First he thought of the time he had ridden to Gavin and told him how his cattle were being rustled at the far end of the valley.

There was really no reason to refuse, and Linda Kay had never ridden in a Cadillac.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

Ulyate and Kearton climbed on toward the sound of the barking of the dogs and the sporadic roaring of the lion, till they came, out of breath, to the crest, and peering through the branches of a bush, this is what Ulyate saw: Jones who had apparently ( and actually had ) ridden up the nearly impassable hillside, sitting calmly on his horse within forty feet of a full-grown young lioness, who was crouched on a flat rock and seemed just about to charge him, while the dogs whirled around her.

Eventually, and long after the Imperial army had begun its retreat, the gallant Schiltron was ridden down and annihilated by a charge of three thousand men-at-arms.

George Monck, realizing the military stood to lose power ; secretly shifted his loyalty to the Crown but as General George Monck, who had been Cromwell's viceroy in Scotland, began to march south, Lambert, who had ridden out to face him, lost support in London.

Some dialogue occurs between Hermóðr and Móðguðr, including that Móðguðr notes that recently there had ridden five battalions of dead men across the bridge that made less sound than he.

Isabella and Edward had travelled north together at the start of the autumn campaign ; following the disastrous battle of Old Byland, Edward had ridden south, apparently to raise more men, sending Isabella east to Tynemouth Priory.

The PDPA Politburo voted in favour of giving membership to the military officers ; the victors ( the Khalqists ) portrayed the Parchamites as opportunists ( they implied that the Parchamites had ridden the revolutionary wave, but not actually participated in the revolution ).

Outside the Shire, Gandalf encountered Radagast the Brown, another of the Istari, who brought the news that the Nazgûl had ridden forth and crossed the River Anduin — and a request from Saruman that Gandalf come to Isengard.

It was some time before similar products became available on other platforms, by which time the Mac had ridden the desktop publishing market to success.

They had heard from their neighbor, Ed " old man " Frink, that Ike had been stirring up trouble in town overnight, and they had ridden into town on horseback to back up their brothers.

Hitler was a keen automotive enthusiast, and had ridden in Tatras during political tours of Czechoslovakia.

But Shoemaker chose a colt he had never ridden named Hill Rise as his Derby mount.

Hitler was a keen automotive enthusiast, and had ridden in Tatras during political tours of Czechoslovakia.

That night, Sigi returned home and claimed that Breði had ridden out into the forest, that he had lost sight of Breði, and that he furthermore did not know what became of the thrall.

Adendorff also stayed, while the trooper who had ridden in with him galloped on to warn the garrison at Helpmekaar.

Hell, they were fightin' each other so hard they had no time for anyone else.

I had always, I said, hankered after working hard with my hands.

Bad relations between England and Flanders brought hard times to the shepherds scattered over the dales and downs as well as to the crowded Flemish cities, and while the English, so far, had done no more than grumble, Othon had seen what the discontent might lead to, for before he left the Low Countries the citizens of Ghent had risen in protest against the expense of supporting Edward and his troops, and the regular soldiers had found it unexpectedly difficult to put down the nasty little riot that ensued.

Her brother Karl was a very gentle soul, her mother was a quiet woman who said little but who had hard, probing eyes.

The differentiation between the East Coast and West Coast schools of jazz, the differences between the `` hard bop '' school of Rollins, and the `` cerebral '' experiments of Tristano, Konitz and Marsh, the general differences in the mores of white and Negro musicians, all had become fairly well known to certain segments of the public.

It was going to be hard going all the way because he hadn't written seriously for a while, except for a few stories, was tired of the old method of realismo he had so successfully used in The Sky Is Red.

He had bought a little piece of property down along the coast of the hard country of Calabria that he knew so well.

He looked at her out of himself, she thought, as he did only for an instant at a time, the look which always surprised her even now when his uncombable hair was yellowing a little and his breath came hard through his nicotine-choked lungs, the look of the gaunt youth she had suddenly found herself staring at in the Tate Gallery on a Thursday once.

Like many others, he had to work hard, long hours in a struggling family business which, though it was allied to art of a kind -- the design and production of engraved seals -- bore no relation to the painting of pictures.

Long hard years of `` on the job '' training had brought them to their competence.

Arlene had a hard voice, too, this time.

The engineer had more than seven years of experience in the firm, was well trained, was considered a hard worker, was respected by his fellow engineers for his technical competence and was regarded as a `` comer ''.

( 1 ) When an object was placed in the patient's hand, he had no difficulty determining whether it was warm or cold, sharp or blunt, rough or smooth, flexible, soft, or hard ; ;

Later it was gratifying to note that they had set so solidly as to be hard to remove when the time came.

She had a hard time making him understand that it was Farouk she wished to meet.

Never had no trouble with him before, thought he was a hard worker, hustling around to get a full week's work.

`` What with all those pretty girls around, they had a hard time ''.

The President had set for himself the task, which he believed vital, of awakening the U. S. and its allies to the hard and complex effort necessary to shift that balance.

They all had the hard look of gamblers who had stopped dreaming, who automatically turned the cards, hardly caring what showed up.

He who had tried so hard, who had yearned so passionately to be a great officer.

Morgan returned to the kitchen, built a fire, and carried in several buckets of water from the spring which he poured into the copper boiler that he had placed on the stove.

He had taken a carbine down from the wall and it trailed from his hand, the stock bumping on the wood floor.

The silence oppressed him, made him bend low over the horse's neck as if to hide from a wind that had begun to blow far away and was twisting slowly through the darkness in its slow search.

The Gap looming before him -- the place where had confronted Jack English on that day so many years ago -- was his exit from all that had meaning to him.

He might tell her how sorry a spectacle she was making of herself, pretending to be blind to the way Julia Fortune had taken Dean's affections from her.

Already some of the pain had gone from Amelia's death.

One afternoon, upon receiving permission and the necessary instructions from the clerk, I had visited the toilet adjoining the hall.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

And I had hardly finished my business in the toilet on the aforementioned occasion when the lights in that place, like the hall lights controlled from the switch in the office, flicked off and on impatiently.

It sprang from a type of mentality I'd encountered often enough but certainly had not expected to find here.

It was to him that Barton had sent Carl Dill on Dill's release from the prison.

It had drawn them together, and since his release from prison Dill had worked tirelessly to effect this night's escape.

Ten years older than Mitch Barton, he had clawed his way up from mucker in the pits to manager of the operation.

Kodyke had appeared at the mine one day bearing a letter from Kruger.

She had to get away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up the liquid of her eyes and sank into the fibers of her brain, depriving her of reason and sight.

She had to move in some direction -- any direction that would take her away from this evil place.

He had to depend on himself, since he was invariably miles and hours away from others.

He could not grasp that Lord had withdrawn from the fight minutes ago, and that his leaden arms were flailing at nothing but the air.

Billie had unhitched the mules from both Tom Brannon's and his father's wagon.

Hogan got down from the saddle and had a look inside.

He'd mounted up immediately and raced with a revolver ready toward the spot from which he'd estimated the shot had come.

An inquest was held, and after a good deal of testimony about the anonymous notes, the county coroner estimated that the shooting had been done from a distance of 300 yards.