... remember my telling you I always want the best of everything?" he said as he followed her; and Diana went too fast for him to hold the briary branches out ... — Diana • Susan Warner
... good horse and he claimed that Sweetbriar, with a year or two more of age and hardening, would be the fastest horse in the Province. As to temper, the horse was well named; for he could be as sweet, when properly handled, as a rose; and as sharp and briary as any rose-stalk under contrary conditions. A nervous, sensitive, high-mettled animal; Mistress Putnam, though a good rider, said it was too much work to manage him. While her husband always responded that Sweetbriar could ... — Dulcibel - A Tale of Old Salem • Henry Peterson
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