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Mary Tourtel

I lived from 1879-1940. I was from England, and am in the English category.

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  • Service
    The Bus horse does not work all day,
        For if he did he'd waste away.
    8 lines
  • Perseverance
    The horse affords the best example amongst animals of perseverance: he
    will go on until he falls exhausted or dead. On the Yorkshire
    7 lines
  • Jibbing
    Of all the tiresome steeds that are
        The jibber is the worst by far.
    8 lines
  • Curiosity
    All horses very curious are
        And things which they espy afar
    8 lines
  • Cleverness
    Billy, the circus pony, can
        Distinguish letters like a man:
    8 lines
  • Bucking
    When horses buck they take a bound
        With all their four feet off the ground.
    8 lines
  • Intelligence
    On the prairies in the Far West of America a man lost his way. He had no
    water to drink, although both he and his horse were parched
    6 lines
  • Sagacity
    There is danger at this place which the horse can see, but which the
    rider fails to detect. They are in the midst of a swamp where o
    5 lines
  • Old Age
    This horse's working days are o'er.
        The shafts and saddle nevermore
    8 lines
  • Toiling
    These three horses are ploughing an upland field. They are thoroughly
    enjoying themselves, for they are so strong that their work is
    4 lines
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