| 单词 | high horse |
| 例句 | When grown-ups get on their high horses, those things gallop for days. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Look, Mom, just get off your high horse and give Shay the pills.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I know. We’ll all hang separately. But Rachel needs to get off her high horse, too. She’s never lifted a finger around here and now all of a sudden she’s the Little Red Hen?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’d better make peace with her. Sweet, she gets on a high horse sometimes, but she’s a good woman—” “It was about Hank and she made me mad.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z ‘I wish I was a better archer ... I wouldn’t mind shooting my Roman relative off his high horse. Actually, I wish I could use any of my father’s gifts to stop this war.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z While it needs the tourists dollars, it doesn't need their high horse attitudes. British Columbia’s Powder Highway 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z And if you want to get on a high horse and try to police exactly how women share images of their own bodies, prepare for someone to single out your rather contradictory behavior. “Never date a girl who posts half naked slutty selfies”: Revel in the mind-bending, hilarious hypocrisy of #ShirtlessShamers2016 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z More comfortable in a saddle than on Chayefsky’s high horse, Garner made his share of movie Westerns. James Garner: Tribute to a Marvelous Maverick 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Self-appointed teachers of consent: get off your f__king high horse. “This is not what a rapist looks like”: How this student’s defensive rant misses the point about sexual consent 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Still, he’s always on his high horse admonishing his peers, his critics and his audience for their moral and intellectual limitations, or nobly wresting control of productions that otherwise would have sunk into mediocrity. ‘The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir,’ by David Hare 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z “You fall, you get back up. I needed that reality check. It humbled me. I was on my high horse.” Montauk ‘Prince’ Still Wears His Crown 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Then, this year, I experienced a series of panic attacks that knocked me right off my high horse. Stressed out? Here are 10 science-backed design tips for bringing serenity to your home. - The Washington Post 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z However, I came to feel uneasy with the quality of the view from my high horse. My verdict on books I haven't read 2012-07-29T20:30:01Z It's as though he never wants to get his hands dirty so he pontificates from his moral high horse far above the rest of us mere mortals. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z "I'm not suggesting everyone eat organic food from some high horse in the sky," she wrote. Gwyneth Paltrow gives herself a C-minus after failing food-stamp challenge 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z And if I were you, I’d climb off that high horse before your husband takes a similar notion into his noggin. Social Qs: Tank Topics 2013-06-28T18:40:45Z Get off your high horses and stop being so judgmental. Glamping Adds a Touch of Luxe to the National Parks 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Hilarious for a place that puts themselves on such a high horse for their "boutique" wines and "traditional" way. 20 Wines for Under $20: Weeknight Pleasures for Relaxed Evenings 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But the movie also needlessly dawdles when it climbs on a high horse as Jake, after delivering a school presentation on his grandfather, is mocked and cruelly told that Abe lies. Review: In ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home,’ Chasing Grandpa’s Stories Down a Rabbit Hole 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Oh, sure, the group did other things besides affording me opportunities to get on my high horse while eating tater tots and pizza. Confessions of a Prep-School Feminist 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z “It’s difficult to know what’s right,” Max says, getting on a moral high horse. Review | ‘She Rode Horses’ gallops through the housing collapse 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z I’m not going to sit on a high horse and pretend I am not complicit in these dynamics as a white Dominican woman. ‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z But nor do I think this is the occasion to get on our high horses and preach to one another in our echo chambers about the nobility of our artistic mission. Let the power of 'Hamilton' speak louder than a Twitter feud 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z I recycle religiously, and get on my high horse when people don’t. Bryan Cranston: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Mr Bean’ 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Trump needs to go and hang out with the Rastafarians in Jamaica to come down off that high horse. Shaggy: ‘I’d like to think that the Queen is a big Shaggy fan’ 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z We’ve probably seen the last of Tuan, who went out on his socialist high horse, telling Philip and Elizabeth he had reported their dangerously bourgeois attitude with regard to Pasha’s continued existence. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 13: Deus ex Kimmy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Join us in our open thread from 10.30pm to share highlights, agree and disagree and generally get on your moral high horse. Join us for a Question Time to remember 2013-06-20T17:47:12Z At which point Len got on his high horse and reminded the audience that today was Veteran’s Day and that he’s a veteran. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Three Is a Tragic Number 2013-11-12T04:36:43Z I knew all this and still I mounted my high horse. Modern Love: Chained to the Hearth or Warmed by It? 2013-09-05T23:01:20Z “You spoke politely with others, but your words turned sullen toward your wife,” Ms. Shin intones from atop her very high horse. Books of The Times: A Mother?s Devotion, a Family?s Tearful Regrets 2011-03-30T22:25:15Z "It's easy to get on your high horse about that," says Macdonald. 'Beyond' famous 2011-04-08T13:58:07Z But then, Ms. McReynolds — sporting red henna hair and purple toenails — said something that knocked me off my high horse. Destination: Wellness 2012-12-28T16:26:19Z Daniel Roher just knocked Putin off his high horse, dedicating his Oscar to political prisoners around the world. 'Navalny' wins the Oscar, and director Daniel Roher blasts Putin and the war in Ukraine 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z “Sometimes college students don’t understand the severity of things,” Oats said from his high horse following the game. Perspective | At Alabama, a 21st-century sports scandal without accountability 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z He was up on his social-justice high horse for only about a year. Opinion | Rihanna’s Super Bowl show was spectacular. And a huge letdown. 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z "Stormont needs to get off their high horse. They need to stop throwing their toys out of the pram, and start listening to the people," she said. Cost of living: 'There's days the kids eat and I don't' 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z At one moment, Pastor Manders, ever on his high horse, says to Mrs. Alving, “You have failed as a mother, and I feel it’s my duty to tell you so.” Seattle Rep’s ‘Ghosts’ pulls into question our own morality 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The conviction that researchers who, for example, promote vaccination are hiding conflicts of interest “allows people to feel like they’re on a high horse, and it triggers moral outrage,” Marwick says. ‘Overwhelmed by hate’: COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse, survey shows 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z You may be accused of getting on a high horse. I’m Invited to a Destination Wedding at a Plantation. What Do I Do? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z It sounds as though Manchin and Sinema have moved off their high horses, at least for now, and are seriously engaged in the details. Manchin and Sinema finally feel the pressure from Democrats. Is it too late to save Biden's agenda? