| 单词 | jennet |
| 例句 | Bayard stepped up his pace, the jennet pranced and arched her neck, and Robin wanted to get down and swing along with the others. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Out through the door in the wall of the courtyard they went, into the street, Robin leaning against Brother Luke, and the jennet picking her way sedately over the cobbles. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There were lighter animals for hunting, hawking, and riding, and others still smaller, like the jennet Robin had ridden. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Brother Luke set Robin on the jennet, the robe and blankets around him making him comfortable. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Brother Luke put a strap around Robin’s waist, then ran it under the jennet’s belly to keep him from falling. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Edward III. was likewise an admirer of the horse; he procured fifty Spanish horses, probably jennets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z I tell thee he who passed was a goodly Knight, clad in a green vesture, and riding on a great black jennet. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z "I have at hand a pair of English jennets which will carry us thirty leagues without drawing rein." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He had gone with a flock of English sheep to northern Spain, and come back in the same ship with the Spanish jennets which the captain took in exchange. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z At their head rode the fiery knight, attended by his squires, while at his bridle-arm, mounted on a white jennet, was Walter de Brakkeleye, the Bailiff of Southampton, whose men had already passed by. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Our English word “jennet” may be derived from the same source. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z During the halts, the rich haciendados coveting the fine steeds of Kentucky—colossal when compared with their own gingery jennets—offered freely for them. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z "By the Virgin!" she said again, "my jennet will lose her own sandals in going for mine, if Gregory thus strikes the rowels into her sides." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative By Mary's orders, a spirited Andalusian jennet had been provided for him, which the prince instantly mounted. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Owing to the increasing demand for jennets, the village breeder is inclined to put his she-donkey to a pony stallion rather than to a jack-donkey. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products In the steppes of Southern Russia and Asia, as we have seen,59 it is prepared chiefly from mares' milk, but occasionally from that of camels and jennets. The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente The faithful servant obeyed the command of his former mistress; and, hastening as fast as his old limbs would enable him, mounted Marjory's grey jennet, and was soon out in the midst of the storm. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III A jennet with a 4-pounder at its heels would be a more correct representation of the strength of the Carlist ordnance. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) They were mounted � la gineta, that is, on the light jennet of Andalusia,—a cross of the Arabian. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Beside the knight, Herr Martin perceived a wondrously beautiful lady, likewise splendidly dressed, seated on a jennet the colour of fresh-fallen snow. Weird Tales, Vol. II. There he found a horse awaiting him; this he exchanged at the Porte Saint Antoine for a fresh Spanish jennet. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 As she spoke she flashed upon him her most brilliant glance and by a deft movement of her bridle hand swerved the jennet in closer to his barb. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main "Forbear," cried Robin, waving his dagger so soon as the man made attempt to take his mother's jennet by the bridle. Robin Hood And ever James was bending low, To his white jennet's saddle-bow,note 585 Doffing his cap to city dame, Who smiled and blushed for pride and shame. Lady of the Lake She was to ride a jennet, a small Spanish horse known in the Middle Ages. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Pouchskin, riding his great French jennet, had started in the advance. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt I ha' sent her seven jennets this day. Privy Seal His Last Venture However, knowing that presently they must espy his jennet tethered by the road, Robin became desperate. Robin Hood These half-breeds are termed hybrids, or mules, and we have familiar examples of them in the common mule and the jennet. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock He is the most beautiful creature, a Spanish jennet. The Merryweathers One matchless Spanish jennet I despatched to my promised bride; its caparisons flamed with jewels and cloth of gold. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The bridle of the less fiery but no less well-cared-for jennet intended for the girl was held by a stable-helper, while in a group behind the escort made ready to mount. The Justice of the King The jennet was untethered and Robin upon its back in a flash; then the lad heard the whizz of an arrow past him. Robin Hood 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 I joined my friend, Elder Frost, and drove to Nauvoo for him six jacks and jennets to exchange for land, that on his coming he might have a place to dwell. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite And by his side, on a grey jennet, There rode a fair lady, For every ruby Ellayne wore, I count she carried three. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems I had never, I thought, seen a more fair or graceful girl, while I admired the perfect ease with which she managed the jennet on which she rode. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham He bent his head down close to the neck of his jennet and whispered a word into its ear. Robin Hood All was accordingly got ready: the towel, the most antique ewer, even the jennet, piebald, black-barred, cream-coated, pink-eyed—and only then, on the day before the party, was the Duke's pleasure signified to his lady. Browning's Heroines Then came the bride herself, radiantly beautiful and happy, mounted upon a white jennet with scarlet trappings, and followed by her master of horse. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day The jennet jogged slowly on as Patrick soliloquised. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 He was riding away when his uncle set his hand upon the bridle of Sholto's jennet. The Black Douglas Get you upon your jennet, dame; and, Robin, do you show the way. Robin Hood A journey in and out is nothing by cart, and this favoured eunuch has the best mules in the Empire—black jennets fifteen hands high—and is using them night and day. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation She was mounted on a white jennet caparisoned with gold, and she wore a riding habit of red silk and ermine, and a hat trimmed with feathers. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day These barriers would not be raised for the general public till nine; yet the Swiss, rubbing his gummed eyes, saw the approach of three men, one of whom was leading a handsome Spanish jennet. The Grey Cloak The young man rode a Spanish jennet of good stock, a plain beast to look upon, neither likely to attract attention nor yet to stir cupidity. The Black Douglas After Master Ford had briefly bidden them farewell, they left their beasts in charge of a fellow inside the gate, bidding him give the little grey jennet all care and attention. Robin Hood King: Is it that I am to eat my meal standing, the same as a crane in a shallow, or moving from tuft to thistle like you'd see a jennet on the high road? Three Wonder Plays She rode upon a richly caparisoned jennet, her escort consisting of two hundred mounted nobles, men and women. Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day At four days warning? this is something speedy, Do you conceive as our jennets do with a west winde? Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) Hearing the clatter of the jennet's hoofs, they turned about suddenly with mighty serious countenances. The Black Douglas An I lose, then shall you take all but my mother's jennet. Robin Hood Having mounted the jennet, they conducted me through the town to a fair field, where a tent was provided for me, having the ground spread with Turkey carpets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 There was a little French actress, like a highly finished miniature; and a Spanish danseuse, tall, dusky, and lithe, glancing like a lynx, and graceful as a jennet. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 These horses were not tall, but of the size of our middling nags, short and well knit, small-headed, and very mettlesome, and in my opinion far excelling the Spanish jennet in spirit and action. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time So, then, Sir Piers," said Alexander, whose tall figure, as he sat on his brown jennet, was almost wholly covered by a great cloak -- "so you have arrived before us? The Thirsty Sword He slipped from off the back of his grey jennet and tethered the beast by the roadside. Robin Hood In 1786 Lafayette sent Washington from the island of Malta another jack and two jennets, besides some Chinese pheasants and partridges. George Washington: Farmer Ralph: Herself that thought to find him at the brink of death and nearing his last leap, after what happened him with the jennet. New Irish Comedies There is my horse and my lady's jennet. The White Company His horse was a powerful Spanish jennet that had belonged to Earl Hamish of Bute, and it was protected by a heavy breastplate and flank armour. The Thirsty Sword A whinnying from his jennet warned him at length that he must push on with speed if he intended to rejoin the others ere Nottingham gate was reached. Robin Hood A jennet with silver trappings came running to meet him. A House of Pomegranates Delia: What ailed him to go own a jennet, he that has means to stable a bay horse would set the windows rattling on the public road, and it sparkling over the flintstones after dark? New Irish Comedies Surely," said the worthy churchman; "you shall have mine own ambling jennet, and I would it ambled as easy for your sake as that of the Abbot of Saint Albans. Ivanhoe It is a Spanish jennet of the true Moorish blood, which, hundreds of years ago, that people brought with them from the East. Fair Margaret My jennet is as fresh as when we started, but those great limbs of thine are telling upon the grey.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 It didn't seem likely that Victor would have done anything of the sort; any more than Uncle Edward would have let Aunt Bella give him an overcoat lined with black jennet. Mary Olivier: a Life To make its way into the haggard the jennet did, the time it staggered him with a kick. New Irish Comedies Along the road—at last, no balk— A youth looms on a jennet; He rises like a sparrow-hawk About to seize a linnet. Poems Watch not their steps—they're safe without thy care, Unless, like jennets, they conceive by air, And every one of them may die a nun, 550 Unless they breed, like carrion, in the sun. Poetical Works Saxon, who when fully accoutred could scarce have weighed more than twelve stone, had a light bay Spanish jennet, of great speed and spirit. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 And the preceding description:- But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by, A breeding jennet, lusty, young and proud, &c. is much more admirable, but in parts less fitted for quotation. Literary Remains, Volume 2 Very cross jennets do be, as it is a cross man it met with. New Irish Comedies "Right noble lady," said he, "behold here a goodly, fair jennet to thy gracious acceptance." The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Before them rode a boy on a jennet, and by him a clerk, as he seemed, upon a mule. Hereward, the Last of the English I need no spurs; I ride, like Pegasus, on a winged horse—on a swift jennet, my boy, called Fear. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 And ask thy master where this jennet feeds. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Staffy: We heard tell you were after being destroyed with a jennet. New Irish Comedies So presently Beltane brought the Abbess where stood Sir Benedict with an easy-paced jennet for her use and his company formed up in column beyond the camp. Beltane the Smith Her black Spanish jennet, which she managed with much grace, her gay riding-dress, and laced side-saddle, had been anxiously prepared to set her forth to the best advantage. Old Mortality, Volume 1. I offered her my chestnut courser, but she preferred a jennet. The Prince of India — Volume 02 But, Pompey, if our Spanish jennets' feet Have learnt to post it of their mother-wind, I hope to trip upon the greybeard's heels, Till I have cropp'd his shoulders from his head. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Were I on yonder shore, with a fleet jennet and ten good and loyal knights around me, I would subscribe my sentence of eternal condemnation as soon as the resignation of my throne. The Abbot Their only attendant was a page, who, riding a Spanish jennet, which seemed to bear a heavy cloak-bag, followed them at a respectful distance. The Fortunes of Nigel To all whom it may concern schedule pursuant to statute showing return of number of mules and jennets exported from Ballina. Ulysses He clapped spurs to the jennet he was riding, and took flight headlong. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini After them followed yet more corsairs, and then mounted, on a white Arab jennet, his head swathed in a turban of cloth of gold, came Sakr-el-Bahr. The Sea-Hawk And ever James was bending low To his white jennet's saddle-bow, Doffing his cap to city dame, Who smiled and blushed for pride and shame. The Lady of the Lake In this picture King James is represented on the identical roan jennet. The Fortunes of Nigel But the vicar was too honest to drive so good a bargain, and the matter ended, in Amyas buying her a jennet, which she learned in a fortnight to ride like a very Gaucho. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth The beggar hath the prior's own mule and his son a jennet, and here we go to Santa Fe! 1492 Spanish jennets were regarded as the finest chargers, and were imported for purposes of pageantry and war. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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