1001 Best Things Ever Said About HorsesSteven D. Price Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 M10 1 - 400 pages From the dawn of time, horses have been at once our idols and our companions, awakening in us feelings of awe and inspiration while serving as our partners in almost all human endeavors. Philosophers, artists, and writers have sought to describe their--and our--attraction to these magnificent creatures that have become all things to all people. This book will reflect the variety of our fascination with and love of horses, from classic texts of Greek and Roman philosophers, the Bible, and the Koran through Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Dickens to such contemporaries as Clint Eastwood, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Mr. Ed. |
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... become all things to all people. 1001 BEsT THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT HORSES reflects the variety of our fascination with and love of horses, from classic texts of Greek and Roman philosophers, the Bible, and the Koran through Shakespeare ...
... become all things to all people. 1001 BEsT THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT HORSES reflects the variety of our fascination with and love of horses, from classic texts of Greek and Roman philosophers, the Bible, and the Koran through Shakespeare ...
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... ever-receding vision, some enchanted transformation through which the horse and the rider become a third, much greater thing. —Tlaomas McGuane, "Horses” w What is a horse? It is freedom so indominable that FOR THE LovE OF HORsEs 3.
... ever-receding vision, some enchanted transformation through which the horse and the rider become a third, much greater thing. —Tlaomas McGuane, "Horses” w What is a horse? It is freedom so indominable that FOR THE LovE OF HORsEs 3.
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... becomes useless to imprison it to serve man; it lets itself be domesticated, but with a simple, rebellious toss of the head—shaking its mane like an abundance of free-flowing hair—it shows that its inner nature is always wild ...
... becomes useless to imprison it to serve man; it lets itself be domesticated, but with a simple, rebellious toss of the head—shaking its mane like an abundance of free-flowing hair—it shows that its inner nature is always wild ...
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... become riders. —Mary Wanless, The Natural Rider w I also belive that horses are the closest to God in the animal world. Horses are karmic, and they come to us in our lives karmicallly, when it is time for us truly to learn. —Dominique ...
... become riders. —Mary Wanless, The Natural Rider w I also belive that horses are the closest to God in the animal world. Horses are karmic, and they come to us in our lives karmicallly, when it is time for us truly to learn. —Dominique ...
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... become not just a team working in unison, they become as one. —Royal Hassricle A pony is a childhood dream, a horse is an adulthood treasure. —Rel2ecca Carroll A true horseman does not look at the horse with his eyes, he looks at his ...
... become not just a team working in unison, they become as one. —Royal Hassricle A pony is a childhood dream, a horse is an adulthood treasure. —Rel2ecca Carroll A true horseman does not look at the horse with his eyes, he looks at his ...
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