 The asses, when they were pursued, having gained ground of the horses, stood still (for they exceeded them much in speed) ; and when these came up with them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by...  Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks - Pàgina 77per William Ainsworth - 1844 - 248 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 pàgines
...The author of the Anabasis dwells upon the extreme swiftness of the wild ass. ' The asses, (says he,) when they were pursued, having gained ground of the...them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and succeeding one... | |
 | 1827 - 684 pàgines
...The author of the Anabasis dwells upon the extreme swiftness of the wild ass. ' The asses, (says he,) when they were pursued, having gained ground of the...horses, stood still, (for they exceeded them much iu speed,) and when these came up with them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could... | |
 | Xenophon (of Athens.) - 1830 - 330 pàgines
...Norfolk: they are remarkable for having no more than three claws, like the dotterel, and some f, sued, having gained ground of the horses, stood still (for...them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means hut by dividing themselves into relays, and succeeding one... | |
 | Xenophon - 1830 - 350 pàgines
...Norfolk : they are remarkable for having no more than three claws, like the dotterel, and some sued, having gained ground of the horses, stood still (for...with them, they did the same thing again; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and succeeding one... | |
 | Xenophon - 1831 - 286 pàgines
...same purpose. 3 Bustards are very well known to sportsmen; we have great numdeer,1 which our horsemen sometimes chased. The asses, when they were pursued,...them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and stJSceeding... | |
 | 1863 - 622 pàgines
...as the sea, and full of wormwood. . . . The asses, when they were pursued, having gained ground on the horses, stood still (for they exceeded them much...came up with them, they did the same thing again. The flesh of those that were taken was like red deer, but more tender' (Strabo, i. § 5), ' In fleetness,'... | |
 | Xenophon - 1834 - 294 pàgines
...same purpose. » Bustards are very well known to sportsmtn: we have great deer,1 which our horsemen sometimes chased. The asses, when they were pursued,...stood still (for they exceeded them much in speed), andwhen these came up with them, they did the same tfcng again ; so that our horsemen could take them... | |
 | Xenophon - 1840 - 790 pàgines
...Arabia and Mesopotamia, &c. I remember to have seen two that and roe-deer5 which our horsemen sometime? chased. The asses, when they were pursued, having...them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and succeeding one... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 pàgines
...numerous were wild asses, and not a few ostriches, besides bustards and roe-deer, which our horsemen sometimes chased. The asses, when they were pursued,...them, they did the same thing again ; so that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and succeeding one... | |
 | Xenophon - 1845 - 782 pàgines
...Levant, as Arabia and Mesopotamia, fcc. I femember to have seen two that and roe-deer5 which bur horsemen sometimes chased. The asses, when they were pursued,...came up with them, they did the same thing again; BO that our horsemen could take them by no other means but by dividing themselves into relays, and... | |
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