A gallant steed he did bestride, Follow, my love, come over the strand,70 And with the lady away did ride, And she the fair Flower of Northumberland. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z I was glad to dismount, sore with bestriding the skeleton of a horse. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Her limbs bestrode the prostrate nations to the extremities of the earth; her head lowered to the clouds, whilst the right hand of the gigantic monster brandished a burning torch. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Forbes was a West-Pointer, a cavalryman, and the horse had not made more than one pirouette before he understood that he was bestridden by one whom it was best to obey. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He wondered whether he would ever again bestride a fiery steed, and go bounding along over the plains, as had been his wont. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z The report was followed by a yell of pain, and the leading horseman fell; the other, who bestrode the white horse, again sheering off from me. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z They were armed in complete mail, bore truncheon and lance, and bestrode heavy war-steeds, like warlike knights and captains of the mercenaries. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The lad was tall and strong, slender and comely to look upon, and the steed he bestrode was great and speedy, and fiercely had he charged clear of the gate. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Tot bestrode a dapple-gray horse, and the Queen sat upon a lion and took hold of its mane to steady herself. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z A horse, they said, was something that they personally had never bestridden. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z The Officers of the Staff bestriding their Horses very gallant, and the Horses most noble Animals and their prancing very pretty. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z Nevertheless, the Marlborough is the cycle I have bestridden during my tour this summer, and a sweet wee thing it is. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The varlet was hardy and stout, and the charger he bestrode was right fierce. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Just as he was about to make a pass at me, I sprang suddenly between his wide-spreading antlers, bestride his neck. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z That, however, is not the Devil’s Bridge—but about twenty feet below that bridge and completely overhung by it, don’t you see a shadowy, spectral object, something like a bow, which likewise bestrides the chasm? Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Like a flash, Leonidas bestrode the form of the captain, sword in hand. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z And I have been told that I do not sit elegantly, that I do not appear to be part and parcel of the horse I bestride. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Sacred Horus, son of Osiris and Isis, the radiant redeemer of mankind, who descended out of pity on a sinful world, bestrode Typhon, the grinning spirit of evil. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Napoleon, however, got hoisted on to a gun, and bestrode it: the marshals and generals did the same, and in this grotesque order they reached, after four hours' toil, the convent at the summit. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z He had died at eighty, as lusty and hard and sound an old condottiere as any other professional fighter who bestrode a bronze horse in an Italian piazza. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z European publicists wrote didactically on “the break-up of China,” while Russia, bestriding Siberia, dipped behemoth paws in Pacific waters and eyed Japan. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z But all the books were not for circulation; a Poetry and Reference Shelf bestrode my end of the counter. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z The remains of the bridge of St. Benezet still bestride the eastern branch of the Rhone, and are an object of great picturesque beauty. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z One Goldman partner, who asked not to be named because he fears damaging his relationship with Rogers, describes him as Colossus bestriding the globe. Meet Goldman’s Quiet Power Player 2011-09-01T21:25:06Z They say that a good rider ought to appear part and parcel of the horse he bestrides. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The animal under him was strong, courageous, and speedy; but Carrington knew he would have need of all those sterling qualities if he hoped to escape the iron-hearted horse Taylor bestrode. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z As if the high-conditioned animal he bestrode had imparted to him some of his own fire and freedom, he wore scarcely any trace of his habitual depression. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z I bestrode Black Ben, surely the best horse ever a man rode. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Until Frankel takes on his elders on level terms, inherits the burden of conceding weight to a younger generation and bestrides a new distance discipline, as intended, his reputation will be vulnerable to these barbs. Frankel has potential to justify claims of greatness 2011-08-03T22:13:00Z Among the statues of the transept buttresses that at the corner of the south-western tower, bestriding a lion, is thought by some to represent Pepin-the-Short, and another near him, Charlemagne. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) 2011-07-31T02:00:09.963Z When the bruised colossus gazes out from his New York City penthouse at the world he so recently bestrode, he may well ask himself where it all started to go wrong. Tom Watson: The Man Who Humbled Murdoch 2011-07-26T10:05:00Z But Mr. Punch, deprived of the privilege of bestriding Hector, now enjoys the fiercer delight of overcoming the green-eyed alligator. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Both horses walked fast, particularly the one which Lance bestrode, which he found to be good in all his paces, free, clever, and in all respects a superior style of hackney. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z This bridge bestrides a lane of almost perpendicular rocks, patched with wood, whose summits are here scarcely five yards asunder. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z He was to be seen at the end of the piazza at that moment, talking to Hartshorne, and no doubt making a few additional inquiries as to the character of the amiable animal he bestrode. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Moreover, the steed he bestrode was far from being the best in the party. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z For Allen, whose weedy nag had gone lame, is now bestriding a mount which his host has provided for him—a youthful quadruped, given to occasional bucking. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z On my sweep through Egypt and Tunisia, virtually everyone I met invoked the nation that bestrides the Bosphorus as one they'd like their own country to emulate. Turkey Inspires Islamists and Liberals, But in Very Different Ways 2011-06-30T04:31:42Z Upon this occasion he bestrode a very dark grey, somewhat low in condition, and not apparently up to his weight. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Chumru and the ryot bestrode the third horse, and under the guidance of one who knew every path, they set out for the Ganges. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Ike weighed in the neighborhood of a hundred and eighty pounds—solid bone and muscle—and the cayuse that he bestrode when at work was no bigger than Ruth’s Freckles. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The laughter grew louder when, according to the energetic imp’s direction, four solemn, black-robed figures obediently bestrode their broomstick steeds. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Circe was a fair sorceress, the one-eyed Polyphemus a dread giant, and Perseus bestrode a winged dragon, before they were reflected in romances. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z To most of us, to borrow from Shakespeare, he seems to bestride this narrow world like a Colossus. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The horse which Philip bestrode leaped forward while he was speaking, and with a spirited bound Barbara's white steed sprang after him. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z “Hi, Boss!” yelled the cowboy who bestrode the pony. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The colossus that once bestrode the globe seemed to be stuck in the Middle Eastern sands--and unable to prevent the seemingly inevitable confrontation between Iran and Israel. 2006 Cover Story: Five Years Later 2011-05-02T05:31:28Z It were a good jest, indeed, for me, who can hardly sit my own Dapple, though upon a pannel softer than silk, to think of bestriding a wooden crupper, without either pillow or cushion! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Its leaders still believed they bestrode the world. You Are What You Owe 2011-04-28T08:35:00Z A grand pianoforte, bestriding a large tract of carpet in the very middle of the front drawing-room, conspicuously asserted its importance over all the rest of the furniture. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z I left Winch Bridge and the cascade which it bestrides about three miles from Middleton, unvisited, for I was tired with much rambling. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Our poor friend Hamilton bestrode his hobby to the great annoyance of his friends and not without injury to himself. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z They set him upon his legs on the ground, and one of the savages said, "Let the knight mount who has the courage to bestride this wondrous machine." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Day after day in the saddle, till one imagines himself a part of the animal which he bestrides. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Aristophanes is a Gargantuan mirth-maker; he bestrides the narrow world like a Colossus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Master Spazzo then bestrode his faithful steed Falada, but he was no sooner mounted, than he glided down again on the other side. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z In those days men were men and horses were horses and the Jenson Button's and Lewis Hamilton's of the age bestrode horse-drawn chariots. VIDEO: Chariot racing like a gladiator in Jordan 2011-04-11T07:42:27Z Freney was not long the victor; the racer he bestrode breasted the high rail, and, unable to clear it, fell heavily forward, smashing the frail timbers before him, and pitching the rider on his head. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z A man of such mien, as he who bestrode the black steed—and actuated by such a sentiment, as that he had so boldly announced—could scarcely be a disreputable person—much less a highwayman? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The old "Teflon" chancellor is not bestriding the land. Ill winds 2011-03-28T09:57:40Z The same animal he bestrode in his combat with Sir Richard Walwyn, and that had shown such spirit after a journey of nigh fifty miles. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I crossed a rude bridge of stones, which bestrides a small hollow or trench; and passing by a large tower, entered through a portal into the enclosed part of the hill. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z We bestrode a pair of the best steeds the stables afforded, and were both armed cap-à-pié. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The good steed he bestrode, caparisoned in costly fashion; the rich costume he wore; his sharply chiselled features, and aristocratic bearing—all betokened the filius nobilis. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It is like a giant bestriding the landscape; and Betty remarked that it reminded her of the legs of Uncle Pumblechook, with several miles of open country showing between them. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Perhaps, had Sir Harry Lingen, or any of his officers, known it as well, a common trooper would not have been bestriding it. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Much also depends on the animal we bestride. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The animal I bestrode had been christened “Monte,” that of Hiram was called “Poker,” and the mule carrying “the cargo” was “Uker.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z They were on horseback: the younger of the two bestriding a good steed, while his older and more colossal companion was mounted upon as sorry a jade as ever set hoof upon a road. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The crest was in places tolerably sharp, and we were forced at times to adopt the expedient, conventionally supposed to be the only safe one in such cases, of bestriding the rock edge. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The king bestrode a richly caparisoned mule, and wore a green scarf mantle of Delhi embroidery. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Here was one about to offer himself ready saddled, and as if saying, “Come and bestride me!” The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Unlike me, he was on horseback—bestriding a well caparisoned steed. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z It was a man—a rider—bestriding a black horse! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Oh, what a sight! oh, what a subject for a caricature—the one-eyed general bestriding the G�tulian monster! Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z But even as the fear of a direful crash flashed through his mind, the active little animal he bestrode had cleared the barrier, its hind hoofs just splintering the upper edge of the top rail. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z He liked the appearance of the steel-grey mustang; and had become inspired with an insatiable longing to bestride it. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Armed like a German rider, with black casque, black cuirass and white cloak, Colonel Plouernel bestrode a powerful Breton bay mare, caparisoned in scarlet. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z And the mile-post that directed my uncertain steps was merely a strain of the devil in the blaze-faced sorrel I bestrode. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z How our St. Georges will bestride the Dragons, The red and ramping Dragons. The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) 2011-01-20T03:00:06.760Z What sort of going it was under foot, Rob could only tell by the uncertain gait of the beast he bestrode. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Leg of man, swears grand old Pierre, shall never more bestride my steed; no more shall harness touch him! Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The youth bestrode the boar, and in a trice found himself in the neighbouring wood, and deposited under an enormous oak. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z After bestriding the balustrade, he carefully loosened one of the shutters by passing first his fingers and then his hand through the intervening space; and he succeeded in unfastening the bolt. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z Three red frocks had they, and three red mantles: three red steeds they bestrode, and three red heads of hair were on them. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The chief wanted a brave boy, to bestride a horse and wield a sword, and govern the unruly Grant clan with a strong hand. