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Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it impossible but he must be light in hand, because no horse can be rightly upon his haunches without being so. -- William Cavendish
But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of. -- William Cavendish
These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar. -- William Cavendish
And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose, said right; and it is equally true that the curb can never play, when in its right place, except the horse be upon his haunches. -- William Cavendish
The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security. -- William Cavendish
Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it. -- Mason Cooley
Acceptance of the bit happens in the haunches, not in the mouth. -- Thomas Ritter
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. -- Carl Sandburg
Blue. My God! I'm so blue that if I were a dog, I'd sit on my haunches and howl and howl and howl ... -- Alice Dunbar Nelson
I want to experiment; I want to keep growing. I didn't want to just sit back and rest on my haunches and do the things I knew I could do for a while. -- Josh Hartnett
And I realized that sometimes the greatest triumphs in your life come in on little cat feet and sit on silent haunches and it's up to you to see it before it moves on. -- Sally Field

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