...; Behind shnt the postern, the lights sank to rost, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. ii. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing onr place ; I tnrned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened...

...Shakespeare. 15. I'll look no more, — Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. 16. Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place. Browniny. 17. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm...

...Longman, Green and Co.) 2.— HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT. BOBERT BROWNING. [See page 154.] I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened...

...and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' quoth young Lochinvar." LOCHINVAR. — Scott . " I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : I galloped,...rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast." HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO All. Browning, " Away ! — away ! — and on we dash...

...come to a place we wished to avoid above all others — a barrack full of Cossacks. CHAPTER XXII. " Not a word to each other : we kept the great pace, Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place." BKOWNINO, Bide from Ghent to Aix, WE were not more tlian a dozen...

...ambush there, Fastened her down for ever I Rogers. Ex. 149. Sow they brought the Good News from Ghent. I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened...

...That land thy COUNTRY, and that spot thy HOME. 10 HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he : I galloped,...; we kept the great pace — Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened...

...crowds, bur-gess-es [A.-S. burg, u town], inhabitants or freemen of a city or borough. I SPRANG to tho stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped,...Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Nock by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place ; I turned in my saddle and made its girths...

...government permission to commence a series of reproductive works, canals, and appliances for irrigation. ' I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped,...cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; " Speed I echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into...

...combined, as in the opening lines of Browning's " Good News from Ghent" : — " / sprang to the saddle, and Joris and he, I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three." Thirdly, a line composed of monosyllables, makes an impression by the frequency of its pauses, aided...