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z “I didn’t get on a high horse or anything and be like, `We just won a championship,’ or something,” he said. Lions coach compares Ravens QB Lamar Jackson to Michael Vick 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “I can make a point and stand on a high horse, but that doesn’t get me anywhere.” Buoyed by Floyd Verdict, Congress Eyes New Bid to Overhaul Policing 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “My my, Mr. Epstein, aren’t you on a high horse. How easy it is to condescend to and patronize a woman, especially one you imagine needs taking down a peg,” she tweeted. Should we call her 'Dr. Jill Biden'? Absolutely, Michelle Obama and Bette Midler say 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Those saddled on high horses sometimes see the fields more clearly than others. I’m Invited to a Destination Wedding at a Plantation. What Do I Do? 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Rodgers, whose stubbornness was legendary, told the nun to “get down from your moral high horse.” Column: Nasdaq steps into 21st century by requiring women and minorities on corporate boards 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z They have not mounted the same high horse of indignation as some of their Republican colleagues in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s defeat. Editorial Roundup: Indiana 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z I was also more into alternative music and when you're young you get quite po-faced about music tribalism and Oasis was too mainstream for me so I got on my indie high horse. 'I thought I split Oasis recording Morning Glory' 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The United States would have an easier time sitting astride the moral high horse if it were contributing to vaccine-sharing efforts itself. Opinion | Countries should stop hacking each other and start cooperating on a vaccine 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the UK’s powerful ability to get on its high horse about elevenses kicked into gear. US woman sparks transatlantic tea war with brutal online brew 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z But I really don’t want to sound like I’m on my high horse. 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z I recognize that it’s easy to ride my high horse to a moral high ground and look down my and my horse’s nose at any app a platform creator may make and tut-tut. Congress can’t fix Bluetooth pairing, but it doesn’t hurt to try 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The elite players are on their empowerment-era high horses and want to use this negotiation as the opportunity to add changing the business of the sport as we know it to their legacies. Perspective | What NFL superstars are missing when they criticize the proposed CBA 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Putting the old binaries aside, getting off our high horse. Newsom hopes to broker a peace treaty in California's water war. Some worry he'll cave to Trump 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z "These House managers did nothing of the sort to provide that assistance to Ukraine and yet now they are on their high horse … for President Trump not doing enough for Ukraine." Joni Ernst calls out Democrats over aid to Ukraine: 'Hypocrisy is on full display' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z During a break for dinner, Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, fumed to reporters that the managers had come to the chamber on their “high horse”, lecturing the senators about Trump’s alleged wrongdoing in Ukraine. Democrats appeal to history, but senators struggle to sit through lesson 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Maybe it knocks me off my high horse a bit to accept the influencer dollar. Confessions of an accidental influencer 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z You need to get down from your high horse. Feedback: Debating ‘The Millennium 100’ and defending 'Cats' 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The press have a constitutional right, and a moral duty, to report what happens in the courts, I’d respond from my high horse. I reported every detail of their trial, yet I still have no idea why the two boys killed Ana | Conor Gallagher 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “We have to build off that. We just can’t get on our high horse and feel like we just won the Super Bowl, because we didn’t.” Ravens throw helmet into the ring as Super Bowl contender 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z "So get the hell off your high horse and start paying attention to what's going on around you and act like a serious senator who has a serious responsibility," Levin growled. Mark Levin blasts GOP Sen. Grassley for protecting anti-Trump 'whistleblower': 'Act like a serious senator' 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The baseball purists, however, are going to shout this down from atop their bow-legged high horses, teetering soap boxes, and crumbling ivory towers. Wilson Contreras crushes two homers in three innings, throws up the horns to White Sox dugout - Golf Digest 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The moment you so much as mention that you haven’t seen a game of the thrones, fans get on their high horse and inform you: “Hating popular things isn’t a personality trait!” I don’t watch Game of Thrones – which makes me a lot more interesting than you | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z They show promise of doing all those things but too little is known to justify mounting a moral high horse over the matter. Editorials from around New England 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Keep this in mind the next time he climbs on his literary high horse. Letters: Is this going to be worth it for UCLA? 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z I thought I understood why it was time for Lee on his high horse to make way for a different beacon. Can exposing Americans to its savage, racist history save Charlottesville? | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z China perceives a wild man in the White House who talks big but who ultimately climbed down off his high horse on trade with Europe. Opinion | The Dangerous Naïveté of Trump and Xi 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z And before you get on your high horse full of indignation, ask yourself: when did I last back up my data? How can we stop being cyber idiots? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Silver rode his high horse through Albany and around the state for many years, but in the end got bucked off and hit the ground not once, but twice, with convictions on federal corruption charges. Editorials from around New York 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Finally, the man who tweets "Witch Hunt!" on a daily basis getting on his high horse complaining that people are making "baseless accusations of improper conduct" is so absurd that you just have to laugh. Now Donald Trump issues his enemies list: Richard Nixon never had Twitter 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z But anyone getting ready to step on a high horse about branded entertainment had to step right off as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picked up six awards, including best play. A rallying cry for acceptance: how the Tony awards brought the house down 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z I sat in the back, considering the possibility I was about to orphan my children because I got on my high horse about Uber. At last, a way to free myself from email tyranny | Emma Brockes 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z And now Cotton, seemingly comfortable giving lectures from his high horse, wants to point the finger at senators’ “shameful political behavior.” Cotton is the wrong guy to give lectures on 'shameful political behavior' 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But neither do we need moralising from high horses, homophobic or otherwise. Why hasn’t the gay community had a #MeToo moment? | Michael Segalov 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z But when any coverage was made about the rest of the world, it was either a disaster or some snide remarks preaching from high horses about "rights". The Year the News Accelerated to Trump Speed 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z After the release of the "Access" tape last year, she accused some of Trump's detractors of being on a "high horse," suggesting they had in the past engaged in behavior similar to what Trump described. While Democrats call for resignations, conservative women stand by colleagues accused of sexual misconduct 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Amid all this, “distraction” serves, increasingly, as a way to brush off inconvenient criticism and disagreement and ride indignantly into the sunset on a moral high horse, nose in the air, toward what really matters. What I Care About Is Important. What You Care About Is a ‘Distraction.’ 