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"Yes; I heard him talking to our general—I am galloping, you know, for Lord Cardigan, who was mad to be at them, I can tell you, but he wasn't allowed."

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur

“Oh!” thought I, “I may as well be sure as to whom I am galloping after.”

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

I am galloping towards Poland, and rereading all your letters,—I have but three of them, .

From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm

But I am galloping on a-head foolishly in thinking of this, and am counting up my wealth while the crockery in my basket is so very fragile.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony