1 Evidently they were firing at the hussars, but the balls with rapid rhythmic whistle flew over the heads of the horsemen and fell somewhere beyond them.
2 Along the road from Pratzen galloped what looked like a squadron of horsemen in various uniforms.
3 As the Tsar rode up to one flank of the battalions, which presented arms, another group of horsemen galloped up to the opposite flank, and at the head of them Rostov recognized Napoleon.
4 They had hardly ridden up a hill, past a tavern, before they saw a group of horsemen coming toward them.
5 At the fleches Bennigsen stopped and began looking at the Shevardino Redoubt opposite, which had been ours the day before and where several horsemen could be descried.
6 The officers said that either Napoleon or Murat was there, and they all gazed eagerly at this little group of horsemen.
7 While they were thus embarrassed, a large chest was brought and deposited in the presbytery for the Bishop, by two unknown horsemen, who departed on the instant.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE 8 He sprang into his saddle; the lackey took his place by the coachman; the carriage went off at a quick pace, escorted by the three horsemen, and all was over.
9 All at once, at the turning of the road she saw the glitter of laced hats and the waving of feathers; she counted two, then five, then eight horsemen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 63 THE DROP OF WATER 10 They heard the horsemen pass under the windows.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 63 THE DROP OF WATER 11 The four horsemen looked round them with astonishment, for they sought vainly in their minds to know who this other person could be.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 64 THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK 12 The storm increased, the flashes succeeded one another more rapidly, the thunder began to growl, and the wind, the precursor of a hurricane, whistled in the plumes and the hair of the horsemen.
13 At the sight there was a general reining up of horses and unslinging of guns, while fresh horsemen came galloping up to reinforce the vanguard.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN 14 The horsemen, therefore, soon overtook them on the road.
15 The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen riding abreast.