The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 160
he fiery animal trained forwar, and obedient to the master who has trained him. Xenophon, in his Treatise on Horsemanship and his Instructor ofCavalry, and Diodorusin his Histories, are among the Greeks who adducethe most numerous testimonies to the honour in which equestrian exerciseswere held.… … HE horse has been described by Buffon as the noblest conquest made by man. Historians,both sacred and profane, inform us that the con- t J \ ■ Jf ft quest dates from the most remote ages. In the \d Book of Job we have this magnificent descrip- kfky^T tion :— Then the Lord said, Hast thou given | ^1…
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