His horse seemed distressed by the weight of his rider, and the various ornaments and trappings with which his head, breast, and body were bedecked.
About a hundred of the men rode on horseback, with lances and other weapons in their hands, which, with the gay trappings of the horses, gave them a respectable appearance.
Five hundred men, women, and children attended this council, and very picturesque they must have looked with their tents and their trappings against the snowy winter landscape.
It must be remembered again, if the reader can think back so far in his own experience, that youth of that age loves to deck itself out both physically and mentally in the trappings of romance.
In 1849, however gorgeous the trappings might have appeared to men long deprived of such things, they were of small importance compared with the games themselves.
The saddles, harness and elephant trappings are much more beautiful and costly than those at Jodpore, and in the adjoining armory is a remarkable collection of swords and other weapons with hilts of gold, jade, enamel and jewels.
The saddles, bridles, harness and other stable equipments are loaded with gold and silver ornaments set with precious stones, and the trappings for elephants are covered with the most gorgeous gold and silver embroidery.
I, midst my flowers, can feel myself a king, Nor envy much the rich and mighty then, With all their pomp and pride, or gorgeous trappings vain.
How seldom we think that the primitive use Of the first suit of clothing by Adam and Eve Was not for adornment with trappings profuse, But as cover for nakedness--guilt to relieve.
He had all the correct trappings for the frontier, and his toilet in the shed gave him pleasure.
Then, knowing his strength was coming to an end, he approached an Indian whose splendid fillet and trappings denoted him of consequence; and Jones was near shouting with relief when the Indian shrank backward.
Sheiks and other men of rank often have these ornaments made of silver, so that the cost of the entire trappings is very great.
Various jugs and skins and articles of domestic use hung suspended about it, and trappings of fringe and finery ornamented it.
Another legend tells us how the Greeks and Romans gave the world the crescent moon as an emblem of good luck, so many thousands of replicas of which have been fashioned in brass and used as horse trappings by horsemen of all races.
The trappings of each horse were matched in colour with the ladies' mantles, and the captains of the squadrons wore golden spurs.
Judged by their ornament, it is to this period that most of the bronze enamelled arms and trappings in the British Museum belong.
We read of trappings of white silver fringed with cloth of gold, and of cloth of gold interwrought with solid silver; and it appears that no materials were too rich to deck out the favourite destrier or war-horse.
As with the armour in the fourteenth century, the rich trappings of the horse naturally led at times to the pursuit and capture of the owner.
I speak with some confidence about this, for I have myself watched those trappings being made.
In Manchester there is a firm who do a large business in manufacturing brightly coloured horse-trappings for the South American market.
We dragged a trunkful of altar trappings and saints' vestments out into the light.
When the annual reunion of the Indians takes place this image is decorated in cheap trappings and occupies the post of honor in the procession.
Do the inhabitants dress their parts with conscientious gravity, and sit down to dine with the trappings of costume and furniture which belong to their houses?
It delights in the splendour of mirrors, in the sparkle of champagne, in the trappings of a sordid and remote romance.
He loved the trappings of life, and he loved to put his sitters in a splendid environment.
The trappings of his magnificent, if vulgar, existence are familiar to all the readers of the Sunday papers.
It was a brutal encounter, in which the body of the bull-fighter with its silk and gold trappings rolled away and disappeared beneath his feet.
All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously.
I put on my tennis clothes, snowy from collar to shoe tips, like the trappings of the White Knight, and started to walk down into the Settlement to find Martha.
The trappings of their steeds were of the same; 260 The golden fringe even set the ground on flame, And drew a precious trail: a crown divine Of laurel did about their temples twine.
I will give the odds in your favor too; for I will carry with me my spear, and my shield, and my helmet and sword, and all the trappings of the chase, while you may doff from your shoulders whatever might hinder your speed.
He gave himself a patronizing wink and whistled a strain of "Yankee Doodle" as he turned away from the glass, perhaps justly confiding in the immemorial power which military trappings have always exercised over the female heart.
And that knight was clad altogether in black armor and he rode upon a great black horse, and all the trappings and the furniture of that horse were as black as all the other things that belonged to that knight.
And as that rider drew nigh unto Sir Ewaine, he beheld that he was a knight clad all in black armor and seated upon a great charger which was entirely black and which was hung with trappings as black as any raven.
And they beheld that near by the bush was a noble black horse with trappings and housings all of black, and the horse cropped the grass that grew at that place.
A good many of the shops are untenanted, and a good many others are occupied by artisans manufacturing the ruder articles of commerce, such as horseshoes, pack-saddles, and the trappings of camels.
They are a swarthy, wild-looking crowd, wearing long hair parted in the middle, or not parted at all; to their national costume are added the jaunty trappings affected by river men in all countries.
