h-o-r-s-e

Updated: May 13, 2025

A. Because there would not be room, and the one which should try to turn round would fall down and be killed. Q. What letter is this? A. Letter H, the first letter in horse, house, &c. Q. What is the use of the horse? A. To draw carts, coaches, stages, waggons, fire-engines, &c. Q. Spell horse, and cart, and coach. A. H-o-r-s-e, c-a-r-t, c-o-a-c-h.

Samuel Wilderspin - The Infant System: For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age

So, also, we have agreed that the characters h-o-r-s-e shall represent the same thing; and by the use of twenty-six characters, called the alphabet, placed together in various combinations, we are able to write our entire spoken language. The incidents connected with the introduction of written language among a barbarous people are worthy of remark in this connection.

F. G. (Frederick George) Smith - The Revelation Explained

Concho fled to the very brink of the washout and stopped so suddenly that his forefeet plowed a furrow in the grass, and the Little Doctor came near going clean over his head. She recovered her balance, and cast a frightened glance over her shoulder; Denver was rushing down upon them like an express train. "Get off your H-O-R-S-E!" shouted Chip, making a trumpet of his hands.

B. M. Bower - Chip, of the Flying U