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GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DOG,
&c. &c.

For beauty, courage, and heroic deeds,
The Horse all other animals exceeds.

LONDON:

PRINTED AND SOLD BY W. & T. DARTON, No. 40, HOLBORN-HILL.

1808.

8 MAY

SHORT DESCRIPTION

OF THE

HORSE.

"THE most noble conquest ever obtained by man, was over this proud and spirited animal, which shares with him the fatigues of war and the glories of battle. The horse, not less intrepid than his master, secs danger, and defies it; he inures himself to the din of arms; he delights in it, seeks it, and is animated with an ardour equal to that of man. He also shares with his master in the pleasures of the chace, the-course, and tournaments: but his docility being equal to his courage, he

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