| 单词 | mettlesome |
| 例句 | To read a book about the pleasures, epiphanies and mettlesome feats someone has accumulated over the course of an incredibly long walk is to be fascinated, jealous and, most of all, incredulous. | Walk, Don’t Run 2014-04-29T19:38:29Z A shy, passive, recessive figure has been transformed into an active, mettlesome, gender-challenging presence, a poet in control of her art and environment, and fully conscious of the mechanics of personal myth. My Hero, Emily Dickinson, Outlaw of Amherst 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z That left Andsnes' athletic, mettlesome and exciting performance of the Brahms to lift the concert out of the ordinary. Andsnes' commanding Brahms lifts Muti-less CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-02-18T16:33:00Z And Juliet’s mettlesome temper became the engine that fueled the drama, above all in Act III, in which she seldom leaves the stage. In This ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ballet, a Rebel Juliet 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Two mettlesome productions from feminist-leaning companies are pondering hard realities in the lives of modern women. Review | Two feminist plays ponder modern lives 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The weather does its best to massacre his New Yorkers, tormenting them with frigid winters and suffocating summers; their response to the vital challenge is to show off the mettlesome resilience of the human animal. George Bellows: Modern American Life – review 2013-03-17T00:05:47Z Pairing mettlesome athletes with cutting-edge technology is “the nucleus of what’s driven the program over the last 20 years,” Holdcroft said. In Beijing, Britain’s Skeleton Team Resets, With Confidence 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z "Take care of my toes, master," exclaimed a stout citizen; "your horse is mettlesome." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z For a week did this mettlesome bird lift up his voice above all the meaner roosters on the hill; but one morning there was an ominous silence about the precincts where he was quartered. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z When I was young your mother and I rode miles across a dim forest, she on her pillion, I guiding a mettlesome beauty. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z I knew her for a mettlesome filly the first time I ever clapped eyes on her. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The mettlesome young bull lowered his horns and charged the obstacle, only to be thrown back with a smarting shoulder. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Mett′lesomeness, quality or state of being mettlesome.—Put one on his mettle, to rouse a person up to putting forth his best efforts. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The instant Haley touched the saddle the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling some feet off, on the dry, soft turf. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z He held a pair of white ribbons over a mettlesome horse whose silverplated harness ornaments shone brightly in the moonlight. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z The mettlesome leaders, Russia and Turkey, have already taken the bit between their teeth, while Austria, catching the contagion of their viciousness, is plunging dangerously. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z You are as mettlesome as a young colt. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Others are getting booted and spurred and saddling mettlesome steeds prefatory for departure. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z And almost every hour that young hero, cheerful, mettlesome, eagle-like, drew nearer the heart of the king. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z It is very difficult to confine young and mettlesome horses to a walk; great good temper, with a firm light hand, are requisite to accomplish this. Graceful Riding A Pocket Manual for Equestrians 2011-07-12T02:00:27.770Z Recalling the memory of his young days, he gave his mettlesome hunter the reins, and took the most daring leaps over ditches and fences. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z His horses were traveling as fresh, mettlesome beasts can travel when urged by such a man as Dave, with his nerves strung to a terrific tension by the emergency of his journey. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The horses, stimulated by the cold, sweep with you over the plain with the most mettlesome impetuosity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The other, somewhat more mettlesome, made a grab at his 240 knife. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z The trader, rendered mettlesome by his exploit, absolutely refused to give the carcase up, so the witch-doctor called upon his companions, in terms of their allegiance to the chief, to assist him. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z But beneath this 11 bright and mettlesome outside there lay deep in his nature, even from the first, a strain of painful sensibility making him subject to moods of unreasonable suspicion and self-tormenting melancholy. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z There was joy in the feel of the reins, in the pulling of the mettlesome horses. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z As Abner Filbury had said, the steed was a mettlesome one, and soon Sam found he had all he could do to hold the horse in. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z Child," he said, "it's like setting an old horse against a mettlesome young one. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z “Don’t nobody need to tell me my business,” said the surly hunchback, tightening the lines; and without any more ado they were off, the snow flying from the heels of the mettlesome bays. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z He had spent his early days in an atmosphere charged with recollections of a brilliant era and a mettlesome, laughter-loving people. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Helen did not seem so confident as her father; and as for Mrs. Somerville, she was considerably paler than usual, and managed her mettlesome horse with far less than her customary address. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z With sober faces the boys led the mettlesome horse down the slope to the main road. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z Firmly seated on an animal that defied all sympathy in these mettlesome feats, Sir Within had ample time to admire the exquisite grace with which she rode. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Both ladies agreed that their labors had exhausted them, but each looked unusually vivacious and mettlesome. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The horse was mettlesome enough to require all her attention. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z She was a fearless rider, and it gave the young man pleasure to be commissioned to pick out an animal at once gentle and mettlesome for the use of his young mistress. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Socks, the most restive and mettlesome of the horses, started and whinnied as burning leaves struck him. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The Persian, disdainful of the lower orders as were all of his class, spurred his mettlesome Arab forward, caught the lounging unt by the halter and imperiously swung the beast to one side. The Great Mogul Notch by notch, Dorsay opened out the 1014, notch by notch, and the big mountain racer, answering like a mettlesome steed to the touch of the whip, leapt forward, ever faster, into the night. The Night Operator There's a mettlesome colt," said Campbell, laughing and speaking to the officers around him, "that bird shows fight before his spurs are grown. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "She is too fiery for all that," said the girl, as she held in the mettlesome animal, and endeavored to calm her by patting her neck. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Finding difficulty in recruiting a full crew of mettlesome lads, he sailed from that port for New York in April of 1696, with only seventy hands. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day It was one of the most mettlesome and shapely mounts I had ever had the pleasure to view. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois If he is a mettlesome, high-couraged animal, he will regard as a yet severer punishment his being compelled to follow at your heels for half-an-hour, while the other dogs are allowed the enjoyment of hunting. The Dog In another moment she was acknowledging the applause of the spectators as her mettlesome horse dashed into the ring. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Isabel, who was equally indifferent, strode along beside her without so much as a comment, and so confirmed the good impression she had made on her mettlesome relative. Ancestors A Novel A sixteen-year-old girl, gray-eyed, vibrant with energy, mobile as the Lightning, the mettlesome Lightning, from which she took her Camp Fire name, spoke up spiritedly. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl See, here is a rose-leaf; I have but to blow upon it and it will become a mettlesome steed.' Old-Time Stories Warner’s horse was a mettlesome beast and Munro’s act in seizing the bridle angered it. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga "A fine pair of horses that," he said, indicating the mettlesome bays attached to the vehicle, which, in spite of their brisk run, were tossing their heads and fretting to be off. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts There were mettlesome steeds, and coaches with a high polish, and silver weighted harness, and the insolence of livery, and armorial bearings, and the gilt of coronets on carriage panels. The Missourian While the young folks were talking, the pair of mettlesome grays had been speeding over the snow of the road at a good rate of speed. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune "Now, where, Jim?" said Belle, as they left the gate and thundered over the bridge at a mettlesome lope. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Similarly, she indulged a mettlesome fancy for referring to her hostess as "dear Abigail." Nobody No. He had to admit that it was Beth that interested him, Beth the primitive, Beth the mettlesome, Beth the demure. The Vagrant Duke And being a mettlesome young man into the bargain, he rose by unanimous consent to command a native company of the troop. The Missourian Such were the cries from the two girls as the mettlesome grays tore along the country highway at a speed that seemed marvelous. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune It did not escape Whispering Smith’s notice that the mettlesome horses ridden by the outlaws were continually working around to the right of his party. Whispering Smith "Hack, sir!—hack to ride up and down the beach!" exclaimed a man, stopping a pair of mettlesome horses almost directly in front of them. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife I recollect, too, that the mettlesome barb which bounded over the downs surrounding Longwood did not partake of my sympathy for the golden bough I had plucked. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. A more mettlesome steed upheld Jack Harvey, but not at all willingly, since it had an uncertain way of backing without warning into fences and trees, to the detriment of its rider's shins. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill As might have been expected, the coming and going of the big machine, with its unearthly roar, was too much for the mettlesome grays. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune They wore helmets of silver or gold, and blood-red corselets, and with spears and shields glittering, they boldly charged through the fray on their mettlesome white steeds. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas IV.33 hot at hand: spirited or mettlesome when held back. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar He seemed afraid to talk, he only whipped up smartly his three lean, but mettlesome, bay horses. The Brothers Karamazov Mounted on richly-caparisoned and mettlesome horses, they rode from Fleet Street up the Strand, and by Charing Cross to Whitehall, through a tempest of enthusiasm. A Book About Lawyers All the time he tried to keep a tight hand upon his hopes—unruly and mettlesome fellows, which more than once had carried him into the meadow of Expectation before he knew where he was. Anthony Lyveden Thine to be lord of the mettlesome chargers, Thine to be lord of swift ships as they wing! A Victor of Salamis A few moments later a well-built, sturdy lad astride a mettlesome pony dashed into the circle of firelight. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Very often, too, one may see boys, in string harness, happy in being very mettlesome horses. Change in the Village You study its moods and its ways as those of a mettlesome horse. The Book of the National Parks At length he heard overhead the neighing and stamping of some mettlesome horses, and concluded that the oats must have fallen from their mangers. Folk-lore and Legends: German Her emotions were mettlesome horses well-bitted—quick and powerful, but firmly held. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York She—I speak now with reference to Miss Hamm—led the procession, mounted upon a mettlesome steed and attired in a costume including a short coat, boots, and bifurcated garments of a close-fitting nature. Fibble, D.D. It is not much; but it suffices to show that he came of fine, fearless stock, mettlesome and reliant,—the sort of stock that brings forth men of action. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark It was with no little interest that the bishop and his friends watched the young page mount his new steed, for it was a mettlesome one, and used only to a man's weight. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds A four-wheeled dogcart was coming down the archway behind a mettlesome young horse with silver-mounted harness. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 A shrewd stroke, boy, and a mettlesome spirit! Blackbeard: Buccaneer It needed no second glance to perceive that we were mettlesome steeds out for exercise, and feeling our oats. Explorers of the Dawn Gay banners fluttered, glistening spears flashed with points of light, gaily attired women and men sat on the backs of swaying, ugly camels, or galloped on mettlesome steeds. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank Helen had once compared her to a mettlesome young horse and there was about her some quality of the male. Moor Fires She tossed her head back, as the governess uttered her decision, with the impatience of a mettlesome horse. The Governess We were on the Beaverdam Circuit, and he had bought a new horse—a horse gifted with ungodly speed in the legs and a mettlesome, race-track temperament. A Circuit Rider's Wife A second animal was produced, less mettlesome, but also black, finely strung, daintily hoofed, and as Mayor Bragg said, "just turned four year." Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Usually a tractable, though mettlesome beast, the horse was greatly surprised at the treatment he was receiving, and it is not surprising that he made every effort to escape the punishment. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol The most vigourous, defiant and mettlesome male is preferred just because he alone affords a contributory stimulation adequate to evoke the pairing impulse with its attendant emotional tone. Evolution in Modern Thought The king's carriage somewhat resembled a chariot, being drawn by four mettlesome coal-black horses, all gayly caparisoned with gold and silver trimmings and nodding plumes. Frank Merriwell Down South The wave of pain was as the lash to a mettlesome horse. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport I repaired to his room, and arrayed myself in a fatigue officer's suit, with clean underclothing, after which, descending, I climbed into his saddle, and dashed off, with a mettlesome, dapper pony. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Riding and driving came to him as naturally as breathing, and the fact that a steed was mettlesome did not daunt him. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Saying this, I mounted my cob and cantered down the avenue of Bingley Hall, followed by the young people, whose fresh and mettlesome steeds curvetted and pranced incessantly. