She received a note by the Penny-post, which appeared to come from Dr.
I very much doubt whether even the lowest class of ignorants would be deceived at present by the ensuing impudent falsehood.
She could hear the steeds Come galloping on o'er the level meads; And lowly she crouched in the waving grass, And hoped against hope that the braves would pass.
The wildsteeds scented the game ahead, And sprang like hounds to the eager race.
Her feet are fleet, but the flying feet Of the steeds of the prairie are fleeter still; And where can she fly for a safe retreat?
The shouts of the riders rang loud and clear, As their frothing steeds to the chase they spurred.
Many, too, had followed the Roman example, leaping from their steeds and fighting hand to hand, till the cavalry battle had changed into a thousand combats of man against man.
Once mounted and urging on their steeds with the shrill, barbaric cries of the desert, Hannibal's light horsemen were safe from all ordinary pursuit.
The cavalry with steeds and cars he placed In front.
Agamemnon then promised that he would send to Achilles a large sum in gold, with twenty shining caldrons, and twelve steeds which had won many prizes by their fleetness.
Hector, thou art pursuing what thy feet Will never overtake, thesteeds which draw The chariot of Achilles.
There they alighted, and cast a dense mist around the chariot and the steeds to hide them from mortal view.
He had steeds beautiful to behold, and fleet as the wind, his chariot shone with gold and silver, and the armor he wore was all of gold.
Mars resigned to her hissteeds With trappings of bright gold.
Then Sthenelus, not forgetting the bidding of his friend, rushed forward, and, seizing the fleet steeds of the Dardan prince, drove them off to the Grecian camp.
Come now and direct your steeds against the war god, and I will be with you.
Some rushed towards the gates of the city, others to the Xanthus, into which they leaped in such numbers that the river was soon filled with a crowd of steeds and men.
The hearts of all who heard that brazen voice Were troubled, and their steeds with flowing manes Turned backward with the chariots,--such the dread Of coming slaughter.
The steeds of the sea 'Round the shore of the ocean ready were standing, Cabled sea-horses, at rest on the water.
Percy, now leaving his man to cover the steeds and the postilions, while he jumps off the roan's back and springs to the side of the coach.
While she washed her hands, after hiding the bundle under the feather bed, Her Ladyship heard the ring of horses' hoofs on the stone pave of the inn yard; and her quick ear even detected the fact that one of the steeds went lame.
But the driver was not equal to the task, as he urged his steeds over the morass through which the four slow old hacks dragged the rickety vehicle with its broken-down wheel.
The officers tethered their steeds to a birch stem, and withdrew inside the ruins so that their presence should not be remarked by the people working in the fields.
By a single twist of the rein the steeds would fall to the ground, and their riders crouch down behind them as a bulwark in battle.
The ferashes with frantic steeds dashed ahead to seek a place of shelter, and we saw them no more.
Under other circumstances we would have patronized our "steeds of steel," but a visit to the "biggest" man in China had to be conducted in state.
Did they quail, those steeds of the squadrons light, Did they flinch from the battle's roar, When they burst on the guns of the Muscovite, By the echoing Black Sea shore?
Ingleborough nodded after a glance backward and followed his companion's example, drawing rein so that their steeds settled down into a hand-gallop, still leaving their pursuers farther behind.
For, guesswork though it was, West felt that Mafeking must lie right ahead, and as they dashed on he began to feel a kind of certainty that if left to themselves their sagacious steeds would take them right into the town.
But what rejoiced Achilles more than the gift of marvellous armour and immortal steeds was that his dear comrade, Patroklos, was to be with him as his mate in war.
Illustration] 'And the immortal steeds that Patroklos had driven, having galloped from the battle, stood apart and would not move for all that their charioteer would do.
So saying he put courage into the hearts of the immortal steeds and they went where the charioteer would have them go, and they came safely out of the battle.
Steeds are bounding beneath the traces, None to match them my thought can find; Wait a while!
Maev Our chiefs, with oaths the gravest, Shall give the pledge thou cravest; For thee, of all men bravest, Brave bridled steeds shall stand.
Wars were gay, and but light was fray Ere at the Ford his steeds made stay: Like were our fights, oft fought, Like were our haunts in play; Scathach to each of us brought A shield one day.
More than all strife-seekers noted, Fiercely to far lands he rides; Steeds have trampled, skiffs have floated Near the isle where he abides.
Blood from out thee draining Shall thy steeds be staining; Thou, thy home if gaining, Wounded sore shalt be.
Near that house, to the westward, Where sunlight sinks down, Stand grey steeds, with manes dappled And steeds purple-brown.
They mounted their steeds which were tethered outside and tramped away into the night.
Up one street, down another, avoiding the main thoroughfares, now rendered impassable by the throngs, the charioteer directed his steeds towards Basil's palace on the Pincian Hill.
The steeds trotted on as they had done over any other stretch of the range, and the deepest breathing of which the boys were capable betrayed to their alert noses not the slightest taint in the air.
An instant later the steeds of the other boys did the same and three frightened horses were soon carrying their puzzled riders over the hills.
Their chariots and war steeds would be unharnessed and unprepared.
He had kept pace with Ahab's chariot-steeds as he conducted him, as it were in triumph, through the streaming downpour of that sweeping storm, to his summer capital.
Instead of riding like his predecessors on a humble mule, the king made his royal progress to his watered garden at Etam drawn by steeds magnificently caparisoned.
The gang had numbered eight, and in the fight which had followed two of the crowd had been wounded, although all had made their escape by swimming their steeds over a dangerous mountain torrent.
There were two steeds without riders, and Captain Moore was ordered to the back of one of these.
He saw his cousin and the guide bring their steeds to a halt and gaze around in wonder.
Slipping, scrambling, sliding among the loose stones, the staunch steeds stumbled on.
So puffing and panting, stumbling a little here and there, the poor beasts gallantly breasted the grassy steep in the wake of their masters, who had elected to spare their steeds by leading instead of riding them.
First the Bashi-Bazooks urged their fainting steeds to a gallop; then the infantry broke from their ranks and hurried forward; and had the enemy come down in force at that moment, they would have had an easy prey.
What matter whether that all-powerful Love Which moves the worlds, and bears with all our sins, Sent him a chariot and steeds of fire, Or moved the heart of some poor fisherman To bear him over for a brother's sake?
It was not as good as the two he had, but Jed and Will would have to have steeds that could stand a certain amount of hard life, if they were to go to the gold regions.
Owing to the fact that the steeds of the boys were fresh, and to the circumstance that the animals of the gamblers had quite a slope to climb, the boys secured a good lead.
The steeds of the boys were getting weary, for though they kept up a good lead they could only stop at short intervals for feed and water.
They unhitched the animals, putting halters on them, and led the eager steeds toward the inviting water.
With heavy hearts the two horsemen mounted their steeds and took their way across the marsh.
Jack wished to stop and hear more of the remarks made by the preacher, but to this Pearson objected, observing that he did not wish to delay, and that they would bait their steeds a few miles beyond the town, at a roadside inn.
Scarcely had they dismounted from their steeds than a damsel with black eyes and rosy cheeks came tripping by.
Soon as the steeds have perceived this, they rush on, and leave the beaten track, and run not in the order in which {they did} before.
The governor of the winged steeds is said to have beheld nothing more afflicting than that, since the lightnings that caused the death of Phaëton.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steeds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
