| 单词 | post-horse |
| 例句 | I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Of this second purpose a few words implanted in the English language, such as post-horse, post-boy, and travelling-post, are all that we have now left to remind us. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Then to land dumb, unable to inquire for an English host, to remove from city to city, by most chargeable post-horse, like one that rode in quest of his mother-tongue. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z It is worse, when the post-horse or the plow-horse is plunged up to his belly in the river or pond immediately after his work. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Long before Lizzy had composed herself to sleep—for her heart was torn by a first sorrow, and she lay restless and fevered—her father, mounted on a post-horse, was riding away towards the Rhine. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He orders Makar to be transformed into a post-horse, to be used by the police commissioner. Contemporary Russian Novelists Let us live hard, work hard, go at a good pace, get to our journey's end as soon as possible; then let the post-horse get the shoulder out of the collar. Home Life of Great Authors It is very muddy underfoot; but if the sky does not fall, I shall ride out on my old post-horse at twelve o'clock. Records of Later Life Yoke a Newmarket courser to a dung cart, and I'll lay my life on't he'll either caper or kick most confoundedly, or be as stupid and restive as an old battered post-horse.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series I had never before had a post-horse that went so fast, and I wondered why. The Land of the Long Night Treasury officials and trade experts, soap deputations and post-horse deputations, representatives of tobacco and representatives of the West India interest, flocked to Downing Street day by day all through March. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 I have lived long enough to feel like the old post-horse,—very thankful as the end draws near. Home Life of Great Authors Let us live hard, work hard, go a good pace, get to our journey’s end as soon as possible—then let the post-horse get his shoulder out of the collar. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife It has a wide reach, and employs electricity more freely than did the oldtime newspaper the post-horse. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 He had been a post-horse for over twelve years. The Land of the Long Night A post-horse was of opinion, that the true remedy lay in decreasing the amount of speed, and shortening the spaces between milestones. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Another great help to our watering places and farmers, would be the repeal of the post-horse tax. Rides on Railways I have lived long enough to feel, like the old post-horse, very thankful as the end draws near. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife The octroi, like turnpike-tolls or the post-horse duty with us, is farmed; two-thirds are received by the government, and the remaining one-third by the town. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 I was reduced to an inevitable post-horse kind of endurance; and had only now to be thankful if I might be permitted to exist. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor If I should get such a wetting as Desborough's, why I should die of catarrh, though you see it hurts him no more than a bucket of water thrown over a post-horse. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The roads were crowded with their coaches, their saddle-horses, their furniture and finery; one could scarce command a post-horse for love or money. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The Sea Boy and the Farmers Boy are contrasted with much effect: and the ploughman feeding his horses at night, with the comparison between the cart-horse and post-horse, have great merit. The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem But I am always very suspicious, when Ellesmere appears to be carried away by any enthusiasm, that it will break off suddenly, like the gallop of a post-horse. Friends in Council — First Series When I dismounted from my post-horse, I hastened to my father's apartment. Rob Roy — Volume 01 After my experience of the Persian post-horse, I shall never believe that that rough and ill-shaped but useful animal has less than a dozen. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán All his wit reaches but to four lines or six at the most; and if he ever venture farther it tires immediately, like a post-horse, that will go no farther than his wonted stages. Character Writings of the 17th Century It survives in Persian and Turki in the senses both of a post-house and a post-horse, and in Russia, in the former sense, is a relic of the Mongol dominion. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The description, too long to quote, which follows of the tortures inflicted on the post-horse a century ago, is almost incredible to us, and we flatter ourselves that such things would not be tolerated now. Afoot in England What between his mistress abroad, and his ingle at home, high fare, soft lodging, fine clothes, and his fiddle; he thinks the hours have no wings, or the day no post-horse. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman "Go and harness yourself to what remains of our cart; I will take the reins, and call you my little pigeon, like a true iemschik, and you will trot off like a real post-horse." Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar "Is it as mythical as the third post-horse." A Start in Life It was full, and twenty times full, and nobody could be received but the post-horse,—though to get rid of that noble animal was something. The Holly-Tree Monsieur Firmiani is altogether mythical; he is like that third post-horse for which we pay though we never behold it. Madame Firmiani You may refer to the generally rotten appearance of the structure, and point in particular to the great holes sufficient to engulf half a post-horse. Russia |
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