sumpter
Example Sentences
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The brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
"Pardon, my Prince," said I, "but all the apparel I have is upon my sumpter horse, which comes in the train of the Princess."
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
But in the morning I was awakened by a great clatter of trampling horses and sumpter mules, and springing to my feet and finding myself confronted by the Duchess I gave myself up for lost.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
She had also two sumpter mules richly caparisoned, and carrying a fine bed and all the necessary implements for cooking.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A sumpter mule had been saddled to carry the baggage, for the dame had, at the last moment, discovered a wondrous assortment of fineries and fripperies that most perforce be translated to Gamewell.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
