The New sporting magazine, Volume 321856 |
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... rider ; for many years Northamptonshire rung with the daring feats and excellent horse- manship of the famous Knightley " Vixere fortes ante Agamem- nona , " we do not mean to assert that both before and after his time there have not ...
... rider ; for many years Northamptonshire rung with the daring feats and excellent horse- manship of the famous Knightley " Vixere fortes ante Agamem- nona , " we do not mean to assert that both before and after his time there have not ...
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... ride him over a locked six - barred gate , on to a canal - bridge , and over the corresponding gate which was not locked , into the field beyond . It was also on this horse , if we mistake not , that he cleared the surprising distance ...
... ride him over a locked six - barred gate , on to a canal - bridge , and over the corresponding gate which was not locked , into the field beyond . It was also on this horse , if we mistake not , that he cleared the surprising distance ...
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... rides out of his own gates at Fawsley , the peasant looks after him from his work , and smiles a blessing on his benefactor ; the sturdy yeoman doffs his hat when he meets him in the lane , and is gratified at a pass- ing word of ...
... rides out of his own gates at Fawsley , the peasant looks after him from his work , and smiles a blessing on his benefactor ; the sturdy yeoman doffs his hat when he meets him in the lane , and is gratified at a pass- ing word of ...
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... riding them . Every man acquainted with the Pytchley country has heard of Sir Marinel and Benvolio ; those names are as " familiar in our mouths as household words ; " and when we mention them we call up , from days lang syne , the tall ...
... riding them . Every man acquainted with the Pytchley country has heard of Sir Marinel and Benvolio ; those names are as " familiar in our mouths as household words ; " and when we mention them we call up , from days lang syne , the tall ...
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... Aleppo beat her so easily the day before , that they dared not back her Oaks chance . Poor Sly's riding of Melissa was something awful ; the very jockey- boys roared over it with contempt ; and , certainly 8 THE OMNIBUS .
... Aleppo beat her so easily the day before , that they dared not back her Oaks chance . Poor Sly's riding of Melissa was something awful ; the very jockey- boys roared over it with contempt ; and , certainly 8 THE OMNIBUS .
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Página 213 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, . Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 134 - In thee alone, fair land of liberty ! Is bred the perfect hound, in scent and speed As yet unrivall'd, while in other climes Their virtue fails, a weak degenerate race.
Página 169 - Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews, Her spectres wan, and birds of boding cry, He gives to range the dreary sky : Till down the eastern, cliffs afar Hyperion's march they spy, and glittering shafts of war.
Página 189 - A BEAM of tranquillity smil'd in the West, The storms of the morning pursued us no more, And the wave, while it welcom'd the moment of rest, Still heav'd, as remembering ills that were o'er...
Página 87 - Won easily by a length, half a length between the second and third. The winner was bought in for lOOgs.
Página 89 - Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not.
Página 242 - See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold...
Página 293 - WHEN Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.
Página 177 - With the loud streams: and often, at the hour When issue forth the first pale stars, is heard, Within the circuit of this fabric huge, One voice — the solitary raven, flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome, Unseen, perchance above all power of sight — An iron knell ! with echoes from afar Faint — and still fainter...
Página 152 - ... may call in any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general meeting, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in dispute shall appear to them to require it. The witnesses examined shall be required to sign their evidence, and if either party...