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn The girl rode a mettlesome little pony, sitting sidewise on a man's saddle. The Eagle's Heart But he was debonair himself, of high courage, and mettlesome; and he may have gone a little too far. Little Novels of Italy His bravery, versatility, frankness, and readiness of speech are all vividly portrayed, while his mettlesome temper and his arrogance are alike essential to his rôle, and are true to the record of the historical D'Ambois. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois The spirited little broncho was fresh and mettlesome, and went off in a series of sheeplike bounds which her rider seemed not to notice. The Spirit of Sweetwater Those who have ever had such a battle with a wilful, mettlesome horse, know that it often requires the utmost patience and determination on the part of his rider, to come out victorious. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem A cavalcade of six hundred men mounted on mettlesome horses eager for the furious dash through a forest of tossing buffalo-horns was quite as imposing as any clash between warring Vikings. Lords of the North "A most virtuous resolution, a most godly oath, but my mettlesome friend, I'll point out thy error." The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV By that time the jaunty riders of the early spring-tide were worn to skeletons; the mettlesome horses—those that were left—barely able to stagger through weakness, exhaustion, and starvation. Under Fire We had often taken horses into the woods in that way, and expected to have no trouble this time; although these horses were young, they were not high-spirited or mettlesome. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's With respect to the rest of my flock, I felt a different sort of interest—the wide-awake concern of one who finds himself suddenly perched on the back of a mettlesome, untried steed. Cape Cod Folks She's mettlesome, you know, the kind that kicks over the traces, and slams any one happening to be handy. Joyce of the North Woods Down in the Temple carriage drive the worried man could see a boy holding a mettlesome saddle horse, caparisoned for a woman's use. The Henchman He would even stifle a yawn while in Corrie's company, though he was a mettlesome and not a listless fellow. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Behind this rolling parapet crouched a feathered warrior, and farther still away, sweeping and circling on their mettlesome steeds, three more savage braves were darting at speed. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Miss Pringle attempting to delude herself with the idea that she was a mettlesome, high-spirited person who would stand no nonsense, was immensely diverting to Nora. The Land of Promise There was in the corral a black horse called Dynamite, a mettlesome young thing whose one specialty was bucking. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories She stopped at nothing; even Nature herself she had a try at, like some mettlesome horse which does not like to be balked by anything in the shape of a wall. The Jamesons A pair of small, and apparently young and mettlesome horses, were put to the carriage: the postilion was mounted; and nothing remained but to take our seats, and bid adieu to Chrems and its Monastery. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Obedient to his first instructions, the main body had spread out in long, irregular skirmish rank, their mettlesome ponies capering and dancing in their eagerness. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier The officer thus directly addressed, a handsome, stalwart man of middle age, reined in his mettlesome horse and waited. Bob Hampton of Placer His horse was mettlesome, and Westerfelt drove rapidly over a good road which ran along the foot of the mountain. Westerfelt And well it was that he did, for so mettlesome were the horses of the conspirators that, despite the start the loungers had, they quickly overhauled them. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches You'd try to ride any horse I could, no matter how mettlesome it was. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story Here, Hi, you take this and go out and hold my horse; he's mettlesome as the deuce this cold weather. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Besides, why was she trying, for the first time in her life, to go Nan's pace, which had always been, and was now more than ever before, too hot and mettlesome for her? Dangerous Ages He was riding a sweat-covered, mettlesome black with a rolling eye. The Killer His brother had been thrown by a young and mettlesome horse, and so badly trampled that he must remain a helpless invalid for the rest of his life. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Then his mettlesome horses claimed his attention for awhile. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware For example, I cannot credit that the mettlesome poet, Byron, would have contentedly sat down with Bartleby to examine a law document of, say five hundred pages, closely written in a crimpy hand. The Piazza Tales But, now every morning, pride rose, mettlesome and gallant, making her laugh and talk, so that no one guessed. Dangerous Ages I remember one that I used to like immensely—Titania driving to a tryst with Bottom, her chariot a lily, daisies for wheels, and for steeds a pair of mettlesome field-mice. Grey Roses The Lancerota horses are said to be the most mettlesome, fleet, and loyal horses that are. A Voyage to New Holland Master Potts started too, for Flint did not like to be left behind, but the mettlesome pony was soon distanced. