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When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
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Verse 18. High. With her head erect, the ostrich is taller than a man on horseback. Pliny x. 1.—Its wings are used like sails, and enable it to run as fast as many birds can fly, ( Calmet.) while it hurls stones at the pursuer with its feet, so as frequently to kill them. Diod. ii.—Rider, as they can travel with equal speed. Menochius. verse 13.—Adamson (Senegal) placed two negroes on one, and testified that it still went faster than any English horse. Bible.
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