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“Effie M. was a monster. Six foot high and as strong as a farm horse.No sooner had she decided that she wanted UncleTom than she knocked him off his bicycle and told him.”

Wanted Strong Feet Six Decided Horse Monsters Farms Bicycle

Author:Laurie Lee

“Passion's a good, stupid horse that will pull the plough six days a week if you give him the run of his heels on Sundays. But love's a nervous, awkward, over-mastering brute; if you can't rein him, it's best to have no truck with him.”

Ifs Giving Running Passion Week Stupid Six Horse Nervous Sunday Awkward Heels Truck Brutes Reins

Book:Gaudy Night

Source: Gaudy Night

“But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and six-the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.”

May Body America Waiting Progress Six Horse Coaches Pace Sailing Sailor

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow... Like a Coach and six - the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.”

May Body America Progress Six Horse Coaches Pace

Book:John Adams

Source: John Adams

“The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.”

“Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune.”

Source: The Gypsy Crown: Chain of Charms 1

“How did you learn to drive like that?" Gwen yelled over the howl of six hundred horses. "Watching Jacks." She gunned the engine and slipped around another car. "What?" "You know, watching his shifting." Gwen gasped. "You've been looking at his SHIFTER?”

Knows Car Six Hundred Horse Engines Shifting Howl

Author:Scott Speer

“I see ranks ready for battle, stretching out. Five, six horses across, ranks in formation. Endlessly.”

Five Ready Battle Six Determination Horse Loyalty Formation Stretching

Author:Janet Morris

“There's always [on women's magazines] that great photo of the actress or model lifting up her shirt just to show you the bone structure and the six-pack of her own. It's almost like when horses are auctioned and they show you their teeth. 'Am I good enough?'”

Enough Shows Six Models Horse Structure Bones Actresses Teeth Magazines Shirts Good Enough Packs Lifting Lifting Up Six Packs

Author:Janeane Garofalo

“Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track in particular. Horses may win races, but they also win hearts as this impressive book proves beyond doubt. A memorable, sure-footed debut.”

Writing Heart May Book Winning Race Doubt Week Particular Victory Prove Six Horse Track Treasure Tales Memorable Impressive Good Writing Debut

Author:Madeleine Blais