Let that be as it may, as my purpose is to do extra justice to every creature brought upon the stage of this dramatic work, --I could not stifle this distinction in favour of Don _Quixote's_ horse; ----in all other points, the parson's horse, I say, was just such another, --for he was as lean, and as lank, and as sorry a jade, as HUMILITY herself could have bestrided.

The parson's horse was as lean, and as lank, and as sorry a jade, as Humility herself could have ridden.
