Having hobbled the horses, we crossed over to the camp, which was established at a small spring, and found Mr. Elsey and two of the men in charge.

Drawing my blanket over my shoulders, I said, as I stepped toward the entranceway: "I go to hobble my pony.

I keep no man-servant, and after my daughter retiresgenerally at the witching hour of two in the morning,I am obliged to hobble down stairs, extinguish the lights, cover the fire, lock up the house, and ascertain whether it is perfectly fire and burglar-proof for the time being.

In vain did the infirm and aged call on the vigorous and more youthful for the customary assistance; they were avoided like the cases of plague, and were left to hobble up the terraced street as best they might.

But never, moving or standing from aides or couriers spurring to front or flank, or from hobbling wounded men or unhurt stragglers footing to the rear, could they gather a word as to Brodnax's brigade or Kincaid's Battery.

On Sabbath morning, he came hobbling along, having but little use of one foot.

He had dropped a piece of heavy machinery on his foot, the week before, and was only able to hobble short distances.

It was no time to think of that; he hobbled on, the cold drops of sweat oozing out on his face from pain.

And now in view With hobbling gait, and high, exerts amazed What strength is left: to the last dregs of life Reduced, his spirits fail, on every side Hemmed in, besieged; not the least opening left To gleaming hope, the unhappy's last reserve.

He hobbled up the hill, and pausing for a moment at the top to take breath, suddenly exclaimed, "Look here, I'm going down it on skates.

Often it is necessary so to hobble your floating home where there is danger of her swinging upon hidden obstructions; but it is hard on the poetry of houseboating.

Murphy hobbled down the length of the room on his wooden leg and placed bottle and glass before the deputy.

As the light grew some strength came back to me, and presently I was able to hobble a little on my rickety shanks.

There were indeed some Persons, but their Number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling March on the broken Arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a Walk.

After this, Luke, I'd hobble my memory if I was you, then it won't go straying off thisaway and get you into trouble.

We stretched ropes from the wagon wheels, and in a few moments' time were busy hobbling our mounts.

Then he told her the story of the cow, and of how the twins, endeavoring to follow the example of some of the Canadians whom they had seen locking their wagon-wheels with a chain when going down the Souris hill, had made a slight mistake in the location of the chain and hobbled the oxen, with disastrous results.

Robert Wainwright, however, pushed them aside and hobbled forward a few paces without speaking; then he suddenly halted and jerked his thumb over his shoulder.

10 Till barbarous nations, and more barbarous times, Debased the majesty of verse to rhymes: Those rude at first; a kind of hobbling prose, That limp'd along, and tinkled in the close.

The Pony, Betty, and her Boy, Wind slowly through the woody dale; And who is she, betimes abroad, That hobbles up the steep rough road?

"Why, they complain that there's a lot o' rye on the premises," he answered, pointing to a field of that grain,and hobbled away, his shoulders shaking with laughter, as he went.

The priest scrambled to his feet and hobbled down the long tunnel.

The usual number of pleasantries and hobbling verses which tend to nothing.

" GuŽgou grinned toothlessly from the doorway of the shed where he was stabling Clarissa, and then hobbled his way up to the garden.

"He put his hand on my shoulder and hobbled his weight off the game leg.