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To-night two hundred Cavaliers will have ridden in as near as they dare, and then one hundred and fifty will have dismounted and marched silently under cover of the darkness opposite the gates.—Snore, boy, snore!”

From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville

Although it's but a little way from the house some of them, if not all, will have ridden; their horses will be down in the ca�on.

From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson

They were to try and put a stop to our journey at its outset; but mounted men will have ridden on ahead, especially as they couldn't have been sure that we should follow this road.

From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)