tantivy

These martial strains seemed as far away as Palestine, and reminded me of a march of crusaders in the horizon, with a slight tantivy and tremulous motion of the elm tree tops which overhang the village.

Walden 2004

He says that an ambitious tantivy, [2] missing of his towering hopes of preferment in

The Journal to Stella 2003

Rather than face death and the death-fear, in an attempt to flee the unfleeable he had thrown every other consideration to the winds, and ridden tantivy into the unknown.

Ultima Thule 2003

He was of a nature to ride tantivy into anything that promised excitement or adventure.

Australia Felix 2003

Ten minutes later, everyone was back in their seats and Tom, who had purloined the horn from the long basket attached to the side of the guard's seat, blew a tantivy into the night and Duncan, muffled from neck to heels in the big coat, set the horses in motion.

The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996

The wild tantivy boy had vanished, and the sobriquet of "Tavern Knight" was fast becoming

The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912

Is it strange that I became known as the wildest tantivy boy that rode with the King?

The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912

In the common-room one day sat as merry a company of carousers as ever gladdened the soul of an old tantivy boy.

The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912

He says that an ambitious tantivy, [2] missing of his towering hopes of preferment in Ireland, is come over to vent his spleen on the late Ministry, etc.

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

How does it come that a few short hours later we find him galloping tantivy over the dusty hills, no less than two hundred miles, as the birds fly, from the counter railing of welcomings?

Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893