They are abstraction's guardians, ideology's policemen, the horsemen of conservatism, and their deadly work leads to the destruction of vital, burgeoning life.
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The identity of the horsemen is not always clear or stated in the traditions.
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I don't know what happened to thehorseman.
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The second, third and fourth horsemen (on red, black and pale horses) are clearly associated with war, famine and death.
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Unlike these riders, most of us are not horsemen now, but we remain indebted to horsemen for what they have contributed to the language.
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Better dead than badly turned-out was the view of the old-timehorseman!
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The speed of thehorsemanmust be limited by the power of his horse.
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This is because ancient horsemen, by way of compensating for their lack of this device, sat farther back on their mounts.
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Parties of 50-60 horsemen are sent out, who surround the villagers while employed on their farms, capturing them, and eventually exchanging them in the interior for horses c.
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According to many horsemen and veterinarians, excessive tight-reining of a horse reportedly damaged its windpipe and significantly shortened its life, in addition to purportedly causing severe discomfort.
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For most of the time we are very pleased to see them being used by pedestrians, ramblers, hikers and horsemen and horsewomen.
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I only venture to intervene for a moment with regard to stockmen and horsemen on the farm.
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They are not the key-men—that is the worst of it—nor are they the horsemen.
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In addition to the difficulty with regard to horsemen, there is the further difficulty that we can hardly get our horses shod.
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