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The animal bestridden by the young engineer began to snort and plunge excitedly, but Ronie was soon at its bit. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z The structures are not indeed the most graceful in the world, as they bestride the long avenues of the city. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Vividly, Ellis remembered riding with her, she on a spirited horse while he bestrode a pony. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The two bestriding fresh horses need not have much feared the black-maned brute, and for that matter could have avoided an encounter with it by riding wide away and around. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Our rich man felt the grievous burden on his shoulders, looked round, and saw the frightful monster bestriding him. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z One media company bestrides British politics - spanning television, and the internet. Turning the heat on Rupert Murdoch 2010-10-11T16:11:00Z In making the "intrusiveness" argument, Cameron is probably drawing on a dimly remembered era in Tory folk memory when feminists bestrode the Earth. Child benefit and binocular man 2010-10-07T06:29:00Z We bestride and consume it, present and future. If You Could Live Forever, Would You Want To? 2010-06-19T00:58:00Z It is now 25 years since that Davis/Dennis Taylor final, when 18.5 million people watched and snooker bestrode the horizon like a pasty colossus. Barney Ronay: The rare languid pleasure of TV snooker 2010-05-02T23:21:00Z Unilever, by contrast, could be a synonym for the faceless multinational, bestriding the globe, selling detergents and cleaning products. Sold up but not sold out, Ben and Jerry are still the poster boys for fair trade 2010-04-03T23:06:00Z This is coltish stuff, self-regardingly overheated and containing only a germ of a product with sufficient magnetism to suggest it might yet bestride the globe as it wishes. Is the IPL sport, or just a succession of one-off feats kebabed together? | Barney Ronay 2010-04-01T12:20:00Z He now bestrides Africa's most populous nation - one of its most fractious democracies - as acting president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. 2010-02-11T14:30:00Z Kate Moss was delicately bestriding the aftermath of Apple's publicity supernova with a handbag collection she was launching for French fashion firm Longchamp. 2010-01-28T14:06:00Z The sturdy little Breton horse which Morice bestrode, snorted, shaking its head as it faced the purple moor before it. A Blot on the Scutcheon I would describe Fashion to be a deformed little monster with a chameleon skin, bestriding the shoulders of public opinion. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 A Major then, and now bestrides a "gee," Thanking his lucky stars the "double" does No longer make him gasp. Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere Jack, nevertheless, remounted his Bucephalus, and rode away with his comrades, who had patiently awaited the issue, bestriding the animal as he would have done a topsail yard in a gale of wind. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men They hemmed him in in front, behind, and at the sides, while he himself was bestriding a broken-down nag with empty and open holsters, and the hilt of his sword securely tied to its sheath. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster A picturesque, noticeable figure in his quaint, half-Spanish dress and his silver-decorated sombrero, bestriding the heavy Mexican saddle upon his powerful horse. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch The King and court had vanished, but around me I descried A troop of tourists, who that morn the glaciers would bestride. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I A person, apparently a townsman, recognized a horse, bestrode by a countryman, to be one which he had lost about nine months before. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Opposed flashed Accolon, who light bestrode, Exultant, proud in talisman of that sword, A dun horse lofty as a haughty lord, Pure white about each hollow, pasterned hoof. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems Music!" snorted the Colonel, bestriding his chair again, "poetry, pictures—bah! Our Admirable Betty A Romance And in truth, on a small hill to the right, Major-General Richie sat on his horse and used his glasses, while back of him his staff and the orderlies bestrode their champing, dancing mounts. Last Words The baths were supplied by an aqueduct constructed for that purpose, the arches of which may be seen bestriding the Campagna for a distance of fourteen miles from the city. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs And his heel did press and goad on the quivering flank bestrode— Toll slowly. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The riders who bestrode these steeds were even more fantastically arrayed, and in the uniforms which they wore the same sacrifice of taste to picturesqueness was to be observed. K. K. K. Sketches, Humorous and Didactic Treating the More Important Events of the Ku-Klux-Klan Movement in the South. With a Discussion of the Causes which gave Rise to it, and the Social and Political Issues Emanating from it. They had not seen a man on horseback until the Arabs raided them and it seemed like a superhuman feat to bestride a four legged beast and drive it up a cliff side. Tahara Among African Tribes As the march was resumed, the principal Indian bestrode Hammond's horse, but the horse was very high-nerved and scared, and the bridle was only a temporary one made from hickory withes. Last Words The latter, the son of a laundress, was a graceful and soldierly boy, dark-complexioned, with black eyes and hair, who bestrode his mule with easy confidence, riding like a Cossack. Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 The steed that Cephas bestrode was comparatively gentle, but Gabriel's horse developed a desire to take fright at everything he saw. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction She reels,—but the king of the brutes bestrides His tottering throne to the last: with might He plunges his terrible claws in the bright And delicate cushions of her sides. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 See there the destiny of the Rajput who bestrides him, and upon whose left flank bounds the sabre useless—the haberdashery of the ironmonger only! From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There it stands bestriding the valley like a colossus, and commanding all the collected energies of the once pure and solitary stream. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 He bestrode a powerful chestnut horse with a white blaze. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance It was conveyed from the nearest Field Cornet’s, by a ragged native, bestriding a still more ragged pony, and who was “run” by general contribution on the part of those residents whose letters he delivered. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The Matabele rode well, and he now came dashing along bestriding a small horse which had been given him. The Ruined Cities of Zululand In a moment they were under cover of the bush and safe out of shot, but in that moment I had recognised the steed bestridden by the hindermost one. A Veldt Vendetta The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plow-horse that had outlived almost everything but his viciousness. International Short Stories American Strange as it may seem, it is very light upon the horse, which is also bestridden by the postilion, or calisero. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time The man who was thus addressed shifted uneasily on the long bench which he and his companion bestrode. Three Thousand Dollars He seemed to bestride it as we could imagine Alexander bestriding his Bucephalus. Here and There in London Conan bestrode the corpse of the man he had killed, broadsword in hand, glaring about him in amazement. Red Nails The idea that any one, even those belonging to the plantation, should bestride my own colt, my little Silver Heels, as I had named her! The Minute Boys of York Town They bestrode wiry, undersized nags—which bore besides their riders the frugal ration of biltong and biscuit, with which the Boer can get along for days. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The chivalric Don Quixote, having become a monomaniac on the subject of chivalry, bestrode his Rosinante, and, attended by his squire, started out to perform chivalrous deeds. Every-Day Errors of Speech Jim had his own little pony as soon as he could safely bestride one. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade "Wait, then; I shall fetch you the noblest animal you ever bestrode." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "I care not where they carry me, so I take Silver Heels from yon brute that is bestride her!" The Minute Boys of York Town “I’ll do naething o’ the kind,” replied the urchin, walloping his bare legs, by way of encouragement, against the sides of the anatomy he bestrode. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 The animal I bestrode moved with a spirited though easy gait, and nothing transpired for some miles. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Frequently he lunged into the drifts with one foot, or both; his glazed mukluk soles slid about, causing him to bestride the invisible hog-back, or again his legs crossed awkwardly, throwing him off his balance. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure "I shall not fail you if I can bestride my horse," said Gareth. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This road did not, indeed, lead him nearer to his beloved; neither could he properly call anything his own besides the horse which he bestrode, and the ruined castle of his ancestors. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. His enormous legs seemed calculated by nature to embrace the body of his charger, and he sat erect like an overgrown Bacchus bestriding a kilderkin of beer. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 He might just as well bestride his metaphysical Rosinante and hunt the "Ding an Sich" of Kant since it is in the last analysis nothing else than this which stands behind the undiscoverable bridge. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" There could be no mistaking that erect, lithe figure, or the long, rangy "strawberry roan" he was so gracefully bestriding, and her heart leaped at sight of him. The Song of the Wolf What made the feat more adroit was the fact of his having permitted a looker-on to select the horse for him to bestride before the whole lot were driven out. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He had bestridden the nervous pinto and Molly was “acting up.” Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure She was generally to be seen in a rusty black frock and bonnet, a pair of eye-glasses in black frames bestriding the bridge of her nose. Ancestors A Novel "That's the idea, Park," said his companion gravely, as he bestrode Muggins, and jerked the small dejected creature out into the trail. Stories of the Foot-hills He clutched his end firmly, steadying himself as best he might by bestriding the ridge of the roof. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories In front marched the five hundred elephants, each bestridden by an officer of rank, and led by Hemu, on his own favourite animal, in person. Rulers of India: Akbar There were two or three other girls who were dressed more like Frances herself, and bestrode their ponies in sensible style. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Greasy bestrode his horse loosely, carelessly defiant; Norton kept a watchful eye on him, and Hollis rode steadily, his gaze fixed thoughtfully on the trail. The Coming of the Law Dorothy who had not hesitated to bestride Farmer Cole’s boar, and was absolutely fearless as far as Hobo was concerned, retreated panic-stricken before Freckles’ advances. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted All danger was passed from that quarter, and once more Ned straightened up, and, looking about him, felt that the Indian mustang he bestrode had been the means of saving his life. Through Apache Lands The presence of a ship's topsail-yard thus bestridden plainly proclaimed that a ship had been wrecked, although no other evidence of the wreck was within sight. The Boy Slaves The last few miles she bestrode Molly, for that intelligent creature had allowed herself to be caught. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure You may bestride a good nag, and ride forth, with a pair of saddle-bags, into the enchanted East. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Amongst those three hundred disguises there is none which is more popular in Germany than that of the Modern Lohengrin bestriding the world in glittering armour. German Problems and Personalities He had lost the best steed he had ever bestrode, and was again thrown upon his own resources. Through Apache Lands Their legs, bestriding the spar, hung down on each side of it; and to the joy of all they now felt their feet scraping along the sand. The Boy Slaves Harmless fairies “nodded to him, and did him curtesies:” and the night-hag bestrode the blast at the command of “his so potent art.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature If ever the "man on horseback" does appear in Russia, it is very doubtful if he will bestride a Pegasus. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Shipwrecked seamen on the deep, though they bestride but the truncheon of a boom, are safe and near at home compared with mankind on its bullet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Alive, he "doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus"; and his influence, like an unseen force, shapes the fates of the living after he himself is dead. An Introduction to Shakespeare One is mounted on a horse; the other bestrides a camel,—just such a one as this by our side. The Boy Slaves The old story of the Flamingo bestriding its nest in an ungainly attitude while sitting is an absurd fiction. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 But the horses that the boys now bestrode were much fresher than had been their first mounts; still, Hal saw that several of the Austrians were gaining. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians They bestrode the cannon singing the most indecent and insulting songs. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Mr. Finsbury,” he said aloud; and Michael, without rising, turned upon him a countenance somewhat flushed, encircled with the bush of the red whiskers, and bestridden by the spectacles. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) On this Lowth observes, that “this Lord Paramount in his pretensions doth bestride the narrow world of literature, and has cast out his shoe over all the regions of science.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The squire grew purple and all, And every little chorister bestrode his carven stall. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems The animals which the boys bestrode had returned only an hour before from a long and tedious journey, and consequently were almost exhausted. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians A crowd of profligate women, the same who bestrode the cannon the day before, insulting the queen with the most abusive language, collected under the queen's windows, upon the terrace of the palace. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Let Europe and her pallid sons go weep; Let Afric and her hundred thrones rejoice: Oh, my dear countrymen, look down and see How I bestride your prostrate conqueror! The Revenge A Tragedy He bestrode a magnificent horse that seemed made for armor, 354whereas he himself would surely have been crushed under so much as a Crusader’s buckler. The Missourian Shod with elfin silver were the steeds they bestrode. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems And let her buccaneers bestride the sphinx, And play at bowls with Pharaoh's pyramids, And hale white Egypt with their tarry hands Home to the Mermaid! Collected Poems Volume Two Lest Colden’s sword, thrust at random, might find him in the dark, Harry instantly bestrode the stair-rail, and dropped, outside the balustrade, to the floor of the hall. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 What was Dobbin that slowly dragged the plough compared to the charger that Joe was destined to bestride? The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit He was superb, with a great smile, as elegant as a Greek shepherd, bestriding the room manfully, hands in pockets, and making poetry on the hoof…. Letters from my Windmill Under the bestriding arch of the blue heavens, the place seemed dwindled to a toy. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Nat Field bestrode our sign And kissed the painted Mermaid on her lips, Then waved his tankard. Collected Poems Volume Two He saw Baltasar galloping at full speed up the valley, the double burthen apparently unfelt by the vigorous animal he bestrode. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Then at the fourth opening, the pale horse, bestridden by Death, went mournfully abroad. The Thread of Gold He had practised since he was able to talk, never losing a chance to bestride a steed; and now he was in his glory. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The color had left his face, and ages seemed to bestride his bent shoulders. Carmen Ariza Whether or not he really were dangerous would have made small difference to the young man who bestrode him, for his seat was that of the born horseman. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman One monstrous piece of folly bestrides the rest like a colossus—"Your humble friend Charles Bradlaugh." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Then fear must have inspired the reptile Nelson bestrode, for it put on a sudden desperate burst of speed which carried it past the next two lancers. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 But what astonished Nelson was the fact that each of these strange troopers bestrode a lithe, long-limbed variety of dinosaur, a good half smaller than the allosauri he had encountered in the tunnel. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 They have been known to penetrate a soldier's steel helmet, to pass through his body and that of the horse he bestrode, and bury themselves in the earth. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Never was a man more pleased with a horse than Job was with the noble animal he then bestrode, and deeply did he regret the urgent necessity which compelled him to part with him. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The bull followed, but only for a couple of steps, which brought him so that he bestrode the body of the cow. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories When its full strength would seem to be taxed, the lazy owner often adds his own weight by bestriding the animal, sitting far back upon its hips. Aztec Land The leader of this mongrel gang was a massive man, who bestrode so small a mule that his feet were only a few inches from the ground. A Waif of the Mountains Every one knew the horseflesh they bestrode––none cleaner-limbed, hardier, or faster in the high country. Nan of Music Mountain The negroes, in turn, take part in the drumming, which is performed by bestriding barrel-shaped tambours, and beating the parchment side rapidly with their hands. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba He bestrode a horse tolerably sound, had a haversack before him reasonably stored. The Spanish Jade Then did Andy bestride his hack, and, in triumph at his trick on the postmaster, rattled along the road homeward as fast as the beast could carry him. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales And now Bob found, to his immense relief, that the pace was at last beginning to tell upon the tough sinews of the fiery animal which he bestrode. Among the Brigands The most powerful horse in the army was selected to bear his herculean frame; and yet it is said that when the Cacique bestrode him his feet almost touched the ground. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots On the morning of our departure for Don Severiano's coffee estate, Don Severiano himself is in the patio, presiding over the saddling and harnessing department; for some of us are to bestride horses. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Many a time and oft have I bestridden horses that had been peacefully pasturing, and ridden them bare-back around the fields, in a kind of Buffalo Bill style, you know. Adventures and Recollections But Pan stayed on that horse, which turned out to be the meanest and most violent bucker he had ever bestrode. Valley of Wild Horses On a certain Saturday, bestriding my faithful bike, I went for a spin along the dusty high-road which runs past the camp. A Nest of Spies Unconcerned, perhaps unconscious that he bestrode a horse, his head was thrown back and his gaze penetrated the lace-work of branches to a sky exquisite blue where a few white, puffy clouds were aimlessly suspended. Sunlight Patch Our horses are soon led out, and we bestride them, with an empty sack for a saddle and a bit of rope for a bridle. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba He carried the customary two guns of the country, and he bestrode a horse that was as noticeable as himself. Tharon of Lost Valley He bestrode a tall chestnut mare, with white “socks.” The Tale of Timber Town Presently, Jack and Frank bestrode the form of their big chum and Frank, who sat on his chest, gripped Bob’s crisply curling hair. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards I hope when you are grown up, little Roger, you will bestride two hobby horses that will keep you always in the right path: one lively, the other quiet; both beautiful—courage and kindness. Our Children Scenes from the Country and the Town Fortunately for the usurpers, the steed of state which King William bestrode, though old and decrepit, still adhered to a youthful habit of shying, or the procession might never have reached the MacDonalds. The Silver Maple The other was bestrode by a savage, who appeared to be the leader of the band. The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border Set them on a finely broken horse, on a colt, or a restive horse, and they become helpless children—the powerless prisoners of the brutes they bestride. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding In this way, he secured for himself the opportunity he had long been seeking—the chance to bestride the coffee trade like a colossus. All About Coffee Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar After him came the camel, all over tassels and gold net, bestridden by Kelly Eyre, wearing a costume seldom seen anywhere, and never in the Sahara. The Maids of Paradise We were not yet at Rome; but we did all that men could with four, and sometimes six, half-starved animals, bestrode by drowsy postilions, to reach it. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The horse he bestrode was drenched in sweat. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Who, indeed, would not bestride a steed when he might meet the Assassin and the O'Bluster in the ring? Highways and Byways in Surrey I.118 It is only a legend that the bronze Colossus of Rhodes bestrode the entrance to the famous harbor. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The steed she bestrode was a large chestnut-coloured mustang; and as the fiery creature reared and bounded over the turf, the magnificent form of its rider was displayed to advantage. