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Example sentences for "good horse"

  • After three days Merlin came thither, and he took up Balin and gat him a good horse, for his was dead, and bade him ride out of the country.

  • Thou seest well that I am on foot, but had I a good horse I should bring him soon again.

  • He'd always go to the mischief for the sake of a good horse, and many another 'Currency' chap has gone the same way.

  • With his broad shoulders and upright easy seat he was a regular picture on a good horse.

  • I am of a good horse--a real well-bred clinker.

  • On, good horse, on--the devil urges us both forward!

  • I could excuse the one, for I love a good horse naturally; but to be plagued with a bratchet whelp.

  • Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse.

  • A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.

  • Philosophy is a good horse in a stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.

  • But I was not long in discovering that without a good horse, a supply of provisions, and some weapons of offense or defense, any such idea was entirely futile.

  • Of this fact I had become aware long before, for in the races which the Indians so frequently indulged in, he was almost invariably the winner, thus showing that he possessed rare knowledge and judgment of the points of a good horse.

  • With a good horse, success was possible; although it was an open question, whether I would be able to find my way through a country of which I knew so little.

  • I'd put a good horse before a self-righteous preacher any day.

  • A good horse is the best company in the world.

  • He's a good horse, but I don't know just what I'll do with him.

  • He sure looks like a good horse to me," said Jim truthfully.

  • The "rosillo" was a good horse, who could pick his way carefully, and I was obliged to travel slowly.

  • It was a good horse anywhere, and looked as if it were just suited for the country.

  • And I take it you would sooner take a good horse than a bad one any day; besides there are the Captain's two horses.

  • It was a shame, so Jack's friend said, to send such a good horse to South Africa, but he felt bound to do his best for Jack.

  • One of the shots fired at the White Oaks party took effect in the brain of a good horse that a young man by the name of Johnny Hudgens was riding, while the other, went through a hat, on the head of a young man.

  • Mr. Collier had a good horse of his own and so did I; mine was a California pony that I had given fifty-five dollars for quite awhile before.

  • A good horse and a good pace make an immense difference.

  • Such is Persia between its two capitals; and yet I repeat that in cool weather, and on a good horse, the journey is a very pleasant one.

  • And in the cattle country he would need a horse, a good horse, such a horse as Pat.

  • He's a good horse, but he mayn't pan out good for me.

  • I told you where you could get a good horse, and you got one sure enough!

  • I only observed what you did when you hit me, and to my good horse I owe my fortune.

  • We took the best road to Boorhanpoor, that through the valley of Berar and close to the hills; and when we reached the old town of Julgaum, I felt myself so strong that I dismissed the palankeen and once more mounted my good horse.

  • The man rode a good horse, and his wife travelled in a palankeen.

  • Thither, therefore, I begged they would carry me, and placing me upon my good horse, I was soon there, and made as comfortable as circumstances would admit of in the empty shop of a Bunnea.

  • We had an extra saddle in the wagon, and McCann was mounted on a good horse, for he could ride as well as cook.

  • It was then that our long-legged Mexican steers set us a pace that required a good horse to equal, for they easily took the lead, the other herd having run between three and four miles before striking us, and being already well winded.

  • Speaking about Mexicans and Indians," said Wyatt Roundtree, "I've got more use for a good horse than I have for either of those grades of humanity.

  • He knew by hearsay that robbers seldom fired upon a good horse if there were a chance of making a capture of so valuable an acquisition.

  • I want a good horse; but I will lay no finger on yours.

  • There be times when I say that I am happiest dressed as tonight, a good horse beneath me, a bright moon above, and a booty worth having well in view.

  • But I always buy a good horse when I see him.

  • Down on nose and knee only went the good horse, his rider falling close to his shoulder, and never relinquishing the reins.

  • He said all steeplechases were won either by luck, pluck, a good horse, or good riding, and that you had all but the first requisite.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    good behaviour; good brown; good butter; good captain; good condition; good counsel; good family; good fire; good for; good government; good health; good joke; good lady; good man; good meal; good mornin; good nigger; good results; good season; good speech; good stock; good strong; good style; good wine; good workman; wherein they