1 Ashley Wilkes was elected captain, because he was the best rider in the County and because his cool head was counted on to keep some semblance of order.
2 The big horse reached the fence, gathered himself and soared over as effortlessly as a bird, his rider yelling enthusiastically, his crop beating the air, his white curls jerking out behind him.
3 The bearer looked nobler than the rider.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering. 4 Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.
5 The industry and movements of the rider were not less remarkable than those of the ridden.
6 Thence he went to the side of the motherly animal, and spending a minute in a fruitless inquiry into the character of her rider, he shook his head and returned to Heyward.
7 The face of a youthful rider, who was jerking his frantic horse with an abandon of temper he might display in a placid barnyard, was impressed deeply upon his mind.
8 "On the whole, Augustine, I think your talents might do for a circuit rider," said Alfred, laughing.
9 Through all this motley assemblage, threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there galloped Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed with the exercise and her long chestnut hair floating out behind her.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 10 In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 11 The path which the animal adopted rather turned off from the course pursued by the knight during the day; but as the horse seemed confident in his choice, the rider abandoned himself to his discretion.
12 The wearied horse of Ivanhoe, and its no less exhausted rider, went down, as all had expected, before the well-aimed lance and vigorous steed of the Templar.
13 The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 6: 2 Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road 14 That can only mean that the rider is throwing his weight on to the handle-bar, as a man does when he is sprinting.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 15 We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL