The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 11John William Carleton 1844 |
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... kill a fox ; and how so great an event has been achieved , few modern sportsmen can , with any degree of accu- racy , relate . Many years ago , I recollect a gentleman , who kept ten horses in Leicestershire , and who had been riding ...
... kill a fox ; and how so great an event has been achieved , few modern sportsmen can , with any degree of accu- racy , relate . Many years ago , I recollect a gentleman , who kept ten horses in Leicestershire , and who had been riding ...
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... killed a great many foxes ; but it was chiefly cover - hunting , from the reasons I before mentioned . In the spring of the year 1843 , when the Earl of Chesterfield was at Rome , where his lordship had been spending the previous winter ...
... killed a great many foxes ; but it was chiefly cover - hunting , from the reasons I before mentioned . In the spring of the year 1843 , when the Earl of Chesterfield was at Rome , where his lordship had been spending the previous winter ...
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... kill with a single ball . The ladies , it was said , entered with spirit into this amusement , and seemed delighted at ... killed in the chase by this modern Camilla . Upon entering the house , we passed through the rooms on the ground ...
... kill with a single ball . The ladies , it was said , entered with spirit into this amusement , and seemed delighted at ... killed in the chase by this modern Camilla . Upon entering the house , we passed through the rooms on the ground ...
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... killed him . A picture also represents the following remarkable fact , which I had almost forgotten to mention . As the hounds of this lady were pur- suing a ferocious boar , a woodman chanced to be in his path , and apprehensive that ...
... killed him . A picture also represents the following remarkable fact , which I had almost forgotten to mention . As the hounds of this lady were pur- suing a ferocious boar , a woodman chanced to be in his path , and apprehensive that ...
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... kill- ing - and cooking , too , for that matter - to avoid being poisoned , and all within sight of the warlike Belochees ? We boast not of the tusks of elephants , of tiger and other skins , which we preserve as trophies of our ...
... kill- ing - and cooking , too , for that matter - to avoid being poisoned , and all within sight of the warlike Belochees ? We boast not of the tusks of elephants , of tiger and other skins , which we preserve as trophies of our ...
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Página 298 - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing die.
Página 3 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Página 285 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 255 - I IN these flowery meads would be : These crystal streams should solace me; To whose harmonious bubbling noise I with my angle would rejoice. Sit here, and see the turtle-dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love; Or on that bank, feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty; please my mind. To see sweet dewdrops kiss these flowers. And then...
Página 386 - The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose, For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep: Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows: Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep. Thou in the grave shall rest — yet till the phantoms flee Which that house and heath and garden made dear to thee erewhile.
Página 71 - Non amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare, Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te " — * * Thus Englished by the famous Tom Brown : " I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
Página 35 - The queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain, she kept in her coach; she hunts in a chaise with one horse, which she drives herself, and drives furiously, like Jehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod.
Página 261 - All that are desirous to pass from London to York," continues the advertisement, " or from York to London, or any other place on that road, let them repair to the Black Swan in Holborn, in London, or to the Black Swan in Coney Street, in York.
Página 39 - That shining shield invites the tyrant's spear, As if to damp our elevated aims, And strongly preach humility to man. O how portentous is prosperity ! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines .' Few years but yield us proof of death's ambition, To cull his victims from the fairest fold, And sheath his shafts in all the pride of life.
Página 36 - May it please your Royal Highness,— The members of the Jockey Club, deeply regretting your absence from Newmarket, earnestly entreat the affair may be buried in oblivion ; and sincerely hope that the different meetings may again be honoured by your Royal Highness's condescending attendance.