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Then, just as everyone else is growing more chatty and carefree, the princess abruptly remounts her high horse and upbraids a hapless guest for overfamiliarity. ‘Not amused’: Princess Margaret’s misadventures in bohemia 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Paglia concluded the interview by advising Democrats to get “off their high horse” if they plan to retake the White House in 2020. Camille Paglia: Democrats in ‘nationwide orgy of rage and spite’ over Donald Trump 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z My inner Pollyanna has a different take: Maybe he has had a Damascus moment and fallen from his high horse. Opinion | One thing Trump and the Pope have in common 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Ducey asked the board to dismount from its high horse and recognize “an act of charity that we should be celebrating.” Opinion | A new voice for conservatism 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z But fashion is also easy to pick on when some folks climb up on their high horse and begin preaching about what matters and what does not. Review | Silver pants, jigsaw dresses, rock-and-roll shoes: Pure joy from Proenza Schouler 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z And I don’t think I’m moralizing from a high horse when I say that — I think I’m just being fair. Keep them out: Steroid users like Bonds, Clemens don’t deserve even a sniff at Hall of Fame 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “I’m not going to get on a high horse as an old man and say, ‘Don’t do this.’ Many Kids’ Headphones Carry Risk of Hearing Loss, Study Finds 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In the days after the election, some anti-Trump Republicans declared themselves willing to get off their high horse and serve. The tower of silence 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “Whoa… hey man, we Cubs earned this title as much as any other team before us! Get off your high horse, whiny Cardinals guy!” The Chicago Cubs World Series Win? As Much Bought As Earned 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Celebrities on high horses have a longer way to fall. If Mel Gibson bounced back, why not Billy Bush? Five rules for celebrities weathering a scandal. 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Someone needs to get off their high horse: last time I checked reporting fashion news wasn’t exactly on a par with covering Syria. US Vogue editors, you’re being ridiculous – fashion shows have changed | Sasha Wilkins 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z So Horton was provided a high horse, and he climbed directly on it. Australia’s Mack Horton, China’s Sun Yang plain don’t like each other 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Blinking back tears as he spoke, an impassioned Romney said many have asked him to get off his "high horse" and back Trump, seeing presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as unacceptable. Romney loyalists ponder a future with Trump 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z With this frame of mind, the campaign could dismiss as illegitimate any attempt by Clinton to take Sanders off his high horse. The Pitfalls of Self-Righteousness 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z I know some bands who hate their songs being popular, but I just think, “Get off your high horse!” How we made Chumbawamba's Tubthumping 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The challenge is "just a laugh", she says, and she is annoyed that people have got "on their high horse about it". Motherhood Challenge: Smug, insensitive or a bit of fun? - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “Liberal clerks would typically omit the facts; it was harder to jump on the moral high horse in defense of a depraved killer,” he wrote. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Conservatives, quite content atop their high horse, were disgusted. Pope Francis' familiar denunciation of 'ideological extremism' 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z You might say, "Hey Kaitlyn, get off your East Coast high horse; not everyone has the geographical privilege to frequent Broadway shows!" You’re going to go see The Visit, but I bet you didn’t even go see The Visit 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z So what are all those who rode the high horse against Pollard going to do when Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are put in the dock? How To Treat Jonathan Pollard in the Age of Edward Snowden 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z In the long run this is a prescription for the failure of the single currency experiment, and apparently something must knock Germany off of its high horse or the EU is doomed. The James Dean Movie That Explains the Greek Debt Negotiations 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z “He really had to get off his high horse to win. And I think that, as his campaign has shown, there are ways he can act less imperious that can make his life easier.” Chicago Waiting to See if Runoff Truly Has Humbled Rahm Emanuel 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z At the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington in February, Mr. Obama was discussing violent extremism when he urged Christians not to get on a “high horse” about violence motivated by religious beliefs. Obama criticizes ‘less-than-loving’ Christians at Easter prayer breakfast 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Before we condemn the atrocities of others, intoned Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast, we shouldn’t “get on our high horse.” Crusaders and appeasers 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Excuse me for getting on my “high horse” but sometimes things go on in the world on that give such grievous offense to human dignity that silence is not an option. Convicted Saudi Blogger Deserves the Support of Journalists 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Brian Williams has come a cropper – a useful English expression for falling off your high horse. Brian Williams' Iraq Lies Shows Media Is Too Cozy With the Military 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Yet he also urged Christians not to “get on our high horse” and to “remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.” Obama’s Christian humility 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Obama last week also chastised Christian critics of the Islamic State and terrorism, warning them not to get on a “high horse.” Obama downplays Islamic State threat, changes objective from ‘destroy’ to ‘defeat’ 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. Obama riles right with accurate remarks at Prayer Breakfast 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z If Mr. Obama wants to think Jim Crow was a Baptist deacon, he’s entitled, and rebuking the hubris of Christians, to challenge them to dismount from the high horse, is a useful thing to do. WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama’s compares Crusades to Islamists terrorists in prayer breakfast speech 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z And why would a test be “superb”? Well, get off your high horse, friend, because we owls are fans of novels, and literacy. In Honor Of the Super Bowl, The 16 Most Superb Owls of All Time When people are struggling financially, there is no use getting on your high horse about ethical consumption, as I did after the Bangladeshi textiles factory collapse in 2013. Living ethically isn’t cheap, Vivienne 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Having climbed a high horse, he brought about unprecedented devastation to Gaza as well as some 2,000 fatalities. No Winners in Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z I thought maybe it was my own petty grievance, the one thing I would consider mounting a high horse for. My friends should know better: there's no pride in alcoholism 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “I just hope our Congress and our government get off that high horse and start seriously talking about immigration reform,” Garino said. Are things getting better for border children? 