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The two combatants then seized one another round the body and tried to drag each other from their horses, but like centaurs, each seemed to form a part of the animal he bestrode. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The horses we bestrode were mustangs from the prairies of Texas, trained to that gait, the “pace” peculiar to the saddle-bags of the South-western States. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West When his horse finally stopped before the store in Saugus, he was covered with foam and the man who bestrode him was trembling in every limb. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Queer idiotic fancies bestrode his dreams: what was impossible came naturally to pass: earth became wonderland, and no one wondered. Anthony Lyveden He was so much too large for the beast he bestrode that he had been obliged to hold his feet up awkwardly, while riding. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life At either end of the small inclosure that backed against the butte, two men with Winchesters in their hands bestrode motionless horses. The Free Range At last he bethought him of riding upon the spear, as a child bestrides a stick. Folk-lore and Legends: German My boy bestrode rather gingerly a strong, wiry little Mongol pony, of the "buckskin" sort, gay with Western saddle and red cloth. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia I know Martin will with a trice bestride my shoulders. A History of Elizabethan Literature As Buck expected, the former rode the sorrel with distinctive white markings, while the latter bestrode a nondescript bay. Shoe-Bar Stratton A quarter of an hour later and the pony proved himself of “calico” variety, while the rider developed into a girl who bestrode her mount as though she were a part of the animal itself. The Free Range The glazier accordingly immediately bestrode the transformed mountain sprite, and rode him down the mountain to the mill, where he offered him for sale to the miller at the price of ten dollars. Folk-lore and Legends: German A Horse, Lord Epsom did bestride With mastery and quiet pride. More Peers : Verses In riding he was easily superior to the riding-school cavaliers, having the advantage of familiarity with a horse's back from the time he had bestrode the plow-horses on their way to water. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York The royal horseman bestrides a warlike steed, which is trampling under foot the figure of a turbanned Turk. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The horse of the man who had been shot stood still for a moment, and in that moment the rustler who remained standing gave one leap and had bestridden him. The Free Range So reverend and thoughtful is the old grey-muzzled town that it is hard to recognise the bristling war-dog that bestrode the toughest centuries, snarled in the face of Fate, and pulled down Time. Jonah and Co. Their features are disguised by ludicrous masks with long beards; and, bestriding long sticks or poles, they move about accompanied by burlesque music. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests She had flung herself off her mount and flung herself on the trunk of a tree, which she bestrode as though it were a better and more fiery steed. Terribly Intimate Portraits Thou wert the courtliest Knight that ever drew sword, and the faithfulest friend that ever bestrode a horse. The Book of Romance Frequently he lunged into the drifts with one foot, or both; his glazed mukluk soles slid about, causing him to bestride the invisible hogback, or again his legs crossed awkwardly, throwing him off his balance. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Is the stick that he bestrides perfectly identified with a horse? Essay on the Creative Imagination Away she sped while the gaunt creature which Leslie bestrode planted his forefeet firmly on the ground and refused to lift them thence. Dorothy on a Ranch With boyish shouts he rolled on the joy-wheel; with childish gurgles he bestrode strange and jolting painted horses and waved his hat daringly when the merry-go-round was at its fastest. Terribly Intimate Portraits Then the wretch whom Simms bestrode was treated to some of the same sort of consideration. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers She did outride any man in the county, and she had a blue-roan by the name of Robin Hood; which same, methinks, no man in or out o' th' county would 'a' cared to bestride. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Oh, the rapture with which Lily bestrode the aerobike for the first flight! The Bill-Toppers He has lived a great deal abroad, and been everything you can imagine that 218 bestrides a horse and does brave things. The Mistress of Shenstone If women may ride an iron steed thus attired, surely they might be permitted to bestride a horse in like manner clothed, and in like fashion. A Girl's Ride in Iceland He did not, however, bestride it as he would a horse, but sat with one or two other persons in a sort of box, called a howdah, fastened on the animal’s back. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good Then he turned to a lean rider who bestrode a tall, rangy horse. 'Drag' Harlan The friend had assured Admiral Seldon that “Apache” had been “thoroughly gentled,” and Beverly, who had never known the meaning of fear from the hour she could bestride a horse, had welcomed him with delight. A Dixie School Girl For looking back fearfully, he saw Catherson bestriding his pony, a dread apparition, big, rigid, grim, just breaking through the timber edge, not more than two or three hundred feet distant. The Range Boss That horse, that thou so often hast bestrid; That horse, that I so carefully have dress'd! Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Here and there a strapping brave bestrode a horse, while his squaw trudged beside him, sharing with a black slave the burden of household goods. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola The friar took Robin Hood on his back, Deep water he did bestride, And spake neither good word nor bad Till he came to the other side. The Book of Brave Old Ballads They sang: Maid Marian, setting forth to find The mill, with sacks of corn to grind, Her donkey, Jan, bestrode. Honey-Bee 1911 The horses they bestrode were of the Mexican breed, or, in common parlance, mustangs. Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune Large cotton, woollen and paper mills bestride a strong stream, which has such a fall that it leaps from one mill-wheel to another for the distance of nearly half a mile. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland A human being bestriding a sea-chest!—A human being!—Yet was it one? The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The French King in fact ‘bestrode the realm, having one foot in Calais, and the other in Scotland.’ Historical Essays And he points out to Antony, in a grove of beech-trees a woman perfectly naked—with four paws like a beast—bestridden by a black man holding in each hand a torch. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul The animal he bestrode, however, was very well-behaved, especially when he felt that his rider had the mastery over him. Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune Thus cried the army gay and free Exulting in their lawless glee, Both infantry and those who rode On elephants, or steeds bestrode, Ten thousand voices shouting, “This Is heaven indeed for perfect bliss.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse With the Indians bestride the stream the task of the five was complicated somewhat, but Henry was of the kind that meet fresh obstacles with fresh energy. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness No sooner did the horses introduced by the Spaniards, escaping into the wilds, increase and multiply, than the Indians learned to bestride them, and soon exhibited an uncommon aptitude in their management. