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Boteler, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Thompson and M.gruder M.ury, both clergymen after the war; Joe Shaner, of Lexington, Virginia, as kind a friend as I ever had, and who carried my blanket for me on his off-horse at least one thousand miles; John M. Gregory, of Charles City

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore

Francesco, the driver, on foot, urged the tired horses onward with blows and the most powerful language he could bring to bear; he accused the off-horse of being a pickpocket and an _arciprete_, and a robber of

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"What a clipper that off-horse is, John," said I as we cleared London, and got to the level road by Kew Gardens; "let me take the reins for five minutes -- they're going so pleasantly."

Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville

Having been on duty all night I was being left unmolested to the last moment, when Joe Shaner came to me, as usual, and very quietly rolled up my blanket with his, to be carried on his off-horse.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore

The off-horse run a splinter in his foot, and made it sore.

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

"I believe it isn't quite easy for you to hold your back as straight as you are doing, and that off-horse certainly looks as if it wanted to lie down."

Hawtrey's Deputy Harold Bindloss 1905

"I believe it isn't quite easy for you to hold your back as straight as you are doing, and that off-horse certainly looks as if it wanted to lie down."

Masters of the Wheat-Lands Harold Bindloss 1905

'As soon as he was off-horse Fulke went to the chapel with Gilbert to give thanks for his safe coming, and when he had eaten -- he was a fat man, and rolled his eyes greedily at our good roast Sussex wheatears -- we led him to the little upper chamber, whither Gilbert had already gone with the Manor-roll.

Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

Rod, the off-horse of the pair, had been standing with one hip lifted, like a tired cow; and you could only tell by the quick flutter of the haw across his eye, from time to time, that he was paying any attention to the argument.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

Wherefore do thou drive close and bear thy horses and chariot hard thereon, and lean thy body on the well-knit car slightly to their left, and call upon the off-horse with voice and lash, and give him rein from thy hand.

The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882