| 单词 | courser |
| 例句 | He wheeled his courser around and trotted away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their dappled grey coursers were swift, strong, and beautifully trained. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Satin had his horse saddled and bridled and waiting for him, a fiery grey courser with a mane as black and shiny as maester’s ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He made a gallant show of it, riding a spirited red courser whose mane was the same copper color as the long hair that streamed past Ser Addam's shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When that other man had come this way, he had been mounted on a courser, swift and spirited. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His courser was as slim as her rider, a beautiful grey mare, built for speed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And close behind came the young lord himself, a dashing figure on a black courser, with red- gold hair and a black satin cloak dusted with stars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The fox escaped as well, and on our way back to the Dreadfort my favorite courser came up lame, so all in all it was a dismal day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Prince Joffrey's mount was a blood bay courser, swift as the wind, and he rode it with reckless abandon, so fast that Sansa was hard-pressed to keep up on her mare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tyrion turned his courser in a circle to look over the field. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Teams of plow horses pulled the wagons, and Yoren had bought two coursers and a half-dozen donkeys for the boys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z By then his groom had brought up his mount, a formidable brown courser armored as heavily as he was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Almost the composer's final work, the ode exemplifies Parry's impressively solid technical skills, its measured nobility encompassing striking musical imagery for the "iron coursers shuddering through the bay". CLC/RPO/Wetton – review 2012-11-27T17:32:33Z "I think we're unfortunately in a courser environment. I think our societies have become harder and less understanding, less tolerant, less forgiving." Bryan Cranston says 'cancel culture' breeds 'less forgiveness in our world' 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Sgt Tom Carter, of Sussex Police's rural crime unit, said the crackdown on hare coursing in the UK meant some hare coursers were going abroad, holding events and streaming footage back to the UK. Bloodsports videos found on social media 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It is thought the dog may have been kicked by hare coursers to disable her and hide their tracks. 'Left for dead' dog makes recovery 2013-12-14T03:49:52Z The portal offers a mix of general business courses and custom-developed coursers on topics specific to the floral industry. The MOOC Marketplace Takes Off 2013-11-30T16:59:00Z I haven't seen any hare coursers on my land so far. Coursers defy hare hunting ban 2013-01-01T07:09:14Z A supplementary gift fell to the lot of any soldier being the owner of a pure-blooded courser. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z As this was the last stage in the journey, our fleet coursers seemed resolved to show us what they could do. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z A spokesman said its investigation into whether hare coursers had caused Flo's injuries had "reached a dead end". 'Left for dead' dog makes recovery 2013-12-14T03:49:52Z He then hastened on to Thrace, where Diomedes, the king, kept some fine coursers, which were fed on human flesh. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z His fiery courser snuffs the morn, And thronging serfs their lord pursue. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The hide is very fine, of a soft squirrel gray, and as sleek and polished often as that of a well-groomed courser. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z In an instant they dashed their feet against the sides of their "coursers," and set them off at full speed. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z On Kossova lay the headless body; But the eagles touch’d it not, nor ravens, Nor the foot of man, nor hoof of courser; Therefore let the God of peace be worshipp’d! Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z “Th’ audacious wretch four fiery coursers drew: He wav’d a torch aloft, and, madly vain, Sought godlike worship from a servile train. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z He listens for his trusty hounds; No distant baying reached his ears: His courser rooted to the ground, The quickening spur unmindful bears. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z It is that noble courser whose mortal remains now repose in your stomachs! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Many of them appear like fine English coursers. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z But her brother seized her hand, and led her— Led her swiftly to the agile courser; And he hastened with the sorrowing woman To the ancient dwelling of her fathers. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z He was of opinion that they are duplicate figures; and the subject, "Achilles curbing and addressing his steed, and astonished at the answer of his prophetic courser." The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z And with a temporary strength My stiffened limbs were rebaptized, My courser's broad breast proudly braves, And dashes off the ascending waves, And onward we advance! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Thy one son, Noumid, dead before my face; And by the swiftest courser of my stud Sent to thy door his corpse. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z But, striking out wildly with his club, he smote down his own horse, came thundering to the ground, and Galaor spurred his courser over his prostrate body. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Then a strife arose about a trifle,— Such a trifle; but a feud soon follow’d,— A black courser and a grey-wing’d falcon! Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z WE read the flying courser's name Upon his side in marks of flame; And, by their turban'd brows alone, The warriors of the East are known. The Odes of Anacreon 2011-12-08T03:00:29.763Z Onward we went,—but slack and slow; His savage force at length o'erspent, The drooping courser, faint and low, All feebly foaming went. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Then fourteen counts and lords of might Did from their coursers all alight, Their sword-points deep in earth did place And to the Czechians sued for grace. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The Cid then took his leave of the King, and on parting pressed him to accept his courser Babieca. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Then he sprung upon his faithful courser; On they sped, to seek his distant brother, And to still his spirit’s inward longings. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z The remainder of our drive leads across the plain of Argos, the "courser feeding," as Homer denominates it. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z And as nearer he hears the foemen ride, He seeks the utmost steep; And he plunges his spurs in his courser's side, And dares the dreadful leap! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The English race-horses are equal, if not superior, to all other coursers. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The terrified princeling wheeled his courser and fled, but Antolinez pursued him with mock fury and struck him across the shoulders with the flat of his sword. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z In his deep perplexity and trouble, Dmitar took the saddle off his courser, Flung it on the courser’s nether haunches, And he fled alone to Belgrad’s fortress. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z Swiftly go, thou bounding bark, As with an arrow's flight; The untamed winds thy coursers wild, The waves thy chariot bright.— The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The Wildgrave spurred his courser light, O'er moss and moor, o'er holt and hill; And on the left and on the right, Each Stranger Horseman followed still. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The man, so indigent as to possess only a miserable covering for his body, arrived with his magnificent courser; he dismounted, and first looking at the gold, then steadfastly at his mare, heaved a sigh. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Their methods clap in the same couples him who can but creep and him who would soar; harness in the same cart the plough-horse and the courser. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Turning at the sound, Viviana beheld her favourite courser on the summit of a high rock. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Swiftly go, thou bounding bark, As with an arrow's flight, The untamed winds thy coursers wild, The waves thy chariot bright! The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Here he stayed his courser, and sprang to the ground, peering beneath its boughs. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Then the Eye Divinest, from the Deepest, flaming, On the mystic courser shall look out in fire: Blind the beast shall stagger where It overcame him, Meek as lamb at pasture, bloodless in desire. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Their coursers were decked with gorgeous trappings: from their manes were suspended silver bells which rang with the zephyr, and produced music of enchanting harmony. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z Hastily giving directions to Heydocke, the young merchant obeyed,—sprang on the back of the nearest courser, and seizing the bridles of two others, rode off with them. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The French found a very large sum of money in the town, and nearly 700 beautiful coursers and Spanish horses. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z The generous coursers whom your father taught you to break and harness have their set of virtues. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Five such coursers did Zagloba purchase; besides he got sufficient Cossack clothing for himself and his comrades, as well as for the princess. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The lady secretly provides Lancelot with a red courser, and a shield and spear, both red also. Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance 2011-07-27T02:00:29.703Z Pouring forth a torrent of threats and imprecations, he swore he would never rest till he had secured them, and urging his courser to its utmost speed, commanded his men to give chase. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z In the last charge that was made, Bayard was mounted on a fiery courser, the first he had ridden having been killed under him. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z He reined up his courser on the summit and sadly viewed the scene. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z And the thief was Gyöngyöm Miska himself, who, mounted on his own fiery courser, was driving before him the officers' three horses tethered together by their bridles. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z A second time the incorrigible courser careered round the Park on his thundering great hoofs, and still our heroic friend preserved his equilibrium—but, heigh-ho! A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Now Sir Tor was very ill provided, for he had but an old courser, which was as weak as himself, because of the hermit's scanty fare. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z The spear and the shield with the crested helmet she knows not, nor the fiery coursers accustomed to the din of strife. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Then suddenly Endymion hears no more and is aware that his courser has in a moment swept him down to earth again. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z A barouche and four does not differ more from a trotting wagon, or a blood courser from a Canadian pacer, than an English race-course from an American "track." The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z On the 2d of November, they fell in with a large herd of wild horses, beautiful bays, blacks, and grays, whom they were unable to capture even with their fleetest coursers. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Then Sir Gringamors gave Sir Gareth a bay courser that was a passing good horse, with sure armor, and a noble sword, won by his father from a heathen tyrant. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z We readily picture the courser described by Shakespeare in his Venus and Adonis as a beautiful horse, but we should not be able to differentiate it from the courser of Mazeppa. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z "By all means," cried another passenger; "and if the Brazilian man-of-war should overhaul the vessel, you can ride away on the back of your winged courser and easily effect your escape." The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z It is five; and the beams of the western sun Tinge the spires of Wilmington gold and dun; Six; and the dust of Chester Street Flies back in a cloud from the courser’s feet. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z When they arrived at the spring, the king’s son dismounted from his courser, and washed his hands, and drank; and lo! he became a woman; whereupon he cried out and wept until he fainted. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z This hand first took his courser by the reins. The Spanish Tragedy 2011-02-21T03:00:10.373Z Reeling upon the desert's verge, he falls, and breathes his last; The courser, stained with dust and foam, is the rider's full repast. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Toney, Tom, and the Professor ran at full speed after Love, who was rapidly galloping away on the back of his courser. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z And near him, by his Thracian chariot bound, Two snow-white coursers gleam against the wan Moon, like the white wing of a river swan. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z The king, on approaching the young man, alighted from his courser; and the young man, seeing him do so, alighted also; and they saluted each other with the most courteous salutation. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z “By torch and trumpet fast array'd Each warrior drew his battle blade, And furious every courser neigh'd To join the dreadful revelry!” Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z A rustling sound, a roar, a bound,—the lion sits astride Upon his giant courser's back. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z An Arabian, on being asked what was the best seat in the world, replied, "The back of a fleet courser." The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Before each courser's head A Gorgon, to the frontlet riveted, With bells set round—like stories that they tell Of Pallas' shield—made music terrible. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z The Jinnee answered, “It is called the Spring of the Women: no woman drinketh of it but she becometh a man; therefore praise God, and thank Him for thy restoration, and mount thy courser.” Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z "To-morrow you must tend my twelve coursers," said she; "if you are not home again with the last rays of the sun, you die: they are more difficult to manage than the metal horses." Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Here Titan bids his wearied coursers sleep, And cools the burning axle in the deep. Heathen Mythology “And the blade of grass bent not beneath him, so light was his courser's tread.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The saddle of his courser was ornamented with rings and buckles of silver. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. She felt as if riding o'er forest and field on a wild courser. On the Heights A Novel The twelve coursers soon ran all different ways. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Castor was skilful in the art of guiding chariots, and subduing the most fiery coursers. Heathen Mythology A three-legged stool makes a courser both slow and noisy. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion With his whip he struck the courser, With the beaded whip he struck him, 500 And the horse sped quickly onward, And the steed sprang lightly forward. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two The stride made by each bird was over forty feet, and nothing on earth could overtake such coursers in full flight. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar He went to the Copper Palace, entered the hall, and with a stroke of the golden wand commanded the serviceable dragon to provide for him the most magnificent attire and the finest courser. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z This courser, born of the blood of Medusa, fixed his residence on Mount Helicon, and, by striking the earth with his foot, caused the spring of Hippocrene to gush from the ground. Heathen Mythology And lo, in shining arms a warrior rode, With conscious pride his snorting courser trod; Low to the monarch, and the dames he bends, And now, the great Magricio joins his friends. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, 100 With his whip then struck his courser, With his beaded whip he lashed him. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two A slender maiden, almost as tall as Arwed himself, in a dark green riding-habit, her face partly concealed by a plumed casque, was just then reining in her foaming courser. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna The private sportsman seldom possesses good strains of blood to breed his greyhounds from or has such opportunities of trying them as the public courser. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" While the courser was thus occupied, Apollo mounted his back, placed the Muses with him, and Pegasus, lifting his wings, carried them to the court of Bacchus. Heathen Mythology Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes On she came, racing like some mad courser, yet riding the gigantic billows buoyantly as a bird. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 But the elfin made no stop or stay Till he came to the bank of the Milky Way; Then he checked his courser's foot, And watched for the glimpse of the planet-shoot. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The breeding and training of a successful kennel is a precarious matter; and the most unaccountable ups and downs of fortune often occur in a courser’s career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The shepherd of the seas, a prophet, and a god, High o'er the main, in watery pomp he rides, His azure car and finny coursers guides. Heathen Mythology Every day Tristram went hunting, for at that time men say he was the best courser at the chase in the world, and the rarest blower of the horn among all lovers of sport. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Borne afar on the wings of the blast, Northward away he speeds him fast, And his courser follows the cloudy wain Till the hoof-strokes fall like pattering rain. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 O could thy Virgil from his orb look down, He'd view a courser that might match his own! The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition They had imagined they could lead them like two coursers of different tempers, the one to the right and the other to the left. Priests, Women, and Families Lancelot chose a white courser, whose size and spirit pleased him most, and this he deftly saddled and bridled. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Although the rapid courser seemed left entirely to himself, an invisible power directed his course, guided his bridle, and spurred his sides. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors He roots up Meru's sacred peaks, where stray The fiery coursers of the God of Day, To form bright slopes, and glittering mounds of ease, In the broad gardens of his palaces. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Th' impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein, And pawing, seems to beat the distant plain. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The triumphs of the courser have frequently been lost in the trammels of the riding-school. Priests, Women, and Families The hussar's coat is slashed with gold; He rides an Arab courser fleet: But is the voltigeur less bold Who meets his enemy on his feet? Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Then Sir Gringamore gave Gareth a powerful bay courser, and a suit of the best of armor; and with them a noble sword which his father had long before won from a heathen tyrant. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur In beauty peerless, and unmatched in speed, Its thousand coursers of celestial breed. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Tranquillising our startled coursers, we looked around and beheld a colossal beech, lying in the narrow pathway, which it filled up like a rampart. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 "You are my prisoner!" thundered Samyule, endeavoring to restrain his blooded courser from climbing a tree near by. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Come, Mont-Dore, to horse, the courser will not run away with you. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres A twittering courser of evening skies who makes his home in our chimneys. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season He in this earth and varied forms displayed, Bound each to other by exchange of aid, Guides the great world and all the things that are, As flying coursers whirl the glittering car. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa The wooden courser was not to be seen at first glance. The Witches of New York Then pierced with wounds, stretched side by side, The minstrel and his courser died.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The fleet-footed courser was already going with the speed of the wind. Through Apache Lands I esteemed it a good omen, that the business was to be opened by a courser so dull and limping. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli With all his thousand beams the God of Day, Urging his coursers down the sloping way, His banner furled at the approach of night, Looks up in reverence on those lords of light. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa The courser of the sea Now bears me o’er the billows, bright in my trappings. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose His letters form a swarming register of schemes and bargains through which he passes like a hero of the circus, riding half a dozen piebald coursers at once. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 But the iron-limbed courser had the best bottom and whirled along amid a shower of bullets—escaping for the time, but only to become prey to the detachment up the road. Bugle Blasts Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States The ruling curb, embossed with gold, Controls the courser’s managed pace. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 Your dog and your white courser have perished, but that is not the worst. Legends & Romances of Brittany Take him a grey courser!" said Robin, "And a saddle new! Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse But a minute since, and it had been trundling along like a lame cow; and now it was off as though drawn by Apollo’s coursers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) They twisted waxed moustaches, and their coursers cantered to and fro in the gay parade, and among them only the charro cavaliers with a glitter of spangle let one guess that this could be Mexico. The Missourian We follow where the Swamp Fox guides, We leave the swamp and cypress tree, Our spurs are in our coursers' sides, And ready for the strife are we. Eighth Reader And when her courser's mane it swung, A thousand silver bells were rung. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. Select Poems of Thomas Gray The effect, for example, of such a passage as the following is, to my taste at least, simply grotesque:— 'Still the courser onward rushes; still his mighty heart supports him. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The greyhound can catch the hare; but is left a hopeless laggard by the swift-footed courser. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country This proved true certainly for the great majority, but not so as regards the two coursers which then broke loose, and for him who had cut their traces and released them. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and call'd them by name, 'Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! now, Vixen! Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. C�sar has just arrived on a speckled courser and dismounted outside the town. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) Gomez Arias, as he sped away, heard the piteous appeal dying faintly on the wind, and he plunged the rowels into his courser's sides, to escape the harrowing sensation which such accents produced. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. The fiery coursers fling Their necks aloft, and snuff the morning wind, Till the fleet moments bring The expected sign to spring Along their path, and leave these glooms behind. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition “Thou’lt tell my bride the wood I rove, My courser and my hounds to prove.” The Serpent Knight and other ballads Yoke a Newmarket courser to a dung cart, and I'll lay my life on't he'll either caper or kick most confoundedly, or be as stupid and restive as an old battered post-horse.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series SEA-GLOOM The sea-gulls restless gleam and glance, The mad white coursers cleave the length Of ocean as they rear and prance And toss their manes in stormy strength. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The lords of Carthage by the door bide till the tarrying queen Shall leave her chamber: there, with gold and purple well beseen, The mettled courser stands, and champs the bit that bids him bide. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Thus having spoke, he urged his coursers on, With their fair-flowing manes, until he came To �g�, where his glorious palace stands. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition “Sir Olaf’s gone the woods to rove, His courser and his hounds to prove.” The Serpent Knight and other ballads And now we descend from the chariot of the empyrean where we are riding with gods and apostles, and enter into one drawn by mortal coursers. The Book of Khalid The mad white coursers cleave the length Of Ocean as they rear and prance And toss their manes in stormy strength. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Galloping onward, lo! he halted, for they kept strict watch and ward, And his courser's clanking hoofs had roused the ever-wary guard. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 He tarried then so short a space, He sprang on his courser red; And he arrived at Upsala Before his sons lay dead. The Fountain of Maribo and other ballads Sir Olaf rides on his courser tall, Guests to bid to his bridal hall. The Serpent Knight and other ballads “Now we will away to the house of the Count, And the courser we’ll steal which to ride he is wont.” Tord of Hafsborough and Other Ballads With greyhounds pedigrees have likewise been kept, and the names of such dogs, as Snowball, Major, &c., are as well known to coursers as those of Eclipse and Herod on the turf. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Every lady can well imagine how fit At present I am on my courser to sit. The Tale of Brynild, and King Valdemar and his Sister Two Ballads But forth on courser reeking hot There rushed a knight of bearing bold, And he my foster-mother shot With arrow on the verdant wold. The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter and Other Ballads At evening fall I chanced to ride, My courser to a tree I tied. Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads Alighting, and thanking his friendly courser, Slyboots clambered up by the luxuriant rose-vine fastened against the cottage wall, and in a moment had dropped noiselessly into the room. The Fairy Nightcaps The knight he sprang on his courser red: “God help us now to this lovely maid.” Finnish Arts or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad To my father I give my courser tall, O mother I pray thee a priest to call. Child Maidelvold and other ballads At length, while reeling on our way, Methought I heard a courser neigh, From out yon tuft of blackening firs. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The page I loved the best of all, Now rides upon my courser tall. Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads “Then when the fiery flaming coursers strain “His nervous arms, no more he'll judge the youth “Of death deserving, who could less control.” The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The Damsel he took in such gallant way, He lifted her up on his courser gray. Finnish Arts or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad He flung round the maiden his mantle so wide, And he lifted her up on his courser of pride. Child Maidelvold and other ballads The unfortunate courser which we have mentioned was taken away—rather drawn than led by the bridle to the door, by which he made his retreat. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 At to-morrow's dawn my esquire shall begin to burnish up my armour—and caparison my courser. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Prone he fell O'er his high courser's head; his smoking gore, The ground defiling. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II “Forth from the east, up the ascent of heaven, Day drove his courser with the shining mane.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Thine eagle-Muse can only face The fiery coursers in their race, While with unequal paces we do try To bear her train aloft, and keep her company. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Onward we went—but slack and slow: His savage force at length o'erspent, The drooping courser, faint and low, All feebly foaming went.... Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The turf the flying courser spurned, 875 And to his towers the King returned. Lady of the Lake The coursers' names, affrighted he forgets: Trembling he views the various monsters spread Through every part above; and figures huge Of beasts ferocious. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II So saying, the old man pointed to a noble courser, champing his bit proudly, among the other horses. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The next obstacle to be surmounted was a huge balk of timber raised at the ends, about a foot off the ground, under which the coursers were compelled to crawl. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 And, hurry! hurry! off they rode, And fast as fast might be; Spurned from the courser's thundering heels The flashing pebbles flee. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Was it for me to tame the restive courser's fire To shake the rein, or wield the mercenary blade! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 With wonder Luna sees Her brother's coursers run beneath her own; And sees the burnt clouds smoking. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Fabian and Pepé rode two excellent coursers, which they had taken from the Indians. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora With one bound the King sprang on to his chariot, threw the reins around his back, and pressing to his breast the half-dead Tahoser, sent his coursers at their top speed towards the Northern Palace. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Then, crash! the heavy drawbridge fell That o'er the moat was hung; And, clatter, clatter, on its boards The hoof of courser rung. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The duke was dressed in a jacket of the German fashion, of cloth of gold, mounted on a white courser, with a blue garter on his left leg. Coronation Anecdotes Ceres mild, Of grain inventress, with her yellow locks, In shape a courser felt thy ardent love. