sumpter-mule

Convent, the Kitchener and Refectioner, were just arrived with a sumpter-mule, loaded with provisions, announcing that the Lord Abbot, the

The Monastery 2008

The prince saw the black dispose himself on the grass outside, with his eyes upon the sumpter-mule.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

Early the next morning Sydney Oliphant rode up to the door, followed by two grooms, one of whom had a led horse, and the other a sumpter-mule, which was partly laden.

When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire 1867

Each had a light valise strapped behind the saddle, and the servants had saddle-bags containing the smaller articles of luggage, while the sumpter-mule carried two trunks with their clothes and sea necessaries.

When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire 1867

Instead of requiring a sumpter-mule to carry it, it could readily be strapped at the back of

One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Well! I will not be made a sumpter-mule to carry this rich gift over to Dr. Grimshaw -- even if there is no other way of conveyance.

The Missing Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

I say, knowing such to be the case, I also know my own importance as a 'stalking-horse,' or sumpter-mule, or something of the sort, to bear upon my own shoulders the burden of this estate, which you wish to give by me to Dr. Grimshaw.

The Missing Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

I was deluded and disturbed; facts were misrepresented to me, threats were made that could never have been executed; my fears were excited for your life; my affections were wrought upon; I was driven out of my senses even before I did consent to be his nominal wife -- the legal sumpter-mule to carry him an estate.

The Missing Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

Still the magnet of a straggling ball attracts the remaining brilliants; still a lagging dinner, like a sumpter-mule on a march, is a mark for plunder.

The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1842

"With Homer in his pocket and Gell on his sumpter-mule, the Odysseus tourist may now make a very classical and delightful excursion."

Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806