(10 quotes found)
“Out started six officers, seized my bridle, put their pistols to my breast, ordered me to dismount, which I did. One of them, who appeared to have the command there, and much of a gentleman, asked me where I came from; I told him. He asked what time I left . I told him, he seemed surprised, said ''Sir, may I crave your name?'' I answered ''My name is Revere.”
Paul Revere
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.”
Bible
“I was very worried around the turn, because the horse had been coming off the bridle and I had to keep asking him. But when we turned into the stretch I kept after him and he found a few more gears.”
Frankie Dettori
“And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”
“He was off the bridle all the way.”
Ken Kelso
“Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.”
“What a great mare - she's just unbelievable. She was cruising, just off the bridle.”
Glen Boss
“Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? / Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.”
“He took me there on the bridle and then we just went clear.”
“SDSU has for the last quarter of a century sort of bridled at the basic mission statement of the CSU and has extended beyond the teaching of undergraduates. We expect more from our faculty than that.”
Tom Scott
