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Moslem, mounting a swift blood-horse and taking up the maiden behind him, ceased not devouring the ground till it was bright morning, when he turned aside with her from the highway and, alighting, they made the Wuzu-ablution and prayed the dawn-prayer.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

If I find a stray blood-horse on my land, you may call me fortunate.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

Groomed like a blood-horse; born and bred in good service, that one.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

A gentleman who was riding by with a fine horse, stopped to ask what the disturbance meant; and on hearing the story, his sympathies seemed to be thoroughly aroused; he sprang from his wagon, calling out, "That is a blood-horse, drive him till he drops."

Harriet, the Moses of Her People

They tell me ther mustang is ther blood-horse run down by starvation 'nd abuse,' nd in-breedin ', but mostly from in-breedin'.

The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

In fact, he was a young gentleman from town, who had been stopping some time at the White-horse Hotel, and who wished to employ his spare time (when he was not riding out on a blood-horse) in serving the house, and relieving the perplexities of his fellow-travellers.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Neither you, nor your blood-horse; but I will drive you out of my house to the crows.

Clouds 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

Well, he may know something about soap -- (laughter) -- but when he disparages blood in a horse or in any part of animal life or in any work in connection with Australia he does not know anything about it (laughter); and as the blood-horse is the best for work, so the white man is the best for Australia.

Autralian Problems 1924

A real blood-horse that has done his work is rightly left in the open air -- turned out into some sweet meadow or paddock.

Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914

In no stud of racers has he indulged, preferring to the finest blood-horse ever bred a certain white and woolly lamb with a blue riband to its neck.

The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1914