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Some had heads of apes and feet of goats; some rode eagles or bestrode cranes; while the captain of all was mounted on a tortoise. The Red Romance Book The very horses they bestrode were stolen, having once belonged to Jake Bradley and Ben Stanton. Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune A thousand chiefs their steeds bestrode, Their glittering cars a thousand showed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Their legs, bestriding the spar, hung down on each side of it; and, to the joy of all, they now felt their feet scraping along the sand. The Boy Slaves The greatness of England he understood to be largely due to her bestriding the two hemispheres. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) ‘And if he asks my name say it is unknown to you,’ she added, ‘but that the stranger knight had bidden you take this horse, and prayed that he might bestride it in battle.’ The Red Romance Book From pavement to bridge, and from bridge to pavement, we effected the long step which bestrides the Rhine. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 The scoundrel who bestrode that horse—and a thorough scoundrel too—is Rufino Valdez. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The presence of a ship’s topsail-yard thus bestridden plainly proclaimed that a ship had been wrecked—although no other evidence of the wreck was within sight. The Boy Slaves It is the stupidity of the many that allows one man to bestride the narrow world like a Colossus. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 While so employed, he could not help reflecting that the nag was just a trifle too good to be bestridden by a secret police-agent. The Day of Wrath Never since he bestrode it had it been guilty of shying. Won from the Waves When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. Rookwood One is mounted on a horse; the other bestrides a camel, just such a one as this by our side. The Boy Slaves Lashing the obstinate brute he bestrode, 'Tonio dove straight at the general, and all men waited to learn the tidings. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Seeing this, Bill Bowls bestrode his prostrate comrade, and defended him for a few seconds with the utmost fury. The Battle and the Breeze The French king in fact "bestrode the realm, having one foot in Calais and the other in Scotland." History of the English People, Volume IV Every boy there knows how to bestride a horse as soon as he can run; though, to be sure, I won’t deny that I have taken a gallop now and then in my day. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea It would be better to do that, than let him go on with the pony he ill knows how to bestride.” The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Some ride saddle mules, others bestride mustangs, while a few have brought their favourite American horses. The Scalp Hunters He had such confidence in the steed he bestrode, that he knew he could escape before the eyes of his pursuers, and need not have hidden himself in the chapparal. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The horse I bestrode needed neither spur nor guidance; he saw before him the object of the chase, and he divined the will of his rider. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Master Pearson?” said Jack, examining his countenance more narrowly, and looking down on the somewhat clumsy, ill-groomed horse which the speaker bestrode. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Not till then does he perceive that the men before him are in civilised costume, and that but one is on horseback, the other bestriding a mule. The Death Shot A Story Retold A pair of dark-rimmed spectacles bestrided her forehead midway, appearing more for ornament than use. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel He stood with his back against a wall, almost surrounded with enemies, bestriding the body of Captain Ralph; while his right hand wielded a huge sword, such as few but he could use to advantage. Old Jack After a while, with the switch on, he bestrode the thing and started to pump it down the slight in-line toward the street. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale Each of you will take charge of three and bestride another, and you will be able to dispose of them in London or its neighbourhood for handsome prices. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea Three are on horseback, the fourth bestriding a mule. The Death Shot A Story Retold Falconet had his own way, and after the labour of many years, a colossus of bronze bestrode a charger rearing on a monstrous mass of unhewn granite. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Thus, we suppose, he could bestride his dramatic camel, his poetic camel, or his theological camel as the mood took him. The Book-Hunter at Home People were scattering right and left, and as it drew nearer, Jack distinguished a huge coal black horse bestrode by a man who rode him furiously. Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys I would have no other person bestride her; and I doubt whether she would allow it, if any one were to make the attempt.” John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea By its magnifying effect the horses, as their riders, appear of gigantic dimensions; the former seeming Mastodons, the latter Titans bestriding them! The Death Shot A Story Retold Master, it was long ago you rode me; Master, you were careful of me then; Never was there anyone bestrode me Equal to my master among men. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 He bestrode a coal-black horse, and a mask covered his face, while his long, black hair flowed down on the collar of the coat he wore. Frank Merriwell Down South "He has travelled through Europe," says their complaint to the Government, "and now in this town he bestrides a horse, brandishes his sword and overwhelms the Turks with insults, both their race and their religion." The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Mounted from a chair and settled in the saddle, I felt as if I must surely be bestriding St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier All sense of pain left him, even all consciousness of the horse that he bestrode. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Polson had followed the hounds almost from the time when he could first bestride a pony; and the sight of a clean workman across bad country was like wine to him at any time. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea And the man, after all, was his benefactor: scrupulous about every penny he spent on himself, he had paid, at Miss Mary's solicitations, for the very horse the lad bestrode. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure But he found navigating upon land about as difficult as a duck usually finds it, and was about as well qualified to bestride and ride a horse as that waddling bird is. Peggy Stewart at School Around his array rode King Harald Sigurdson having a wary eye to see how it had been ranked, and he bestrode a black piebald horse. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) There loomed, at thirty feet away, colossal beasts bestridden by giants. The Long Roll Because in the very act of mounting he ceased to be a beggar and became part owner of the piece of property he bestrides. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American He bestrides the nib of the statesman's pen and guides it into falsehood and treason. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 As Robin's hind legs flew up Jean pitched forward to bestride the horse's neck; as he bounded forward Jean rose in the air to resume his seat where a horse's crupper usually rests. Peggy Stewart at School Then did Andy bestride his hack, and in triumph at his trick on the postmaster, rattled along the road homeward as fast as the beast could carry him. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes With the first pause the resting rowers gave, He waits not—looks not—leaps into the wave, Strives through the surge, bestrides the beach, and high Ascends the path familiar to his eye. