The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize |
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... night through . Our friend here was full of what he had seen , and we were nothing loath to encou- rage him . " I trust his Majesty has enjoyed the races , " said we , as an opening . " Oh very much moosh - THE OMNIBUS . 7.
... night through . Our friend here was full of what he had seen , and we were nothing loath to encou- rage him . " I trust his Majesty has enjoyed the races , " said we , as an opening . " Oh very much moosh - THE OMNIBUS . 7.
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... night , he was taking her home in his personal charge . The George Carters , father and son , and both in top ... nights , to come , and not object , they are most probably there still , or close by : so that the character of the cover ...
... night , he was taking her home in his personal charge . The George Carters , father and son , and both in top ... nights , to come , and not object , they are most probably there still , or close by : so that the character of the cover ...
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... night . He kicked the roller furiously and repeatedly , but in doing so he hurt his own legs , and in course of time , finding he got by far the worst of it , he left off . The next morning his hind legs were very sore , and he was ...
... night . He kicked the roller furiously and repeatedly , but in doing so he hurt his own legs , and in course of time , finding he got by far the worst of it , he left off . The next morning his hind legs were very sore , and he was ...
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... night , And hawks and wood - crows perch in sleep ; When clouds obscure the moon's pale light , And midnight breezes murmur deep ; Foumarts , to their purpose true , Range the tangled covers through . " The Keeper's Song . When a ...
... night , And hawks and wood - crows perch in sleep ; When clouds obscure the moon's pale light , And midnight breezes murmur deep ; Foumarts , to their purpose true , Range the tangled covers through . " The Keeper's Song . When a ...
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... night , and silence at all hours , that the foumart steals forth , about nine or ten o'clock at night , according to the state of the weather , in search of its prey - never stirring however , like the fox , if the night be stormy ...
... night , and silence at all hours , that the foumart steals forth , about nine or ten o'clock at night , according to the state of the weather , in search of its prey - never stirring however , like the fox , if the night be stormy ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Visualização integral - 1840 |
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Página 60 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 212 - REMEMBER the glories of Brien the brave, Tho' the days of the hero are o'er ; Tho' lost to Mononia-)- and cold in the grave, He returns to KinkoraJ no more.
Página 192 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Página 188 - And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born, Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield : lay on, Macduff ; And damn'd be him that first cries,
Página 283 - See how the well-taught pointer leads the way ; The scent grows warm ; he stops : he springs the prey; The fluttering coveys from the stubble rise, And on swift wing divide the sounding skies ; The scattering lead pursues the certain sight, And death in thunder overtakes their flight.
Página 69 - Mine honest friend," replied Diana, "do not, if you will be guided by my advice, bait your hook with too much humility; for, ten to one, it will not catch a single compliment. You know I belong to the unpopular family of Tell-truths, and would not flatter Apollo for his lyre.
Página 120 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Página 280 - I was hunting a young pointer, the dog ran on a brood of very small partridges: the old bird cried, fluttered, and ran tumbling along just before the dog's nose till she had drawn him to a considerable distance, when she took wing, and flew still farther off, but not out of the field: on this...
Página 15 - ... of her rider, and will answer to the stimulus of the voice, whip, or spur. A craven or a rogue is not to be thought of as the " mother of a family ; " and if a mare belongs to a breed which is remarkable for refusing to answer the call of the rider, she should...
Página 125 - One of the ablest ministers in London was a blacksmith in Dundee, and another was a watchmaker in Banff. The late Dr. Milne, of China, was a herd-boy in Rhyne. The principal of the London Missionary Society's College at Hong-Kong was a saddler in Huntly, and one of the best missionaries that ever went to China was a tailor in Keith. The leading machinist on the London and Birmingham railway, with .£700 per annum, was a mechanic in Glasgow.