My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least …

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My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me, and friendship of each other. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1826). Gulliver's Travels
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