Mounted

Examples

• But in the height of the confusion, a mounted man galloped away to order the relays, and our horses were put to with great speed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• We scrambled up the steep bank at the shabby town of Ghizeh, mounted the donkeys again, and scampered away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Down through these, from the third floor, come the wheels, with the tires mounted and inflated to the proper pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The rapid-fire gun here shown is a model of a three-inch field gun mounted upon a special carriage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The light rose in the room, then sank to a small dimness, as the flame sank down on the candle, before it mounted again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Emma's spirits were mounted quite up to happiness; every thing wore a different air; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Moreover, the healthy spirits who had mounted to this sublime height were attractive to many of the Gradgrind school. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A smaller size, called _carbines_, were used by the mounted troops. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He thought it would be useless to pursue with jaded horses a well-mounted party with so much of a start. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The gun is mounted on a disappearing carriage, which lowers it out of sight behind the breastworks after firing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A circular disk, bearing a circular series of figures is mounted on a handle to revolve. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• So we mounted the horses and rode grimly on toward Magdala, cantering along in the edge of the water for want of the means of passing over it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As he sat a change came over his body, the hot, molten stream mounted involuntarily through his veins. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The piece of ordnance referred to, was mounted in a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Tuning forks do not produce strong tones unless mounted on hollow wooden boxes (Fig. 175), whose size and shape are so adjusted that resonance occurs and strengthens the sound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Arthur mounted, and they set off together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• That hour past, the sun mounted high in the heavens, but the cottagers did not appear. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Caroline, who, mounted on a chair, had been rummaging the bookcase, returned with a book. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Marvin's safe was globeshaped, to present no salient points for the action of tools, made of chrome steel, mounted in this shape on a platform, or enclosed in a fire-proof safe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It consists of a series of chalk cylinders mounted on a shaft revolved by hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The horses were put in--the driver mounted--the fat boy clambered up by his side--farewells were exchanged--and the carriage rattled off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Sedley was uncommon wild last night, sir, he whispered in confidence to Osborne, as the latter mounted the stair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Lee soon mounted his horse, seeing who it was, and met me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This cylinder was mounted on a shaft supported on two standards. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was he: here he was, mounted on Mesrour, followed by Pilot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Pilgrim mounted with more deliberation, reaching, as he departed, his hand to Gurth, who kissed it with the utmost possible veneration. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He was followed by his Saracens, and some five or six men-at-arms, who had mounted their horses. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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