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Congress is trying to turn Shinseki into a scapegoat, but the truth is a lot of the members of Congress riding their high horses are more... Boehner and Pelosi Resist Cries for Ouster of Veterans Affairs Chief 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z However, they should pause for thought before mounting their high horses. Anheuser-Busch InBev: Here’s to payday 2014-01-16T16:00:02Z Read a word, quickly assume it says what you think it says, get on your high horse, let of a bit of steam - only to wish you had slowed it down a bit. The Loop: Compassion and warmth 2013-11-08T16:53:39Z We all appreciate your opinion, but do everyone a favour and get off your high horse. Walking Dead Recap: Humanity Prevails? 2013-04-01T12:45:00Z You may get up on your high horse and compare him to Charles Lindbergh when he appeared with Hitler in the 1930s. Did Dennis Rodman Just Change the World? 2013-03-26T08:45:00Z In modern times, we deny the tension, often choosing the self-righteous high horse on one side or the other and color coding our decisions according to partisan loyalties that both belong to Hermes. How to Distinguish Between a Honest Online Entrepreneur and a Hustler With a MacBook Air 2013-01-27T17:46:15Z Have done similar things so not on my high horse! Swansea City ballboy receives little sympathy from football family 2013-01-24T10:38:31Z When one woman told him she was a banker, he said that normally he'd get on his high horse and make a few jokes at her expense. Jimmy Carr untaxed by Stockport hecklers 2012-06-23T00:51:45Z I'm almost not looking forward to those chats because he gets on his high horse and starts bellowing about 'they're all wrong, everybody pays more than they should'. Ian Holloway lines up crucial money talks with Blackpool chairman 2012-05-20T21:31:01Z Suppose you get off your high horse, and come to business. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Oh, if you are on your high horse!" madam answered, "the devil take you! Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z The high horse was brought, and Giles was for swarming up his tail, like a rope; but one of the servants cried out hastily "forbear, for he kicketh." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Let's get down off our high horses and turn them loose to graze. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Rose came down from her high horse with a rapidity that was comical, for Annabel had the upper hand now. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street to the ongoing protests in Moscow established leaders are being pushed off their high horses. The Rise of Mobile and the Return of Neolithic-Style Hunter Gatherers 2011-12-27T04:35:13Z The vision he saw smote him with beauty like a thunderbolt, and knocked him Saul-wise backward off the high horse of jaunty resolution into a new religion. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z And so the dwarf mounted the high horse, and rode away complacent, with the old hand laying the court butter on his back with a trowel. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Talking thus, away they went on an exploring expedition, Rory riding the high horse, building any number of castles in the air, and giving the reins to his wonderful imagination. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Ha! ha! going to ride the high horse. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z But going into the Clemson game everybody was on a high horse. ACC championship: Hokies rolling, Tigers reeling 2011-12-02T20:20:32Z Everybody there is on a kind of high horse. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z "Lie still, lie still, my ain dear babe; Ye work your mother wae:30 Your father rides on high horse back, Cares little for us twae." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z At first Bill pretended that he did not know me, but I very soon brought him down from his high horse and convinced him that I knew my man. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z "Send away Don—me want to ride the high horse," said the small Bess, who had her own ideas as to what was most comfortable, and also secure. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Nevertheless," continued the minister, "I am not much disquieted by all these intrigues, they will yield nothing in Vienna,--there they are still quite too much on the high horse. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z He was also the inventor of milestones, and of those stations for awkward equestrians, which enabled many to ride the high horse, who would otherwise have been placed on their own humble footing. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Isn't Hanbury cross To see the Grand Old Man So ride the high horse? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:15.237Z Nevertheless, he was lucky, and fell off his high horse when he was only halfway down. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The high horse, truly; indeed, you shall ride the high horse! Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z But hey, before you think of climbing atop your lofty steed, the high horse, remember that you're the one who hasn't navigated away from this page yet. Football transfer rumours: Willian to Arsenal? 2011-08-19T08:05:00Z ‘I don’t know, Sir Watkin; it is well to ride the high horse now and then.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z When you really wish to mount a high horse, I pray you take mine. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z I shall now go on foot to my grave, and never more set myself on the high horse. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Moreover, parsons were always suspicious fellows, apt to ferret out all kinds of things that didn’t concern them—apt, moreover, to ride the high horse if permitted to do so. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z None had dared to question his prerogative, although he often rode a high horse, and uttered his diction in a tone offensively arrogant. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Bo's'n has seen 'em probably, and has come down from his high horse long enough to hide the party. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z This made little impression on him; he was on his high horse and said he must have some souvenir of this "sacred entrancing moment"--only a little lock of her hair. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z I've seen Miss Hopkins ride her high horse and be dignity personified, and on the other hand I've seen Miss Thompson more ruffled than a head mistress has any business to be. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z She ached to bring this interloper down off her high horse. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z I don’t want to get on my high horse about it but there was something there, existentially.” The Saturday Profile: Looking to Lead Canada, and for a Little Name Recognition 2011-03-12T01:03:43Z Oh, the things we say from our moral high horses. ‘Gift’ of $96,000 Can’t Buy Silence for Sin: Margaret Carlson 2011-03-09T00:08:00Z It was no use being angry or mounting my high horse. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z At this, Mr. Hacket came down from his high horse and informed me in confidence that the lawyer is to build a grand residence at the Point, and will spend an immense amount of money. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Minnie threw him an approving glance, for his good-natured words dispelled a little cloud on Miss Chubb's brow, and brought down Mrs. Errington from her high horse to the level of friendly sympathies. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z It means they are not going into the playoffs on their high horse. Mount Si trips No. 7 Juanita, 52-40 / Girls Basketball 2011-01-27T07:19:03Z Whereupon Mrs. Lawton found herself, to her own surprise be it stated, descending from her high horse and eagerly discussing the probabilities of English five-o'clock teas ever becoming really domesticated in America. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z I got down from my high horse and went back, humbly, to my couch. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z "I suppose they think we can't get along without them—which comes pretty near being a fact—and so feel at liberty to ride a high horse," Joe suggested. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z "Come down off the high horse, Tommie, if you love me," says he. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z It has nothing to do with being up on a high horse. Well: Online Dating With a Difference 2010-12-28T22:51:17Z I can ride the high horse, too—steady, mare! Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z Mr. Marston has come off his high horse, and broken silence at last. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Mayor Bloomberg needs to come down off his high horse of trying to become a national political figure and attend to the nitty-gritty of governing this city. Home From Afghanistan, Now Fighting to Join the N.Y.P.D 2010-10-05T22:07:00Z "When he gets off his high horse, and gets fired, there'll be nobody to protect him," Clark told the newspaper. Larry Stone's baseball notebook 2010-09-18T06:14:00Z Is she up on her high horse judging me and finding me not suitable? Well: Online Dating With a Difference 2010-12-28T22:51:17Z But he ought to reflect on his standing to criticize the behavior of other journalists, left or right, before he mounts his high horse again. Fred Barnes not on a team? Why did GOP pay him? 2010-07-29T19:45:00Z Then they will build bigger gyms and I can get off my high horse. Complaint Box | Workout Miscreants 2010-02-19T15:37:00Z They are always on their high horses, and darken whilst they look down upon and despise the underwood. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 But for a day or so, if it pleased her to ride upon a high horse, let her go fast and furious—afterwards, that was quite another matter. The Belovéd Traitor She was beginning to "ride the high horse" with him, but he pointed to the room of the burgomaster, saying: "Don't forget that 'I command you' is lying there." Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster She wouldn't come down off her high horse if a dozen bayonets were at her throat. The Guarded Heights And if you see someone who doesn’t know how to use the machine, Linda, maybe you should offer to show them instead of looking down on them from your high horse. Complaint Box | Workout Miscreants 2010-02-19T15:37:00Z I refuse to give up my keys; in order to mollify them, make a joke, and tell them "they can't Ryde the high horse here." Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 "Father doesn't like him," replied Enid, still inclined to ride the high horse. A Traitor's Wooing "And quite right, too," says Clarissa, with a cheerful little nod, seeing Mrs. Redmond has mounted her high horse and intends riding him to the death. Faith and Unfaith But we shall see; when are you going to dismount from your high horse? Maximina What right have you got to get on your high horse and tell me what I must and mustn't do? Thirty It never occurred to him that most husbands, after such a declaration as Rachel had just made, would have stormed, reproached, ridden, for a long time to come, the high horse of conscious superior virtue. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Increasing riches had not softened his nature, for he was grumpy and fussy, and apt to ride the high horse on every occasion. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War Hildegarde and Bell exchanged glances; the Colonel was on his high horse, and riding it hard. Hildegarde's Harvest Well, the only thing is to get down from my high horse now. A Boy Knight Oh, come now, Arnold, don't get on your high horse. Thirty Their presence it is that makes Washington a light for the world, and many of them who once rode high horses have alighted. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Do not get on your high horse in this manner. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. But I chose to ride the high horse, and rejected the proffered money, although I had really nothing about me but three huszases,71 which I had saved from the proceeds of the butter. Eyes Like the Sea Well, it vexed Mr. Ramsay-Stewart, who was accustomed to the tidy Scotch fields, amazingly, and he got on his high horse that the widow should pay or go. An Isle in the Water "Law, Milly," said he, in the country phrasing he loved to use to her when she was most securely on her high horse of the cultured life, "you look as nervous as a witch." Old Crow In short, my mother was in that positive state of mind which is expressed by the colloquial phrase of being on her high horse. Household Papers and Stories “My lofty spouse will have to come down off his high horse this time.” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John But for the nonce each had come off his high horse, and for the moment there was peace between them. The Landleaguers It is certainly a great exhibition of Radical strength in that metropolitan district, and may serve to sober the Tories a little, and bring some of them down from their high horses. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III “Oh, he is a man of consequence, then?” said Frances, a quickening of humor in her brown eyes, seeing that Nola was up on her high horse about it. The Rustler of Wind River I explained it away, however, by pointing out, like a boy, not that my legs were short, but that El Mahdi, the False Prophet, was a very high horse. Dwellers in the Hills “Easy, Robb, don’t get on your high horse,” he said presently. The Hound From The North “I laid the scheme before him in all its details, and then–– “‘I’m with you,’ he said, ‘and I think I can see Knowles moving and Deacon Joe coming down off his high horse.’ 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Has the old Don dismounted from his high horse? An Old Sailor's Yarns Michael, you generally understand me—you are always my ally when Percival is on his high horse—and I want you to stand Mr. Blake's friend to-night.' Lover or Friend Head full of solemn notions about life, and at the same time, when it came to a lark,—Oh, I'm no grandmother, but when you got on your high horse—well! The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts No sense in getting on a high horse. The Calm Man Well, there had come a time when Butler had thought it advisable to get down from his high horse. What's-His-Name If he rides the high horse with you, just you ask him what he had to say to Potiphar's wife! Somehow Good Frank wanted a high horse: so he took the sewing-chair, put the hassock on it, put the sofa-pillow on that, and mounted. The Nursery, December 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers It takes a lot of power to put her on her 'high horse.' El Diablo Suppose you climb off your high horse for a little bit. Otherwise Phyllis His sense of humor tempted him to the sanctimonious suit of your out-and-out Parliament man; his love for finery and the high horse lured him to lovelocks and feathers. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Mr. Bradshaw was content to come down off his high horse, and to plod along the dull path of a mere musical evening visitor at a very nice house. Somehow Good The hooligan may be kicked for excessive foulness; but the rider of the high horse is brutally dragged down into the mire. The Rough Road The General shook his head thoughtfully, and went out for a ride, with his groom behind him at a proper distance, and he sat more stiffly than ever on his high horse. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen When he upon his high horse set, His boots they shone as black as jet. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age Poor Jim is as good as a play; he takes Life in such dead earnest, and expects his friends to be rampant idealists too: so I mounted the high horse for once to gratify him. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice “See here, Rover! you can’t ride any high horse like that with me,” blustered Brassy. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Then the romance begins: He was on a high horse; he fell on a rock, struck his poor leg; he will have to get some powder to heal it, etc. Essay on the Creative Imagination Miss Cayvan saw the humor of the situation, took the hint, and got down off her high horse. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man He dismounted from his high horse, and the orphans got their own again. