The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 11John William Carleton 1844 |
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... length of their purses , from the vulgar and rich parvenus of the neighbourhood- owners of fox - hounds feel an irresistible jealousy at their interference . The following ludicrous anecdote , and truly characteristic of the man , is ...
... length of their purses , from the vulgar and rich parvenus of the neighbourhood- owners of fox - hounds feel an irresistible jealousy at their interference . The following ludicrous anecdote , and truly characteristic of the man , is ...
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... length of eighteen or twenty miles . The country , though infested with hordes of Dukhaits , or Thugs , is a fine hunting range . Jackals are as numerous as dogs in Turkey . There are , besides , leopards , lions , tigers , and an ...
... length of eighteen or twenty miles . The country , though infested with hordes of Dukhaits , or Thugs , is a fine hunting range . Jackals are as numerous as dogs in Turkey . There are , besides , leopards , lions , tigers , and an ...
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... length to ensure a firm and steady seat ; however good many of those are who attend him in the field , none of them can get the best of him when there is business to be done . Lord Andover , although riding somewhat more than the ...
... length to ensure a firm and steady seat ; however good many of those are who attend him in the field , none of them can get the best of him when there is business to be done . Lord Andover , although riding somewhat more than the ...
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... lengths of the author above quoted , that in due course of time they ( the French ) may perhaps , breed horses to " flog " us ( as the Yankees say ) , we are most willing to award them all due credit for the great improvement they have ...
... lengths of the author above quoted , that in due course of time they ( the French ) may perhaps , breed horses to " flog " us ( as the Yankees say ) , we are most willing to award them all due credit for the great improvement they have ...
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... length found out one great evil in their system -- the rule of gentlemen's horses , as well as gentlemen riders , was surely hastening them to number amongst " the things that are not , " the proportion of riders being far greater than ...
... length found out one great evil in their system -- the rule of gentlemen's horses , as well as gentlemen riders , was surely hastening them to number amongst " the things that are not , " the proportion of riders being far greater than ...
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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.