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The horse was an old one, stiffened and jaded by much hard travel, but it had been a mettlesome one in its younger days, with the recollection of many exciting adventures. The Little Colonel's Hero The team was mettlesome, the lights of Macdonald's homestead soon faded behind them, and they were racing with many a lurch and jolt straight as the crow flies across the prairie. Winston of the Prairie "A mettlesome lot; seem to be in good training," Edgar commented. Ranching for Sylvia He was a fine, strong, mettlesome brute, and I succeeded in keeping the girl's dim form in sight. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall The movement of his shoulders, as he reined in his mettlesome bay, was picturesque, and he was coaxingly and gushingly upbraided for neglect of his religious duties. Muslin For If neither the man nor the woman curbed the mettlesome Pegasus "Emotion", methinks the colts and fillies would want for hay and oats. Hints for Lovers The national differences stand out clear to view: the vivid glowing Proven�al is fresher, more vehement, and mettlesome; the dreamy German more monotonous, tame, and melancholy. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The native African was of a fierce and mettlesome temper, sullen and untamable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 She is mettlesome and fiery, but full of affection. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall She looked in perfect condition--sleek, mettlesome, strong, and beautiful. Tom Tufton's Travels I trow thou art a mettlesome knave, and I owe thee and thy brother something more than fair words for the service ye have rendered me this night. In the Days of Chivalry Like a mettlesome steed in curb young Cooper looked at the wager,—a basket of fruit,—then at his race-mate, and accepted the challenge, but not on even terms. James Fenimore Cooper 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 And Rachel imagined the free life of distant forests, where love was, and where slim girls rode mettlesome horses more easily than the girls of the Five Towns rode bicycles. The Price of Love But you have a mettlesome spirit after all, if you can scrape acquaintance with Lord Claud. Tom Tufton's Travels But, like a mettlesome steeplechaser, Drake took a leap in his stride during the preliminary canter before the great race. Elizabethan Sea Dogs The mettlesome showy ones were bred to display their paces for rich men only. The Moon Rock A good face--unsophisticated, but intelligent, mettlesome and honest. The Grandissimes He was mettlesome, and he did not want to do what I wanted. Tales of lonely trails As Tom guided the mettlesome pony through the open gate and up the winding roadway to the front of the porch, Mrs. Warmore came out pale with fright. Brave Tom The Battle That Won Both were expert horsemen and the ponies under them were mettlesome. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains She threw back her head like a restless horse, blooded, mettlesome, and resumed her pacing up and down, her hands now clasped behind her back. The Purchase Price The mettlesome little doctor felt the odds against him in the exchange of greetings. The Grandissimes Not so with Joe, who, being a mettlesome fellow, returned the stranger's angry glance with a steady look, and rejoined: 'It is not a very bold thing to wonder at your going on to-night. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty What a mettlesome horse it was, and how handsome! A Hero of Our Time The Carp is far stronger and more mettlesome than the Bream. The Compleat Angler From the way she settled herself and took the few restive prances of the mettlesome horse Gale judged that she could ride. Desert Gold Their horses' flanks were damp from some pleasant gallop, but their present gait was the soft, mettlesome movement of animals who will even submit to walk if their masters insist. The Grandissimes The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf. Uncle Tom's Cabin Lu Kuang is fresh from his victories in the west, and his soldiers are vigorous and mettlesome. The Art of War Billy was standing in the carriage slashing the mettlesome horses with the whip. A Girl of the Limberlost The poise of her head, her mettlesome manner, her walk, show that she's been bred up like a Derby winner. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The soldiers were clad in party-colored silk stuffs, and the horsemen were seated upon their mettlesome steeds as if they were going to a bull-fight. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 He saw a sortie from the gates driven back by as mettlesome a cavalry charge as he could have wished to lead. The Forest Lovers She possess'd some of her brother's mettlesome temper, and gave him an abrupt and most decided refusal. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy At which word he had reined up, wheeled and spurred his mettlesome mount and thereupon vanished with his staff in a cloud of dust, at full gallop. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extravagant city! Poems By Walt Whitman She was a mettlesome, warm-blooded creature, full of the energy and audacity of youth, to whom as yet life was only a frolic and a play spell. Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England Musgrave was to remember—long afterward—how glorious and dear this brightly-colored, mettlesome and tiny woman had seemed to him in the second display of temper he witnessed in Patricia. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations So happened it with Master Mordacks, who of all born men was foremost, with his wiry fingers spread, to pass them through the scattery forelock of that mettlesome horse, old Time. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale All through the afternoon boiler-plated knights on mettlesome chargers had hurled themselves on each other's spears, to the vast contentment of all. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories "Oh! the fine horses, are they not mettlesome." Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 Karloff did notice how well the groom rode his mettlesome mount, being himself a soldier and a daring horseman. Man on the Box Her coachman had all he could do to control her mettlesome span of Spanish mares. The Unwilling Vestal Hardwicke was standing with his gloved hand grasping the mettlesome "Garibaldi's" bridle. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story It was going at a furious rate, the scarred man driving, and lashing his mettlesome horse at the same time. The Rover Boys at School There can be no limit to the praise earned by the mettlesome veterans of Jackson's corps, in the deadly fight at Fairview. The Campaign of Chancellorsville Miss Belle, eager and mettlesome, stood waiting for music that could scarcely be lighter or more devoid of moral quality than her own immature heart. Without a Home Should she venture, as her Uncle George had suggested, to take the reins in her own hands and guide this restive, mettlesome thoroughbred, or should she surrender to him? Kennedy Square Kitty's a good lass," she said, "though a bit mettlesome and wild; but I'm not saying anything again her. God's Good Man Here Athenian youths, in a great variety of dress and undress, dash forward on small, mettlesome horses. A History of Greek Art This was a mettlesome assault, and as successful as it was brief and determined. The Campaign of Chancellorsville I lend my hobby to no one, and it is far too mettlesome to 'carry double'. At the Mercy of Tiberius I was tired with riding a trotting mettlesome horse a dozen miles, having not been on horseback this twelvemonth. The Journal to Stella D'ye hear'; for the man of the ragged beard was jerking the near leader's bit and putting the mettlesome animal on its haunches. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life This charming May air has made us both mettlesome and happy. Henry VIII and His Court Besides, her horse was mettlesome, thoroughly aroused, and he wanted a free rein and his own way. The Man of the Forest The fawn of a maid hent her lute in hand * And her music made us right mettlesome: For her song gave hearing to ears stone-deaf, * While Brava! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 With no very heavy fighting, Talbot had captured five vessels and was keen to show what his crew could do against mettlesome foemen. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors These and other cruel things he repeated till he made the lady weep sorely, and wellnigh broke her spirit, though she had formerly been such a mettlesome dame. A Group of Noble Dames Bernardino led him to a pavilion where a number of pleasure-seekers were gathered and selected a sleigh and two mettlesome horses. The Land of the Changing Sun A judge of horses and a sportsman, he had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him. War and Peace Big, blithe, mettlesome, they passed before him in a long, comely line, flushed with the pleasant follies which had helped to sap the courage in their descendants' veins. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields He owned bands of mustangs; near by was a field of them, fine and mettlesome and racy; yet Bostil had eyes only for the blooded favorites. Wildfire "Tom's a high mettlesome fellow, and would no more mind a ride on Hounslow Heath than he does a walk now in the Mall." Catherine: a Story Julie cried out, her face grew white, people looked at her curiously, but she saw no one, her eyes were fixed upon the too mettlesome beast. A Woman of Thirty The most vigorous, defiant and mettlesome male is preferred just because he alone affords a contributory stimulation adequate to evoke the pairing impulse with its attendant emotional tone. Darwin and Modern Science She knew no fear, and would have used a whip so readily that the men did not dare to trust her with one, and knew they must not mount her on a steed too mettlesome. A Lady of Quality And there passed before his mind a whole series of these mettlesome, vigorous, self- confident men, who always and everywhere drew his inquisitive attention in spite of himself. Anna Karenina Coursers two times twelve, all mettlesome, fast fettered storm-winds, Stamping stood in the line of stalls, and tugged at their fodder. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow George Naab gave Holderness's horse a sharp kick which made the mettlesome beast jump so suddenly that his rider was nearly unseated. Heritage of the Desert He slowed up and was making the turn, which was down-hill between high banks of yellow clay, when his mettlesome horse heard something to frighten him or shied at something and bolted. The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border When he came to the gate of his home and saw his uncle there with a mettlesome horse, saddled, with canteen, rope, and bags all in place, a subtle shock pervaded his spirit. The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border |
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