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In reality, I think it should be someone more like Jim Sturgess, after physical training, or Billy Crudup, whose unfortunately pretty short. a-ritt on Jul 31, 2008
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Black – Horse, and thereafter I arose to be lieutenant and ritt-master, under that invincible monarch, the bulwark of the Protestant faith, the Lion of the North, the terror of Austria, Gustavus the
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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In especial, albeit the pay be none of the most superabundant, being only about sixty dollars a-month to a ritt-master, yet the invincible Gustavus never paid above one-third of that sum, whilk was distributed monthly by way of loan; although, when justly considered, it was, in fact, a borrowing by that great monarch of the additional two-thirds which were due to the soldier.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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Ai tells u a seek ritt: Teh less u try, teh eaziar it iz!
Just wait until the tomcat who is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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“And yet, if I understand you, Captain Dalgetty, — I think that rank corresponds with your foreign title of ritt-master —”
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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I felled my man at one hundred and thirty paces, with six to count from a ritt-master's signal.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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"You ride like a _ritt-meister_," he said, with an approvingly good-natured wag of the head, as he came up as close as Paddy would permit.
The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912
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King's Leif Regiment of Black Horse, and thereafter I arose to be lieutenant and ritt-master, under that invincible monarch, the bulwark of the Protestant faith, the Lion of the North, the terror of Austria, Gustavus the Victorious. ''
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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In especial, albeit the pay be none of the most superabundant, being only about sixty dollars a month to a ritt-master, yet the invincible Gustavus never paid above one-third of that sum, whilk was distributed monthly by way of loan; although, when justly considered, it was, in fact, a borrowing by that great monarch of the additional two-thirds which were due to the soldier.
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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` ` The same grade preceesely, '' answered Dalgetty; ` ` ritt-master signifying literally file-leader. ''
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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