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Indeed I never bestrode a real hunter before. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands They were followed by Buttercup, who bestrode, man-fashion, a mustang nearly as black as herself and even more frisky. Charlie to the Rescue Robin was as good a hackney as rider ever bestrode, but Shashai was a thoroughbred hunter with an Arab strain. Peggy Stewart at School He was a man of handsome and massive proportions, and bestrode a black charger that might have carried a heavy dragoon like a feather. Ungava My friend Caldecott bestrode a powerful steed suited to his size. Six Months at the Cape Some few were of gigantic size and rugged aspect, to suit the massive men who bestrode them. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands He was, indeed, a young giant, and bestrode a horse suitable to his weight. The Settler and the Savage He was so large, and his legs were so long, that the contrast between him and the little mule which he bestrode was ridiculous. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Each of the party was mounted on a strong horse, except Skipping Rabbit, who bestrode an active pony more suited to her size. The Prairie Chief A double staircase bestrode this entrance hall leaving the center empty, and, meeting at the height of the first floor, formed a sort of bridge. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories He departed for the south, where he could bestride a burro and lose himself among the Mexican hills. Every Man for Himself McDermot, the Irish leader, had just gained the mastery of Debriseau, bestriding his body and strangling him, with his fingers so fixed in his throat that they seemed deeply to have entered into the flesh. The King's Own I, for a moment, was doubtful whether to kill the buffalo, or the still more savage creature which bestrode it. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa We say bestrode, because it must ever be borne in remembrance that Red India ladies ride like gentlemen—very much, no doubt, to their own comfort. The Prairie Chief Then she conducted him to the stables, where were a hundred steeds, thin and jaded, which they had once bestrode. The Seven Champions of Christendom Dexter bestrode the branch, and worked himself along further and further till an ominous crack made him pause. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel He put the short rowels to the flanks of the sturdy lowland pony he bestrode, and conceded not so little as a look behind. Doom Castle A black slave, who cooked for us, spread the carpets, loaded and unloaded the beasts, bestrode another mule, upon which were piled the bedding, carpets, and kitchen utensils. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Nic drew a deep breath, and wished that he was bestriding a donkey on the common near the Friary, with his schoolmates looking on instead of his father. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Solomon’s flanks heaved, but he lay quite still, and did not resent Tom’s rather rough treatment as he bestrode his neck and sat down. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp “Yes: that’s it—awful,” said Vince quietly, as he rested his hands on the block he bestrode, and looked over to his left. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days The major had kept his word with me, and I bestrode the black—a splendid thoroughbred Arab. The Rifle Rangers The hail is at once responded to by the steeds they are bestriding; and is promptly re-answered, not by one horse, but three neighing simultaneously. The Lone Ranche And if one be fortunate, and if this split bestride the tail of the concealed animal, and if the stick be twisted— “I’ve got him!” cried this philosopher for his “Eureka.” The Singing Mouse Stories That horse that thou so often hast bestrid; That horse that I so carefully have dressed! Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Rectus bestrode one of the cannon that stood pointing out to sea, but Corny told him she wanted him to get down and sit by her, so that she wouldn't have to shout. A Jolly Fellowship I have ridden horse baith wild and wood; But a rougher beast than Red Rowan I ween my legs have ne’er bestrode. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series More eager than any, he rushes direct to his horse, and, having reached, bestrides him at a spring. The Lone Ranche He stood staring at it, remembering it as clearly as if some one had set before him the old white gate which he bestrode in his own boyhood. Christmas A Story Near the head of navigation, shipping centers grew up—among them Alexandria and Georgetown, forerunners of the metropolis that bestrides the river at the Fall Line today. The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves." Shakspere, Personal Recollections Alfred admired the big, handsome rider and the white mare; he longed to bestride her and kept his eyes on horse and rider as they traveled on before him. Watch Yourself Go By "A lean hound for a long race," Jerome laughingly remarked, noticing my inspection of the not over-fed nag I bestrode. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV That any man should so bestride the narrow world like a colossus that the multitude must stop to gaze, and thousands feed upon his words, is an abnormal condition. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians And away he rode, bestriding his horse like a pair of bent dividers on a broad grin. Marion's Faith. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shakspere, Personal Recollections He bestrode the narrow world like a Colossus, and the only hope of lesser men lay in the maintenance of Francis's power. Henry VIII. Painting for Lord Exeter, at Burleigh, in a representation of Bacchus bestriding a hogshead, he copied the head of a dean with whom he was at variance. Art in England Notes and Studies The rider, bestriding a powerful horse, has flung himself back and is gazing eagerly into the distance, shading with uplifted hand his eyes against the fierce sunlight which dazzles them. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies He bounds and flies over and beyond them, gratified by the distress, and utterly reckless and ruthless of the cries, and danger, and suffering of the luckless wight who bestrides him.” Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales For it is from the generosity of their chief that each henchman expects that mighty war-horse which he would bestride, that gory and victorious spear, which he would brandish. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation And lo! it was his friend of the Big Mogul now again bestriding a troop horse, detailed specially to meet him! To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days The rider who was awaiting him was an unusually large man, and bestrode an enormous horse. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Yet here the usurer bestrode him, far heavier weight than on other unfortunate clients. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) The bounding steed you pompously bestride Shares with his lord the pleasure and the pride. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 But Theodoric knew by this time that it was no earthly steed that he was bestriding, and from which he vainly tried to unclasp his legs. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Remembering her distance from home, she felt at first inclined to bestride a broom and fly back; but second thoughts brought to mind the fate of her two unfortunate companions, whom she believed were drowned. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales With what exultation does he bestride the Himalayas to watch the convulsions which he causes! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 |
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