Horsemen

Examples

• Horsemen cannot come that way. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Thereupon (1218) the great host of horsemen that Jengis Khan had consolidated and disciplined swept over the Pamirs and down into Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The horsemen abreast of that cart, frequently point out one man in it with their swords. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The wagon rattled, jumped, almost flew, over the frozen ground; but plainer, and still plainer, came the noise of pursuing horsemen behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The horsemen, therefore, soon overtook them on the road. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Then came more horsemen. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• His hand was still there as they saw the four horsemen ride out of the timber and he felt the muscles in Agustín's back twitch under his hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Crassus found himself against the Scythian again; against mobile tribes of horsemen led by a monarch in Median costume. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The army of these crusaders, according to the lowest estimates, consisted of 90,000 infantry and 40,000 horsemen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There is a guard of sundry horsemen riding abreast of the tumbrils, and faces are often turned up to some of them, and they are asked some question. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Besides, it will be a marvel if the horsemen come not upon us from York, unless we speedily accomplish our purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They were a horde of nomadic horsemen living in tents, and subsisting mainly upon mare's milk products and meat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The chief strength of the Lydians lay in their cavalry; they were excellent, if undisciplined, horsemen, and fought with long spears. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And, just as he spoke, a breeze brought the faint sound of galloping horsemen towards them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His horsemanship, especially after hounds, was a marvel and delight even in that country of magnificent horsemen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Will horsemen carry torches and pass them one to another during the race? Plato. The Republic.
• Or the horseman by his art make them bad horsemen? Plato. The Republic.
• Hounds and horsemen disappear, and little Rawdon remains on the doorsteps, wondering and happy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Can justice produce injustice any more than the art of horsemanship can make bad horsemen, or heat produce cold? Plato. The Republic.

Editor: Seth