Under his spurning feet, the roadLike an arrowly alpine river

Under his spurning feet, the road
Like an arrowly alpine river flowed
And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind…. – Thomas Buchanan Read

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England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes. – Robert Burton

So did this horse excel a common one
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Save a proud rider on so proud a back. – William Shakespeare

Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household. – George Bernard Shaw

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