Book, Chapter
1 I, IX | high price paid for each horse, and the tips dealt out
2 I, X | shortest way.”~“Take you that horse, coward,” returned Michael, “
3 I, X | the iemschik, seizing one horse, while Michael did the same
4 I, X | longer rear, and the middle horse not being hampered by the
5 I, XI | answered Alcide, “with your horse and our demi-telga we will
6 I, XI | attacking the remaining horse. Nadia, leaving the shelter
7 I, XI | but then, seeing that the horse was attempting to break
8 I, XI | came up. Alcide seized the horse’s head, and, in an instant,
9 I, XIV | unconscious.”~“Hast thou a horse to sell me?”~“Thou wishest
10 I, XIV | At once.”~“I have neither horse nor carriage, little father.
11 I, XIV | on foot to Omsk to find a horse.”~“A few more hours of rest,
12 I, XIV | Was he not alone, alas? A horse would suffice him; and,
13 I, XIV | and, very fortunately, a horse could be had. It was an
14 I, XV | breaches in the wall; his horse was galloping over the steppe,
15 I, XV | Michael Strogoff urged on his horse, imbuing him with all his
16 I, XV | some refreshment for his horse and himself.~It was of great
17 I, XV | therefore, to spare his horse, for he could not tell when
18 I, XV | road it was to breathe his horse. Now he would dismount to
19 I, XV | Michael Strogoff spurred his horse into the midst of a grassy
20 I, XV | however fast they traveled the horse and the horseman were unable
21 I, XV | themselves.~Michael Strogoff’s horse, stung by these venomous
22 I, XV | by the plungings of his horse, and the sudden stops and
23 I, XV | Strogoff perceived that his horse, tired out, was on the point
24 I, XV | give a night’s rest to his horse. The brave animal could
25 I, XV | night at Elamsk, to give his horse twelve hours’ rest. He recalled
26 I, XV | halted at Pokrowskoe. His horse, jaded since his departure
27 I, XV | he had halted.~As for his horse, he did not even think of
28 I, XV | already become attached to his horse, the horse himself seemed
29 I, XV | attached to his horse, the horse himself seemed to become
30 I, XV | after having seen that his horse lacked nothing; but his
31 I, XV | At Oubinsk he gave his horse a whole night’s rest, for
32 I, XV | carriage at Kamsk, for his horse passed places which would
33 I, XV | out once more beneath his horse’s hoofs.~He had left Moscow
34 I, XVI | thank him, put spurs to his horse once more.~One thing he
35 I, XVI | did he, but, putting his horse into a steady gallop, he
36 I, XVI | to swim across?~As to his horse, it was by this time pretty
37 I, XVI | well-proved sagacity of his horse.~Just as Michael dismounted
38 I, XVI | are at a sharp trot. My horse cannot outstrip them. If
39 I, XVI | moments Michael, dragging his horse by the bridle, reached a
40 I, XVI | searched. He therefore led his horse to the stream and fastened
41 I, XVI | Michael crawled up to his horse through the grass, and found
42 I, XVI | stirrups, and began to lead his horse quietly away. The intelligent
43 I, XVI | from the wood, an Usbeck’s horse, scenting him, neighed and
44 I, XVI | but he well knew that his horse was becoming weaker, and
45 I, XVI | Michael’s disadvantage. His horse was almost exhausted. He
46 I, XVI | water!~“Courage, my brave horse!” cried Michael. “Come!
47 I, XVI | current— indeed, Michael’s horse could get no footing. He
48 I, XVI | was fired, and Michael’s horse, struck in the side, was
49 I, XVII| where he could procure a horse. A horse once found, he
50 I, XVII| could procure a horse. A horse once found, he would throw
51 I, XVII| would procure clothes and a horse, and r‚sum‚ the road to
52 I, XVII| town, and there procure a horse at any price? This was the
53 II, I | pavilion, ornamented with a horse’s tail issuing from a sheaf
54 II, I | soldiers, as many foot as horse soldiers, collected under
55 II, I | pass the cordon of foot and horse soldiers, which watched
56 II, II | pressed his spurs into his horse’s flanks, and, followed
57 II, II | he was about to mount his horse, to return to the outposts,
58 II, II | without frowning, mounted his horse, and going to the head of
59 II, III | pass the night. At sunrise horse and foot soldiers were to
60 II, IV | Feofar mounted his favorite horse, which carried on its head
61 II, VI | that he might spare his horse, and, to look at him, it
62 II, VI | don’t go fast, I spare my horse.”~“Friend, what is your
63 II, VI | The kibitka moved on; the horse, which Nicholas never touched
64 II, VI | rapid. But Nicholas and his horse were accustomed to a pace
65 II, VI | would like to alter. The horse went for two hours and rested
66 II, VI | night. During the halts the horse grazed, the travelers ate
67 II, VI | the reins, and giving the horse a more rapid pace, to the
68 II, VII | impossible to increase his horse’s pace, though in other
69 II, VII | the whip, Nicholas put his horse in motion.~Ten minutes after
70 II, VII | want of better fodder the horse had to content himself with
71 II, VII | the 26th of August, the horse was drawing the kibitka
72 II, VII | sustain it, as well as the horse, with these bottles.”~“Well
73 II, VII | bottles were fastened to the horse’s sides to support it in
74 II, VII | launching of the kibitka. The horse drew it into the water,
75 II, VII | a rider in a circus. The horse could scarcely keep his
76 II, VII | in the whirlpool, and the horse was nearly exhausted, when,
77 II, VII | bridle of the terrified horse, he gave him such an impulse
78 II, VII | starting point.~There the horse drew the cart onto the bank,
79 II, VII | Tartars. On the Obi, after his horse had been struck by a bullet,
80 II, VIII| get Nicholas to make his horse quicken his pace. To obtain
81 II, VIII| would not do to overwork the horse, for very probably they
82 II, VIII| continued. And he put his horse in motion again. However,
83 II, VIII| being so careful of his horse, and was as anxious to arrive
84 II, VIII| one would have turned his horse and gone back again, after
85 II, VIII| fields were trampled by horse’s feet, and that trees were
86 II, VIII| a large body of foot and horse became more and more apparent.
87 II, VIII| kibitka stopped suddenly. The horse refused to advance. Serko
88 II, VIII| A ball whistled, and the horse of the kibitka fell dead,
89 II, VIII| traveling fast. Michael’s horse, having no one to guide
90 II, VIII| cruelty, to exchange the horse Michael was riding for one
91 II, VIII| Michael was placed on this horse, and the reins ironically
92 II, VIII| urged into a gallop. The horse, not being guided by his
93 II, VIII| murmur escaped him. When his horse fell, he waited until it
94 II, VIII| 10th of September the blind horse ran away, and made straight
95 II, VIII| him. He was held back. The horse, having no guide, fell with
96 II, VIII| unhurt, but the miserable horse had two legs broken, and
97 II, VIII| instead, placed across a horse, and the detachment galloped
98 II, VIII| the sudden start of the horse, and the half-tipsy rider
99 II, IX | plain traces: here a dead horse, there an abandoned cart.
100 II, IX | the approach of a troop of horse.~Then the march was resumed;
101 II, IX | evidently a detachment of horse advancing towards the Dinka. “
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