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England No man who has seen the Alexandria of the present day can keep a seat on a high horse when he speaks of that most detestable of cities. The Bertrams “Come, come, my friend; just slide off that high horse.” The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer First it's Mr. Peth, and now the captain's on his high horse. Isle o' Dreams Look here, Mrs. Burrill number one, don't you take advantage of your position, and ride the high horse too free. The Diamond Coterie "Don't get on a high horse, Major, it will do you no good." An Undivided Union While their mother had held her seat on her high horse, with reference to that question of the house, Sophia and Mary had almost professed hostility to Adela. The Bertrams She wants to look out about that high horse of hers, Roderick, or sometime it will hit the top rail and give her a fall that she won't get over for a while. The Last Woman If he sees nobody speaks to him he’ll soon come down from his high horse. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Come down off your high horse, Miss Margaritty, there's a dear; and help me to see to things. Rita When, therefore, Mr Samuel Rubb was announced, our heroine was somewhat inclined to seat herself upon a high horse. Miss Mackenzie Bertram got on a very high horse, and spoke of the engagement as being thus practically broken off. The Bertrams Good heavens! was she going to ride the high horse over him in this style? How It All Came Round However, Rhodes determined to get full change out of him before climbing from his high horse. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Still their mother had not yet quite got over the fear she had of seeing them, especially Bobby, gallop off into the wild country, on the backs of high horses, all by themselves. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading He therefore declined at first to take any office under such conditions, and the King had to come down from his high horse and treat with his subject in less arrogant fashion. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV "For my arrest!" gasped Captain Shivernock, dismounting from his high horse, for he had a wholesome fear of the penalties of violated law. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The words were submissive enough, but her manner announced that she had said her say, and would stick to it, though Herself, poor thing, must be humoured when she took the high horse. The Lady of the Basement Flat "So you are getting on your high horse, Mullins, are you?" Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune Albert Fitzallen did not ride a very high horse when he learned that his supposed rival was so anxious to assist him. Orley Farm "Oh, you needn't get on your high horse about it, Ruth Stevenson," he sneered. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box "You had better come down from that high horse, and own up that you set the Maud afire." The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder I had a wife—may heaven bless her soul—but when it happened sometimes that she played malapert, I used to mount the high horse, and bring out my thunder. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. But with you it's different, and she's on her dignity—riding her high horse. From Place to Place Christiern then came down from his high horse, and proposed a cessation of hostilities till the difficulty could be settled. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa I could not help feeling that I was riding "a high horse;" but the injustice done me seemed to warrant it. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student Nothing of the sort; and you needn't ride that high horse. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Ludlow descended from the high horse which he saw it was really useless for him to ride in that simple presence. The Coast of Bohemia You're all alike, when you climb on some sort of a high horse and become mysterious. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Good for you, Arthur!" she said, laughing, "you can ride the high horse, too. The Second Chance If they had, you wouldn't be riding such a high horse now! Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm Hope rides a high horse and I'm confident that in due season we shall find our two adorable ones. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Come down off that high horse and talk to me. We Three Now if we manufacturers could work in harmony, we could make this company come down from their high horse, and they would have to ask a reasonable price for their machines. Monopolies and the People But Jim was on his high horse, and merely replied— "I cannot say what I shall do all at once, but the matter shall be looked into at an early date." A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune If you ride the high horse I may tell my pack to set you ashore somewhere else, but if you’re civil—well, we shall see. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Why, even father says you seem to be riding the high horse. Fitz the Filibuster Come down this minute from that high horse! More about Pixie Mr Melland was apparently still on his high horse, a faint flush upon his face, his nostrils curved and dilated. The Fortunes of the Farrells She recalled the figure of the officer, a gorgeous, mediaeval knight, impenetrably lifeless, sitting astride his high horse like a figure of bronze; a glimpse of haughty, set features visible between cap and chin-strap. Flaming June I feel it horribly at times,” whereupon, being a Rendell, Elsie descended promptly from her high horse, and chuckled with enjoyment. Betty Trevor As long as he tried to do without it, sitting on his high horse, and regarding his pupils as mere things to be taught and ordered and punished, he had failed. The Master of the Shell D’Arcy tried to ride off on the high horse; but it was not a very grand spectacle, and Ashby, munching up the remains of his roll, was generally held to have scored. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth “Oh, yes, I know all about it,” cried Horncastle, mounting his high horse, and offended at my tones. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life “You needn’t have it if you don’t want,” said I, mounting my high horse. Tom, Dick and Harry "Look, see how proud he is on his high horse!" interjected Aaron. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania “You needn’t ride the high horse like that, you are not Mr Mandell-Essington any longer.” The Lunatic at Large "I am not on a high horse, only on a small pony." Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier Indeed this impulsive gentleman, seated on his high horse, was in urgent need of being saved from himself. Quisanté "Oh, what's the use to get on your high horse, Rains!" he said, in his sullen way. Frank Merriwell's Chums I'm tired of seeing you pose on that high horse of yours. The Fifth Wheel A Novel These signs of docility caused Sir Lionel to relent and come down off his high horse. Set in Silver Tweet," ordered Hiram, "get down off your high horse and talk sense. The She Boss A Western Story He bien!-to come down from my high horse before I break my neck,—here we are, at honest housekeeping; for we hope to pay the bills. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter If we hadn't been on our high horses," she told him quietly, "I should have told you about it. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Jimmy Wilkinson owes me money, and he owes me an apology, and he's got to come down from his high horse, or I'm a liar. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Preston was certainly at some height above Daisy, being mounted up in his saddle on a pretty high horse, while the pony-chaise was hung very near the ground. Melbourne House Although he chose to employ the weapon of irony, and abstained from the high horse and the big word, he was earnest in his desire for the reform of abuses in the Church. Lectures on Modern history "Come off your high horse and take the profits we'll make on our wheat, pay off old Brownwell and marry her." A Certain Rich Man "I accept your apology," said the prisoner, coming down from his high horse with sudden energy; possibly because he felt that he had a mission on board of the steamer. Taken by the Enemy Burns is here, of course, on his rhetorical high horse, and the songs to Chloris hardly bear him out; but there is much in the passage to enlighten us as to his composing processes. Robert Burns How To Know Him See here, Mr. Shafto, on your high horse, if you promise not to trail your coat and frighten me, I'll tell you something that will interest you. