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Examples
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We do not want a horse-fight at every resting-stage, and the dun and the black will be locked in a little ...
Kim 2003
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I sat silent, remembering the great horse-fight and the war calls.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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That summer there was a great horse-fight at Langafit below Reykir, whither a great many people came together.
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Now men ride to the horse-fight, and a very great crowd is gathered together there.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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"We are told that thou hast a good horse, and we wish to challenge thee to a horse-fight."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Gunnar rode to see Njal, and told him of the horse-fight, and what words had passed between them, "But how dost thou think the horse-fight will turn out?"
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Needy-Skald had recovered from the hurts which he had received at the horse-fight and was of the party.
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"He gave his word to fight his horse, and we settled when and where the horse-fight should be; but it was plain in everything that he thought he fell short of us, and he begged and prayed to get off."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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We do not want a horse-fight at every resting-stage, and the dun and the black will be locked in a little ...
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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As it seems impossible for semi-civilized people to exercise forethought in small matters of this kind, a night without being disturbed by a horse-fight is
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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