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II “My gentle Lord, then hear my prayer, Suffer not ladies the scarlet to wear; And, Sir, you must grant me this boon beside, Let no boor’s son a good courser ride.” Queen Berngerd, The Bard and the Dreams and other ballads Joy sparkled in the prancing courser's eyes; The horse and horseman are a happy pair; But though Sir Walter like a falcon flies, There is a doleful silence in the air. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Full three times ten bold knightly men, On a bonny grey steed each one; With silk so white was the courser dight Which the maid should ride upon. The Return of the Dead and Other Ballads He slew the lords of Oppeland, Upon gigantic coursers mounted; King Aumund’s sons, a stalwart band, He slew, who manfully him confronted. Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad Wide was spread, A level plain, by constant hoofs well beat, The city's walls adjoining; crowding wheels, And coursers' feet the rolling dust upturn'd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II He saw, whilst forward glancing, A gallant knight advancing, Black was his courser, his helm was lac’d, He came with bounding haste. Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads His fiery courser snuffs the morn, And thronging serfs their lords pursue. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets The youth despising all alarms With spur so keen his courser urges, Seven knights he meets in burnished arms From out the wood as he emerges. Proud Signild and Other Ballads Alone he reached his castle good, His gallant courser panting, snorting: And there his sister Helfred stood, Against the gate herself supporting. Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad “Not this helm, “Which thou behold'st, gay with the courser's mane. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Seek him! save him! bid him fly, Fly with all speed: thou know'st to find his courser. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 He listens for his trusty hounds; No distant baying reach'd his ears; His courser, rooted to the ground, The quickening spur unmindful bears. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets Against him I’ll gage my grey courser of power, That she shall this evening repair to my bower. Proud Signild and Other Ballads It was the little Engel, he His courser never turned To ride away from the castelaye Before the bower was burned. Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian With human gore! whose stalls with mangled limbs “Crowded, I overthrew, and slew their lord “On his slain coursers? The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II This grotesque iron courser, not without some of the grasshopper's absurd weirdness, is a creature of infinite capacities for the best kind of romance—the romance of the fancy. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Thou shalt ride upon my coursers, And the ruddy scarlet wear.” The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads “I’ve lost now my courser, the steady and tried, Because thou hast proved thee a false, fickle bride.” Proud Signild and Other Ballads “Do you take all your merry men who Your coursers’ backs have prest; We’ll hie us to our Lady’s church, And set our hearts at rest. Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian “The warlike courser, prostrate on the ground, “Becomes the source whence angry hornets rise. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Hildebrand hies him into the stall, There he beholds the coursers all. Brown William The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads I followed my lord unto his bed, By his dearest down he laid him; Then my courser out of the stall I led, And with saddle and bit arrayed him. The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads It was the young Danneved, He bade them saddle his courser grey: “O I will ride to Borrebye, And a visit to my mother pay.” Alf the Freebooter Little Danneved and Swayne Trost and other Ballads Oh pause one moment in thy course, Those lineaments to trace; Dost thou not feel a strange remorse, Whilst gazing on that face, Where grace and manly beauty meet, To die beneath thy courser's feet? Enthusiasm and Other Poems He saddled, with his own hands, one of his finest coursers; and, taking Baherjoa behind him, endeavoured to gain the desert. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Meanwhile Maldar and his Khouan followers were dashing along at a rapid pace on the fleet Arab coursers with which they were provided. The Son of Monte-Cristo Thus did lively Lemminkainen Bridle Hiisi's mighty courser,350 In his mouth the bit adjusted, On his silver head the bridle, On his broad back then he mounted, On the back of that good courser. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes “O first I trust in my faulchion good, And then I trust in my courser tall, And next to them in my merry swains, But in my own self most of all.” p. Alf the Freebooter Little Danneved and Swayne Trost and other Ballads For example, as printed the second stanza reads: I spurr’d my courser, and more swiftly rode, In moody silence, through the forests green, Where doves and linnets had their lone abode. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow At the cries of the lion the courser was seized with terror, and his strength instantly failed him. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Esperance stole cautiously toward an Arab courser, but he had not taken a dozen steps when Maldar awoke, leaped to his feet, ran to him and laid an iron hand upon his shoulder. The Son of Monte-Cristo From his mouth the words were flowing, And his tongue sent forth his sayings,560 Quick as legs of foals are moving, Or the feet of rapid courser. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The defendant was Lindsay of the Byres, one of the chief of James III's supporters, he who had given the King that ominous gift of a fleet courser on the eve of the battle. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets It commences thus: At evening fall I chanced to ride, My courser to a tree I tied. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow He mounted the best courser in his stables, and immediately departed, having provided himself with some necessary articles, such as a bow, a lance, and a scimitar. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers And yet I wish that you had been Afar, beside the sounding main, Or swaying daintily the rein Of mettled courser on the green, So I had passed, and passed unseen. Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 Then conduct the bridegroom's courser To the best of all the stables, To the best of resting-places, To the hindmost of the stables. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes “Much is breeding; Which, like the courser's hair, hath yet but life, And not a serpent's poison.” Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher It was the hour when grooms do ride The coursers to the rill, That Orm set out resolved to wake The dead man in the hill. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow The hunters were now in sight, but advanced not towards the lion; they turned their coursers aside, and only one of superior mien, with several attendants, rode towards Urad. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Trelawney, whom he immediately mounted on two coursers which he had ordered to be brought for them, and retiring as fast as possible, entered Hennebon by the same way as he sallied forth. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 In his sledge I yoked a stallion, Chose him out a fiery courser. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes On a bay courser, goodly to behold, The trappings of his horse emboss'd with barbarous gold. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 For life! fire flashed from the flinty road at every bound of the brave coursers, and blood flew from every whirl of the knotted thong; but gallantly the high-blooded beasts answered it. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The horseman, perceiving his intention, poised his spear in his right hand, and spurred his courser to meet him. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers He stayed not for bog, he stayed not for briar, Nor stayed he for flood or fell; Nor ever he slackened his courser's rein, Till he stood by the Lowthers' well. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 See how the bay courser stretches himself, and how quickly he gathers! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The ruse would not have fooled a trail hound for an instant, but with sight-hunting coursers it worked. The Yellow Horde Swifter than thought the wheels instinctive fly, Flame thro’ the vast of air, and reach the sky. l ’Twas Neptune’s charge his coursers to unbrace, And fix the car on its immortal base, &c. An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients And when he came to the shores of the wide sea, he did not halt, but galloped on over the water without even so much as wetting a hoof of his magic courser. Finnish Legends for English Children Speed on, O favored coursers of the deep, bearing swiftly those suffering exiles to the land of Hope and Freedom! Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Hark, lady, to the ringing steel, Hark to the rolling chariot wheel: Hark to the mettled courser's neigh And drums' loud thunder far away. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse But with him thought and action like well-trained coursers kept abreast in the chariot race, guided by an eye that never quailed, reined by a hand that never trembled. America First Patriotic Readings The Departure of the Prodigal.—A gay young man mounted on a courser and attended by friends also on horseback. Diversions in Sicily On the back was painted a courser, at each end a colt, near the bend a sleeping maiden, near the notch a running hare. Finnish Legends for English Children He was mounted on a fine Arabian courser, covered with a tiger-skin; silver bells were suspended from the deep-red stripe work, and on the head of the horse waved a plume of heron feathers. The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales Then Angad at the giant flew, And with a blow his courser slew: The fierce hand crushed through flesh and bone, And steed and rider fell o'erthrown. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The son of Nestor plied the lash, and forth Through vestibule and sounding portico The royal coursers, not unwilling, flew. The Odyssey of Homer Pull fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber’d arms by fits thick flashes send; Loud neigh the coursers o’er their heaps of corn, And ardent warriors wait the rising morn. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Then when Lemminkainen had finished speaking, he took his cares and made fleet coursers of them, and the reins he made of days of evil, and from his pains he made the saddles. Finnish Legends for English Children They both mounted fine and richly-caparisoned coursers, and rode at the head of the procession, across the plain. The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales His car, which strikes our host with awe, A thousand eager coursers draw. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He said, and lash’d the coursers; fiery they And fleet, sprang through the city to the plain. The Odyssey of Homer But the car of Dryden, with his two coursers, has nothing in it peculiar; it is a car in which any other rider may be placed. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II I shall fly no more on my fiery steed, O’er the springing sward,—through the twilight wood; Nor reign my courser, and check my speed, By the lonely grange, and the haunted flood. Poems And when he was upon his courser and went to the castle and entered into the cave, the dragon lifted up her head against him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Unrivalled in the bold attack On elephant's or courser's back, He knows, beside, each subtler art, To win the foe, to bribe, or part. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse "Yes," put in the guide, "the Arab courser is as the wind in the desert, he never tires, and nothing can travel like him." Under the Rebel's Reign Firm on his courser Veillantif he sits And gores his flanks with spurs of purest gold. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier To the castle repaired tailors, embroiderers and goldsmiths to make and devise garments for knights, ladies, lords and esquires and for the trapping, decking and adorning of coursers, jennets and palfries. Under the Rose Their very coursers seem'd to know, That each was other's mortal foe, And snorted fire, when wheel'd around, To give each knight his vantage ground. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Wheels, poles and yokes were burned, and all The coursers' harness in the stall; And elephants' and chariots' gear, The sword, the buckler, and the spear. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The sight renewed my courser's feet, A moment, staggering feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He answered, and then fell. Rookwood Thus having prayed, he stands erect and marks His forehead with the sign of might: Then mounts A fleet-hoofed courser. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier The Dauphin replies: ‘Then did they imitate that which I composed to my courser; for my horse is my mistress.’ A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Remounting my own fiery courser, I bade the Colonel a temporary farewell, and proceeded in the direction of Meade's and Reynold's brigades. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Thus cried the king: the welkin rang As forth the eager coursers sprang, And earth beneath the chariot shook With flowery grove and hill and brook. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He suffered somewhat of that martyrdom which, according to Tom Moore, occurs "to weavers and M. P.'s, from sitting too long;" but again on his courser's back, he cared not for anything. Rookwood Turpin the Archbishop from another side, Spurring his courser, mounts a hill and calls The French around. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children “On every side is an ambush laid by the robber-troops of circumstance; hence it is that the horseman of life urges on his courser at headlong speed.” Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson She mounted up: Sumantra held the reins; And forth the coursers bounded o'er the plains. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He rode like one insane, and his courser partook of his frenzy. Rookwood Bucklers beneath the shock are torn and crushed, White hauberks rent in shreds, asunder bursts Each courser's girth, the saddles, turning, fall. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier To him good Aeneas speaks in bitter words: 'Lucagus, no slackness in thy coursers' flight hath betrayed thee, or vain shadow of the foe turned them back; thyself thou leapest off the harnessed wheels.' The Aeneid of Virgil But the son of Tydeus, by far the bravest, was allotted to drive his coursers last. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Like youthful elephants, tall and strong, Fleet coursers whirled the car along: In such a car the Thousand-eyed Borne by swift horses loves to ride. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse To the swiftest of coursers, the gallant, the true, For the sportsman unborn shall the memory bless Of the horse of the highwayman, bonny Black Bess. Rookwood You would have said it was some vast courser rising out of the deep. The Frozen Pirate And straightway would they join battle and essay the conflict, but that ruddy Phoebus even now dips his weary coursers in the Iberian flood, and night draws on over the fading day. The Aeneid of Virgil And as 250 when a stabled courser, fed with barley at the stall, having broken his cord, runs prancing over the plain, elate with joy, being accustomed to bathe in some fair-flowing river. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Some boats a crowd of dames conveyed, In others noble coursers neighed; Some chariots and their cattle bore, Some precious wealth and golden store. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse To the swiftest of coursers, the gallant, the true! Rookwood A swift and an easy-paced courser are you; steadily now, through this narrow strait; steadily and gently, for your race is almost run. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 With a courser's pride she paws the tide, Unbridled by bit I trow, While the churlish sea she dashes with glee In a cataract from her prow. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name— Now Dasher! now Dancer! Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Near, borne in air, appeared in view His car which tawny coursers drew, Like silver cloud, the moon, or sun Ere yet the day is well begun. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Proscribed at home, And taunted to a wish to roam; And listless left—for Giaffir's fear Denied the courser and the spear— Though oft—Oh, Mahomet! how oft!— The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 After two or three oscillations, our aerial courser decided upon going off rapidly in an eastern direction, with about two degrees variation towards the north. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages Neither of us had the least desire to drive the coursers of the sun against Apollo. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) On the backs of their coursers some dozed as before, And missed not the bride till they reached the church door. Gryll Grange Then with all marks of honour high The Thunderer bade the saint good-bye, And in his car which coursers drew Away to heaven the conqueror flew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Whereon there entered a knight in exceeding bright armour, mounted on a courser as white as snow, whose caparison was the colour of the elements. The Seven Champions of Christendom She no longer rose lightly over the opposing waves, but dashed headlong into them; rushing forward upon her way like a startled courser. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The blades of reed grass bent not beneath him, so light was his courser's tread, as he journeyed toward the gate of Arthur's palace. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year Number three was Lörincz Berki, the most famous hunter and courser in the county, who told falsehoods as glibly as if he lied from dictation. A Hungarian Nabob Then forth the warrior's coursers sprang, And with tumultuous murmur rang Each distant quarter of the sky And realms that intermediate lie. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Olimpia smiled beautifully upon him, but was careful; took a share of the courser, but gave in return nothing more than a hand on its master's belt. Little Novels of Italy From the small, bony, coarse, and shaggy horse of ancient times have descended the heavy Norman, or Percheron, draft horse and the fleet Arab courser. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition My courser had a swinging gait but did not jolt; and I sat comfortably and firmly in the saddle as we left mile after mile behind. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Then he must run a race with a courser so fleet that he fairly spurns the ground under his flying footsteps. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Sumantra, borne by coursers fleet, Flashing a radiance o'er the street, To Ráma's palace flew, And all who lined the royal road, Or thronged the prince's rich abode, Rejoiced as near he drew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Speed thee onward, gallant courser, speed thee with thy knightly freight! The Bon Gaultier Ballads The fiery courser of the steel-bound track shoots over hill and plain, like a mid-night meteor through the fields of heaven, outstripping the wind. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales If my counsel still May weigh, Morgante, do not undertake To lift or carry this dead courser, who, As you have done to him, will do to you. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Away to the hills the coursers went, believing that now the hare was theirs. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Prompt at the summons thousands flew To cars which noble coursers drew, Bright-gleaming, glorious to behold, Adorned with wealth of burnished gold. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Room, there, room for Gomersalez,— Gomersalez in his pride! p. 27Rose the shouts of exultation, Rose the cat’s triumphant call, As he bounded, man and courser, Over Master, Clown, and all! The Bon Gaultier Ballads Speed, swiftly speed, thou courser bold, and track the desert's trackless way. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity My courser's broad breast proudly braves,590 And dashes off the ascending waves, And onward we advance! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 And the blade of grass bent not beneath him, so light was his courser’s tread as he journeyed towards the gate of Arthur’s palace. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 And here the host of Bharat camped, And many a courser here has stamped, And elephants with ponderous feet Have trampled through the calm retreat.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Onward, onward rush the coursers; Woolfordinez, peerless girl, O’er the garters lightly bounding From her steed with airy whirl! The Bon Gaultier Ballads I have seen it, child; a rocky wilderness, where I would not let my courser graze.' Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity The sight re-nerved my courser's feet, A moment staggering, feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh,690 He answered, and then fell! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Then a strife arose about a trifle,— Such a trifle; but a feud soon follow'd,— A black courser and a grey-wing'd falcon! Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) As birds on rustling pinions fly Through regions of the darkened sky, Thus cars and mettled coursers through The crowded streets of Lanká flew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Then he seized his lance, and, vaulting, in the saddle sate upright; Marble seemed the noble courser, iron seemed the mailèd knight; And a cry of admiration burst from every Moorish lady. The Bon Gaultier Ballads The jackal lapped the courser's blood, and moaned with exquisite delight. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Mounting the noblest courser in his stable, he rode down to the sea-coast, and plunged him right over a perpendicular cliff into the waters below. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew In his deep perplexity and trouble, Dmitar took the saddle off his courser, Flung it on the courser's nether haunches, And he fled alone to Belgrad's fortress. Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) Then Ráma launching dart on dart Made Rávaṇ's coursers swerve and start. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Every eye is strained to watch the swift coursers as they whirl down the track, and when the quarter stretch is gained the excitement is beyond control. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The Slaying of an Ishmaelite SPEED, fleetly speed, thou courser bold, and track the desert's trackless way. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Three thousand chevaliers, armed at all points and mounted on fiery coursers, wheeled about the chariot, the air resounding with their joyful acclamations of—"Long live King Merinous and his august spouse!" The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Varied as their various coursers gallantly their standards rose, With their wondrous strange devices, terror of their arméd foes! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Yoke the light car, and hither lead Fleet coursers of the noblest breed, And drive this heir of lofty fate Beyond the limit of the state. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse In the guiding of the coursers—his attentive hand he watched, Wondered at his skill, consummate—in consummate joy himself. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems The last of these was a snow-white steed, upon whose front was the likeness of a ruby star, a courser of the sacred stud of Solomon, and crossed only by the descendants of the Prophet. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Arjun doth his foe excel,— Matchless are his fiery coursers, peerless Krishna leads them well! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse On lake and brook and scented grove His glances fell, as on he drove: City and village came in view As o'er the road his coursers flew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse On cars, like high tower'd cities, seen, with elephants and coursers, rode, Or on soft swinging palanquin, lay wondering each observant god. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems No boat was to be found; he breasted the stream upon the stout courser. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity An Arabian courser cannot travel comfortably with a snail. The Friendships of Women Fiery coursers urged by Krishna flew with lightning's rapid course, Dashing through the hostile warriors and the serried Kuru force! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse See, guided in their swift career By many a skilful charioteer, Those cars by fleetest coursers drawn Race onward over glade and lawn. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Vahuca, meantime, the chariot—to the chariot-house had led, There the coursers he unharnessed—skilfully he dressed them there, And with gentle words caressed them—on the chariot seat sate down. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems Ha, ha! the jackal smells from afar the rich corruption of the courser's clay. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity The coursers are at one moment regarded as barring the way to heaven; at another as outposts who may guide the soul to heaven. Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea Soon will Arjun's snowy coursers shake the battle's startled field, Helméd Arjun like a comet gleam with bow and sword and shield! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse I see two coursers fleet as storms, Of noble breed and lovely forms. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Little by little, whether they warmed over it, or whether they were urged, they gained in swiftness, and once past Bercy, the carriage seemed to fly, so great was the ardor of the coursers. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alroy leaped from his fainting steed, and, mounting the ebon courser of his late enemy, dashed again into the thickest of the fight. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Love and my love did range the forest wild, Mounted alike, upon swift coursers both. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia The squire is proud to see his coursers strain, Or well-breath'd beagles sweep along the plain. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Deep, pleasant was the chariot's sound As royal Bharat, far renowned, Whirled by his mettled coursers fast Within Ayodhyá's city passed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse And he attentively examined, with his infallible eye, the shape and capabilities of the courser. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" The courser dashed willingly forward, and seemed to share his master's desire to quit the arid and exhausting wilderness. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Let us try the sea-steed’s daring, Give the chafing courser rein. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 A car he orders for the Dardan sire, And twin-yoked coursers of ethereal seed, Whose snorting nostrils breathe the flames of fire. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Through three broad courts, where bowmen kept Their watch and ward, his coursers swept, Then through the two remaining went On foot the prince preëminent. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse She has five handmaidens, no less, at her beck and call; a courser stands ready saddled in the stall when she lists to ride abroad. The Feast at Solhoug Still the courser onward rushes, still his mighty heart supports him. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Whilst following the victim along the Indus, a party of Yavana horse attempted to carry off the courser, but they were encountered by the young prince, and after a sharp conflict, defeated. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists Oft as he marks his foe, And, running, tries to match the coursers' stride, So oft Juturna wheels the team aside. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Be messengers despatched On coursers ne'er for fleetness matched, To seek my father's home and lead My Bharat back with all their speed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Still and for ever did the earth roll on, enthroned in her atmospheric car, speeded by the force of the invisible coursers of never-erring necessity. The Last Man That night they camped together on the lee side of the dog sleighs, piled high as a wind-break; and Matonabbee, the famous courser of the Northern wastes, gave Hearne wise advice. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark "NOTHING!" cried the fine young lord, and he buried his spurs in the sides of his courser. The Children's Portion Lo, where with feebler hand the Stuart essays him to guide The disdainful coursers of Henry, the Tudor car in its pride! The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History I had been in more unpleasant situations; so I adopted my usual expedient of letting the reins fall upon my courser's neck. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales I saw the brow of Idris clouded; I again felt, that we were enchained to the car of fate, over whose coursers we had no control. The Last Man In vain yon flaming coursers I prepare, In vain the watery world and ambient air Their vigour feeds, if thus, with angels' flight A mortal can o'ertake the race of light! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch He set forth without attendants, mounted on a magnificent courser. The Children's Portion The floor was almost filled by champions on horseback--yet poising the spear, or holding it in the rest--yet almost shaking their angry plumes, and pricking the fiery sides of their coursers. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Judge then of the noise made by our heavy-hoofed coursers, as we neared the drawbridge. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two But a brown elf shouted a loud, loud shout, “Come, leap on your coursers fleet, For here comes the smell of some baptised flesh, And the sounding of baptised feet.” Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland Had you but seen what I despair to sing, How fast his courser plied the flaming wing With unremitted speed, the soaring mind Had left his low terrestrial cares behind. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch He spurred his courser: the animal began to neigh violently. The Children's Portion And thus they rode on choice coursers to the place of tourney; and so spent and wasted their goods and vexed their bodies with scurrilous wantonness that the murmurs of the people sounded everywhere. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 On flew the coursers, on, with willing speed, And soon were at the mansion of the gods On high Olympus. The Story of Troy Timid antelope—fleetest coursers of the prairie—and stolid horned cattle had gone, none knew whither, nor cared to know until the "blizzard" had subsided. The Deserter His fiery courser sniffs the morn, And thronging serfs their lord pursue. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Thanks to his good courser, Baron Durer, the Minister, got home in safety to his château. The Children's Portion From their blue gables gilded fishes hang; By their red pillars carven coursers run. More Translations from the Chinese There slept the warriors, overpowered with toil; Their glittering arms were near them, fairly ranged In triple rows, and by each suit of arms Two coursers. The Story of Troy Rush on, ye Trojans, spur your coursers hard. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The Wildgrave spurred his courser light, O’er moss and moor, o’er holt and hill, And on the left and on the right Each stranger horseman followed still. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The sight of the white-thorn trees awakened painful recollections in his mind,—no doubt, perhaps, even a pang of remorse; and he spurred his courser in order to get clear of the place. The Children's Portion You see me come, impatient of my hopes, And eager as the courser for the race: Is all in readiness? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The waves rejoicing smoothed A path, and rapidly the coursers flew; Nor was the brazen axle wet below. The Story of Troy Before her brother's knees She fell, and with entreaties urgent sought The succor of his coursers golden-rein'd. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The white courser which carried him was of lighter make than the generality of chargers, and trod so airily, that the enamelled turf seemed scarcely to bend under him. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know These races were gaily attended by the inhabitants; and I heard, from more than one mouth, the warmest commendations bestowed upon the fleetness of the coursers and the skill of the riders. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One On a tired courser you pursue delight, Let slip your morning, and set out at night. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Like in strength, in swiftness and in grace, A mortal courser match'd the immortal race. The Story of Troy Then Juno, Goddess dread, from Saturn sprung, Her coursers gold-caparison'd prepared Impatient. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper As for coursers, barbs, destriers, or whatever name their noble steeds might bear, they had no choice. A Man and a Woman Shakespeare tells us that "Much, is breeding Which, like the courser's hair, hath, yet but life, And not a serpent's poison." Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Madam, you have a strange ascendant gained; You use me like a courser, spurred and reined: If I fly out, my fierceness you command, Then sooth, and gently stroke me with your hand. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Thus heard one who shared the tent, In the far-off Orient, Of the Bedouin ben Ahrzz— Nobler never loved the stars Through the palm-leaves nigh the dim Dawn his courser neighed to him! Afterwhiles He fell; his fiery coursers at the sound Startled, recoil'd, and where he fell he died. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Sitting at ease, yet moved by iron muscles, we can time the coursers of the air. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 These worlds, like fiery coursers, stand waiting the command to fly. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work We know not; for the faint, exhausted rays Which hither on Light's wingèd coursers come From fires which ages since first lit their blaze, One instant gleam, then perish, spent and dumb! John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park Women became nymphs in this new phraseology, fruits became 'the treasures of Pomona,' a horse became 'the impatient courser.' A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century He fell, his fiery coursers at the sound Recoil'd, and lifeless where he fell he lay. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper He was of a rare and valuable breed, known as "herie," or coursers, because they are so much swifter than ordinary camels. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Again their coursers' feet seemed to spurn the earth. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 As to Fineness, it matters not, if but one in five be employed in it to an exquisite degree; for there is enough occasion for courser, for Sacking, Sails, Ticking, Common Table-Linnen, Sheets, &c. Proposals for Building, In Every County, A Working-Alms-House or Hospital as the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen Cloth So saying, he mounted his courser, and rode away with the giant's horrid head. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know So saying, she turn'd the coursers; them the Hours505 Released, and to ambrosial mangers bound, Then thrust their chariot to the luminous wall. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Where the King's coursers champ, Where the mailed millions tramp, Ringed round the tyrant's camp, Strike far! Soldier Songs and Love Songs The coursers of the imagination grew wilder with restraint: he recklessly flung the reins upon their neck; but this did not tire their impetuosity. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 After a vain attempt to drive himself, the phantom coursers having apparently a supreme contempt for whipcord, he gives up the reins to a professional charioteer, and commences his perambulations. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 But now the fierce Lucagus approached in a chariot drawn by two snow-white coursers. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) His coursers, then, Automedon prepared And Alcimus, adjusting diligent475 The fair caparisons; they thrust the bits Into their mouths, and to the chariot seat Extended and made fast the reins behind. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Guide, Sigurd! thy black steed, thy swift courser, hither let it run. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson He had a fine grey courser given him "that could war all the horse of Scotland if the king could sit up well." From John O'Groats to Land's End She looked up, and with surprise lighting her dark-blue eyes, beheld a gentleman mounted on a fine black Arabian courser, that curveted gracefully and capriciously before the cottage gate. The Missing Bride Then he rose up, and though crippled by the wound in his thigh, and suffering anguish from its smart, he did not flinch, but ordered his attendants to bring his courser. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Thou know'st already how to trim the goal With nicest skill, yet wondrous slow of foot Thy coursers are, whence evil may ensue. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper From the rôle of dray-horse he passed to that of courser. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Where Druid shades still flitted round; In Hawick twinkled many a light; Behind him soon they set in night; And soon he spurr'd his courser keen Beneath the tower of Hazeldean. From John O'Groats to Land's End Death is nigh, Not of their master's will those coursers swift delay! The Consolation of Philosophy Unharmed what foemen had offered to stand Forth in his path, when charging on foot for the enemy’s ranks Or when plunging the spur in his foam-flecked courser’s flanks! Reviews But if thou pity him, and deem it good,680 Thou hast much gold, much brass, and many sheep In thy pavilion; thou hast maidens fair, And coursers also. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Midnight is their hour apportioned, When, on magic coursers mounted, Through the starry skies they circle, To chants of angel choirs uncounted. A Celtic Psaltery Gold pens have the advantage of always producing the same quality of writing, while steel pens, new or old, produce finer or courser lines. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Some one seems frequently to ring in my purified ear: "Wisely in time dismiss the aged courser, lest, an object of derision, he miscarry at last, and break his wind." The Works of Horace The baron of Smaylho'me rose with day, He spurred his courser on, Without stop or stay, down the rocky way That leads to Brotherstone. An English Grammar Delay'd not then the hoary King, but quick Ascending to his seat, his coursers urged Through vestibule and sounding porch abroad. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The vehicle passed me like a flash of horns, in spite of the attempts of four resolute men, who clung at the stags’ heads to restrain the impetuosity of these coursers. In the Wrong Paradise Now no more he leads the train Of his peers on coursers fleet. Echoes from the Sabine Farm To morrow she goes to market, to buy two or three pieces of linnen, one whereof must be very fine, and the other a little courser. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple He was ever giving reins to the courser of his desire in the pursuit of game, and was always casting the lasso of gladness over the neck of sport. The Talking Beasts Far as from his high tower the watchman kens O'er gloomy ocean, so far at one bound Advance the shrill-voiced coursers of the Gods. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper It marked that angle of the pediment to the left of the spectator, and the arms are stretched forward urging his coursers. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Anon we came nearer; sails idly flapping, and paddles suspended; sleek currents our coursers. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Rudely did her brother tear her from it, Deftly lifted her upon a courser, And in haste, towards his father's dwelling, Spurr'd he onward with the woful lady. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 The same day the French king had given a great black courser to sir John of Hainault, and he made the lord Tierry of Senzeille to ride on him and to bear his banner. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) He, starting from his sleep, soon as he saw The spot deserted where so lately lay615 Those fiery coursers, and his warrior friends Gasping around him, sounded loud the name Of his loved Rhesus. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The Plovers are arranged next in order to the coursers. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits O Khan of Tartary," said he, "may thy sword be ever keen, thy lance unerring, and thy courser swift. The Pacha of Many Tales Treachery alone prevented the famous courser from winning the race, and in his vengeance Qais, chief of the tribe of Abs, waged bitter war against his enemies. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 The social tribes its choicest influence hail:— And, when the drum beats briskly in the gale, The war-worn courser charges at the sound, And with young vigour wheels the pasture round. Poems Then drove the Achaians from Buprasium home920 Their coursers fleet, and Jove, of Gods above, Received most praise, Nestor of men below. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Another minute and surely the triumphant god will leap from his watery couch and guide with unerring hands the coursers of the Dawn! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The old-fashioned courser at least got exercise and air; but the modern betting-man wants neither; he wants only to make wagers and add to his pile of money. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Clouds of dust choked him and hid him from view but double burdens on tired coursers could not continue the mad pace. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Crack upon crack will follow joke upon joke; the Omnibus, with its phaeton-like coursers will be eclipsed; and a journey to Bath and the Hot Wells by steam will soon be an everyday event. The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829 Him soon uplifted from the plain his friends515 Bore thence, till where his fiery coursers stood, And splendid chariot in the rear, they came, Then Troy-ward drove him groaning as he went. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Then let them take my light hunting chaise, and attach four of my best coursers. The Youth of the Great Elector On the appointed morning, “Hereford came forth armed at all points, mounted on a white courser, barded with blue and green velvet, gorgeously embroidered with swans and antelopes of goldsmiths’ work. Rides on Railways Then onward, onward, speeding like the birds, Those coursers flew; and fast and faster still The glad Prince cheered them forward, all elate: And proudly rode the Raja towards the walls Of high Vidarbha. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala While thy lean jade halteth by thy side, To see another upon a, courser ride, Though he be neyther gentleman nor knight, Nothing is thy fortune, thy hart cannot be light. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 All trace of fear was gone now in the mad excitement of the charge; before them they saw the wail of spear points; nearer and nearer their coursers bounded, until they seemed to fly. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune The coachman lashed the air with his whip, and the four coursers flew, hardly touching the ground with their pretty feet. The Youth of the Great Elector Plutarch says that Antony went to Antioch borne by the fiery and untamed courser of his own spirit; in other words, because passion was already beginning to make him lose common sense. Characters and events of Roman History Mine the device was, Prince, to bring thee quick; For well I wist no man in all this world Could in one day the fleetest coursers urge So many yojanas, save thou, dear Prince! Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala An old carthorse and a young courser go ill in harness together. William of Germany At this moment the two parties met, and Edwy at once dismounted from his courser with that bewitching and kingly grace which became "Edwy the Fair." Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune This he heard without replying, Silent woes his bosom wrung; In his arms he clasp’d her sighing— On his courser’s back he sprung. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 This done he ordered his horse, his spirited courser, to appear, and as usual he crawled into one ear, jumped out the other ear and they went—where? Folk Tales from the Russian His courser, lank and swift, thick-maned, Bore on his flank, as on he strained, The light-brown shield, as on he sped, With golden spur, in cloak of fur, His blue sword gleaming. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Now Sir Tor was very ill provided, for he had but an old courser, which was as weak as himself, because of the hermit’s scanty fare. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights The Hound of Ulster shaketh the reins, And white with foam is each courser's mouth; The Hawk of Ulster swoops o'er the plains To his quarry here in the south. Poems From the castle of his sires, Mad with grief, the hero flew; War no more his bosom fires, Arms he spurns, and courser true. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 Master and courser went on an errand, this time toward the south. Folk Tales from the Russian Death! his sable coursers are swift, and we may be too late! California Sketches, Second Series Then Sir Gringamors gave Sir Gareth a bay courser that was a passing good horse, with sure armour, and a noble sword, won by his father from a heathen tyrant. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights Loud neighs his black courser; hark his horn, how 'tis swelling! Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850 The road into Porlock goes down a hill, the steepest I have seen yet, and we all walked down, holding our machines as if they had been fiery coursers. Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden The floor was almost filled by champions on horseback—yet poising the spear, or holding it in the rest—yet almost shaking their angry plumes, and pricking the fiery sides of their coursers. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 "On every side is an ambush laid by the robber-troops of circumstance; hence it is that the horseman of life urges on his courser at headlong speed." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Say, in proudest stalls of kings, Saw one ever richer housings than the courser's motley hide, On whose back the tawny monarch of the beasts tonight will ride? The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes You could neither restrain your courser, nor conceal your imagery, nor express your ideas otherwise than in the language of a scholar. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] And Queen Victoria rides once a year through the streets of London on her milk-white courser, to hear the nightingales sing in the Tower. The Delectable Duchy There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series Long and swift our stride,--more fleet Than the deer of the mountain our coursers' feet! Ireland, Historic and Picturesque His foaming coursers onward bend, And falling empires moan; One piercing cry the heavens ascend, One universal groan! Poetic Sketches The cream-coloured courser nearly wrecked my Kashmir holiday at this point, owing to the silly dislike of white folk which he possesses in common with the buffaloes. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil But my boys, always ready to second the wishes of their beloved mother, soon mounted their coursers, Fritz on Lightfoot, and Jack on the great buffalo, to procure supplies. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island He was not, although a mortal, able to keep up with the immortal coursers. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes The rocky Alp, where once was set My courser's hoof, shall keep the seal, And ne'er the echo there forget The clangor of my glorious steel. Poems In the Northern Mythology they are represented as wild maidens, armed with swords and mounted on fiery coursers. Views a-foot As climbs aloft some cypress, Garden or glade to grace; As the Thessalian courser lends A lustre to the race: So bright o'er Lacedæmon Shone Helen's rosebud face. Theocritus, translated into English Verse He rode up first, and alighted from his huge courser, to help his mother out. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Onward we went—but slack and slow; His savage force at length o'erspent, The drooping courser, faint and low, All feebly foaming went. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V I added this saving clause in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers, which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing. Ten Boys from Dickens In a famous tournament, he entered the lists on a fiery courser, and overturned in his first career two of the stoutest of the Italian knights. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The courser who drags his chariot with difficulty, albeit he may arrive at the goal, cannot contend with the fiery locomotive of the iron railway. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Be Mowbray's sins so heavy in his bosom, That they may break his foaming courser's back, And throw the rider headlong in the lists, A caitiff recreant! Ivanhoe And when he was upon his courser, and went to the castle, and entered into the cave, the dragon lift up her head against him. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville No song is mine of Arab steed— My courser is of nobler blood, And cleaner limb and fleeter speed, And greater strength and hardihood Than ever cantered wild and free Across the plains of Araby. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1 Down from his soaring in the skies above He urged the tenor of his courser's flight. Poems Tell me," he exclaimed, "thou, who must be Traitor and thief — both written in thy cheer — Whence are these arms? and wherefore do I thee View on the courser of my brother dear? Orlando Furioso O when I sit my courser bold, My bantling in my rear, And in my hand my musket hold, O how they quake with fear. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain Borne after on the wings of the blast, Northward away, he speeds him fast, And his courser follows the cloudy wain Till the hoof-strokes fall like pattering rain. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems He winds the wood, and, list'ning, hears the noise Of tramping coursers, and the riders' voice. The Aeneid English She should have gone to some other dentist; the young fellow on the corner, for instance, the poser, the rider of bicycles, the courser of grey-hounds. McTeague Prate as thou wilt, I shall restore the knight To liberty," replied the martial maid, "Nor offer shield and courser to resign, Which are not in thy gift, — already mine. Orlando Furioso Cherries should, of courser be seeded, or pitted, when they are prepared in this way. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals But the Elfin made no stop or stay Till he came to the bank of the milky-way, Then he checked his courser’s foot, And watched for the glimpse of the planet-shoot. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems For this, from Trivia's temple and her wood Are coursers driv'n, who shed their master's blood, Affrighted by the monsters of the flood. The Aeneid English What would that other dentist, that poser, that rider of bicycles, that courser of greyhounds, say when he should see this marvellous molar run out from McTeague's bay window like a flag of defiance? McTeague Grieve not," she said, "sir monarch, for thy fall; But let the blame upon thy courser be! Orlando Furioso With lightning's force the courser flies, Earth shakes his thund'ring hoofs beneath, Dust, stones, and sparks, in whirlwind rise, And horse and horseman heave for breath. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Here you see that the same Shake-spear whom we saw in the left-hand picture is now riding on a courser. Bacon is Shake-Speare What courage have you shown, Who trust your courser's strength, and not your own? The Aeneid English A thousand times during the first year of his retirement he cursed the moment of excitement which had banished him from the world; for he found himself without resources, and restless as a curbed courser. Vivian Grey The dwarf exclaimed, `These champions will assay Their force with him who dwells on yonder steep, And by such strange and unattempted way Spurs the winged courser from his mountain-keep.' Orlando Furioso |
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