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma She'd be, I suppose, on her high horse—and—and 'tis not a feather to me. The House by the Church-Yard Getting no reply to his fuming, he came down from his high horse, curiosity impelling. The Stolen Singer I put to you for a test Lucian's description of his friend Demonax— His way was like other people's; he mounted no high horse; he was just a man and a citizen. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Annoyed by the colonel's manner Jo began to mount her high horse and became blunt. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia But his "high horse" nearly threw him one day when he gave the order, "Move to the right and fours, form fours!" and not a man moved. "Over There" with the Australians Finding that other people were trying to save his life, Bonnet came down from his high horse and tried to save it himself by writing piteous letters to the Governor, begging for mercy. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts "If Bill Mathews does not soon pull you down from your high horse, may his limbs rot in a jail." Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers No, if my money's gone, Sterling's got to suffer, and the one slight consolation I shall have will be that Blanche Sterling will have to come off her high horse. The Climbers A Play in Four Acts There's no doubt of it," said Mrs. Bell; "I thought my fine lady would have to come down from her high horse. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Now you are getting on to your high horse, and you know I always go out of the way when you begin to prance on that beast. The Claverings "Now, now, Gerty!" said her father; but all the same he rather liked to see his daughter get on her high horse, for she talked with spirit, and it amused him. Macleod of Dare Why, Ware, I've been counting on it, that when you saw we were in a hole and going to lose, you'd come down from your high horse and help me out. A Hoosier Chronicle You're a fine one to ride the high horse with me! The Imaginary Marriage But Foss River was too sleepy—indifferent—to worry itself about anybody, except those in its ranks who were riding the high horse of success. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Theodore always laughs at me when I get on what he calls a high horse. The Claverings He even had the nerve to be mad, to get on a high horse, call me names! His Family Mr. Bascomb, I am not trying to ride a high horse. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater Many a hobby-horse Small boys must ride, Ere such a steed as this They can bestride So, little Harry dear, Don't look so cross When you are taken down From a high horse. The Nursery, Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1875 "When daddy gets on his high horse———" "Ford wished to see you before he went away, Miss Grayling," broke in Prue, with an admonitory glare at her young sister. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper As it is, you will be wise to get off that high horse of yours and take a back seat. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories "Nay," said Craig, "mock God's servants as thou wilt, God will not be mocked, but shall make thee find it in earnest, when thou shalt be cast down from the high horse of thy pride." Sketches of the Covenanters To "ride the high horse," my brave Brummagem boy, Is doubtless, to you, a delight and a joy; But little avails that equestrian quest, If the fruit of your ride is the merest "mare's nest." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 Seated on a high horse, he was riding up and down the line shouting out his orders with tremendous unction. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Come down from that high horse and let's talk quietly. Weapons of Mystery Archie tumbled off his high horse with more speed than elegance. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories However, he's a nice enough boy at the bottom, and soon got down off his high horse. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories If Ruth had not been caracoling on her absurdly high horse, she would have had the truth out of Denry in a moment concerning these early morning interviews and mysterious transactions in shipping. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Preston was certainly at some height above Daisy, being mounted up in his saddle on a pretty high horse, while the pony chaise was hung very near the ground. Melbourne House, Volume 2 "So you are on your high horse!" said Oscar sneeringly. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake But in Samoa his superiors are prompt to curb any inclination he may evince to ride the high horse over his flock or interfere with any matter not strictly connected with his charge. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories It was at once evident that Mrs. Duff-Whalley was on a very high horse indeed. Penny Plain "Yes," answered Rudolph, who had mounted his high horse, "you ought to be ashamed of listening to what you were not intended to hear." The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Thus suddenly pulled down from his high horse, the student effected his retreat with a rather lame and impotent version. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Being near the window, I saw him spring into an elegant cabriolet, and drive off with the showiest of high horses and the tiniest of tigers. In the Days of My Youth Now see here, Glasson"—Mr. Hucks filled his pipe, and having lit it, leaned both elbows on the table and stared across at his visitor— "don't you ride the high horse with me. True Tilda He rode a high horse; the rebels would make no further stand until they reached Richmond; he doubted if they would attempt to defend Richmond, even. Who Goes There? If there were a bell I could reach--' Lord Almeric stared in the utmost perplexity; and fallen from his high horse, alighted on a kind of dignity. The Castle Inn Riding alone between two patrols of mounted men was a small boy on a high horse. The Soul of the War The Swift crowd will get off their high horse soon, or I'm mistaken. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road Lawrence would say no more, so I decided that I would descend from my high horse, and once more seek out Poirot at Leastways Cottage. The Mysterious Affair at Styles And a drink for her—that would bring her down from this queer new kind of high horse. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She would come down from her high horse—with help and encouragement from him. The Grain of Dust Different women have different ways of riding the high horse. The Moonstone Nobody expects you to fight it through alone," she reassured him, "but you come on down off this high horse! Calvary Alley But is it likely that our lady has the least notion of her name or surname that she rides such a high horse, and behaves in this manner! Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books I don't know what 'twould be on a real high horse. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life I thought you would ride the high horse to the end of the journey; I didn't think your steed would land you in the gutter. Charlotte's Inheritance And riding the high horse, now and then, is one of them. The Moonstone Here Howard brought the angry Holloway from his high horse, by asking what all this had to do with Mr. Carat, who was waiting to be paid? Tales and Novels — Volume 01 "It seems to me," growled Leon, "that you are riding the high horse somewhat, and that this is a rather queer tone for you to assume toward me." The Living Link "You won't let that fellow ride the high horse in this style, will you?" Cord and Creese Jack looked out, and a strange feeling came over him as he saw a large man, on an unusually high horse riding up to the post office. Jack of the Pony Express And yet they went on riding their high horse and patronizing the artists. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House He was on his high horse and was charging up and down the room in the midst of a bitter and blatant Ingersollian tirade against Christianity and the Bible. Out of the Fog At that the fellow jumped off his high horse and ran with me to his Chief,—a smart young chap, a colonel in the army, and a very intelligent man. In the Fog He gave the reins to that high horse he had been riding ever since he was promoted to the presidency of the great coal road. The Deluge Among those less known, perhaps, is his answer to General T——, relative to some difference of opinion between them on the War in Spain:—"Well, T——, are you still on your high horse?" Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 It was delightful to see how pleasantly practical Sir Gregory could become when he chose to dismount from his high horse. The Three Clerks There was no fear that Faith would ride the high horse with her, or lay down the law severely; she was much more likely to be too indulgent, though certain not to play with wrong. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War It was easy to see him, for he rode a high horse and was taller than other Normans, and when his horse was wounded…. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects "My lord has come down from his high horse at last," she said, with the letter in her hand. The Eustace Diamonds Mrs Beaumont is quite on her high horse. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 We gather that whatever he may have done in the past the gallant officer does not intend to "ride the high horse" any longer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 Yesterday evening the medical attendant, a Polish physician, came in to inspect us, but he made a very hasty review, looking down on us from the top of a high horse. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain What are you getting on your high horse for? Plays Come, Luce," he said, "get off your high horse for a little. The Eustace Diamonds It has become unfashionable to bellow; it is not considered “the thing” to ride the high horse of vehement approval and burst into luminous showers of “Amens” and “Halleleujahs.” Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston When Boniface sought to carry this admonition into effect Captain Bywater mounted his high horse, and adjourned to his own place, taking his five or six boon companions with him. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales "That new boy rides a high horse," said Mrs. Fox, grimly. Facing the World "She's on a frightfully high horse lately," sighed Mrs. Blithers fretfully. The Prince of Graustark "Well, I am afraid you'll have to come down from your high horse—at least temporarily." A Fool and His Money But B. went off on his high horse. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" He did ride a high horse when the fit was on him and he thought it served his purpose. The Making of an American To tell you the truth, it does me good to come down off my high horse occasionally. Senator North He abandoned the idea of trying the "whip hand," remembering how suddenly he had descended from the "high horse." A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story If my bluff should fail to work and he got on his high horse and quit, I'd have to climb off my high horse and beg him to return to work. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley Bannal may not ride the literary high horse like Trotter and the rest; but I'd take his opinion before any other in London. Fanny's First Play The spectators roared, and so did the marchers, and the red-faced man young had to join in, and to come down off his high horse. Jimmie Higgins At that the fellow jumped off his high horse and ran with me to his Chief—a smart young chap, a colonel in the army, and a very intelligent man. Ranson's Folly She has more than common imagination and no more than common conception and penetration; so that she is always on the high horse about words and always in the perambulator about things. Getting Married You're only on your high horse because he didn't praise your mince. The Old Wives' Tale "I shall never touch the 'Traveller's Joy' again!" and Sydney's high horse suddenly breaking down, she flew away in a flood of tears. Magnum Bonum He had a suspicion that he—the editor and proprietor of the Daily Dial—was being laughed at, and he at once clambered on his high horse of British Morality. Ziska "Oh, come, Woody, don't get on your high horse," was Stumpy's response, as he swung back in the rocker he occupied. True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place You don't want to let Ma get on her high horse, Mr. Wrenn. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man She was on a very high horse again, was woman, the Great Mother. Women in Love I do think, if only one could get him off his high horse, he wouldn't be at all bad—perhaps he'll thaw now you boys are here. Mates at Billabong But, take my word for it, you'll feel a sight better if you mount the high horse and forgive him, treat him with silent contempt. The Valiant Runaways Something,—perhaps boredom,—perhaps the constant companionship of that cursed boy,—had brought her down from her high horse. Who Cares? a story of adolescence They put off their clothes and went down into the river, where the damsel fell to riding the high horse over her women, throwing them down and ducking them. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 Why was your husband such a fool," said she, now dismounted from her high horse and sitting confidentially down close to her visitor, "as to take the bait which that man threw to him? Barchester Towers In fact, she was approachable enough, and had no shame, before Boyne, in dismounting from the high horse which she rode when alone with him, and meeting these ladies on foot, at least half-way. The Kentons It's of no use riding the high horse with me. East Lynne To save us from this kind of incessant annoyance, I now thought it would be our best policy to mount the high horse and bully him. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile It would not be reasonable, or proper, or righteous that he should be asked to do so; and here he mounted a somewhat high horse. Doctor Thorne Mr. Slope would be tender as long as he could, but he began to think if that failed it would not be amiss if he also mounted himself for awhile on his high horse. Barchester Towers Poor Mr. Smith, having been so rudely dragged from his high horse, was never able to mount it again, and completed the lecture in a manner not at all comfortable to himself. Framley Parsonage They reported, therefore, that he was cranky and rode a high horse. Main-Travelled Roads Rose came down from her high horse with a rapidity that was comical, for Ariadne had the upper hand now. Eight Cousins If we could but get her down off her high horse, and drive that impudent woman out of her head!—if you can't, no one else can.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife "I am perfectly sure," she replied, mounting on her high horse, "that the Larinski musket is a chef-d'oeuvre, and I would pledge my life that he who invented it is a man of genius." Samuel Brohl and Company Mr Slope would be tender as long as he could, but he began to think, if that failed, it would not be amiss if he also mounted himself for a while on his high horse. Barchester Towers Fergus treated the inquiry as an impertinent interference, and mounted his high horse at once. Sir Gibbie She has always been very much on the high horse with me. Rosmersholm He’s an amusing fellow; and I’ve no objection to his making one at the Oyster Club; but he’s a bit too fond of riding the high horse. Brother Jacob And don't ride over her with a very high horse. The Prime Minister And if I tumble off the high horse, if I can't keep going regularly there to ride the moral high horse, that Committee will slump into utter scoundrelism. Secret Places of the Heart Have we mounted the high horse once more with little offerings from Florine's boudoir? Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Oh, my good father!" cried the little Barniol woman, flinging herself on a cushion at Phellion's knees, "don't ride your high horse! The Lesser Bourgeoisie The high horse was brought, and Giles was for swarming up his tail, like a rope; but one of the servants cried out hastily, "Forbear, for he kicketh." The Cloister and the Hearth Is it to have, with endless jargoning, debating, motioning and counter-motioning, a settlement effected between the Honorable Mr. This and the Honorable Mr. That, as to their respective pretensions to ride the high horse? Latter-Day Pamphlets The one thing before all others that they want to do is to bring me down off my moral high horse. Secret Places of the Heart And so the dwarf mounted the high horse, and rode away complacent with the old hand laying the court butter on his back with a trowel. 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