The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 18John William Carleton 1847 |
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... brought a very fashionable attendance . The dis- play of equipages , indeed , was more limited than usual ; but the stands were well occupied . The first bit of gossip negotiated was that Sir Joseph Hawley had bought Mendicant for ...
... brought a very fashionable attendance . The dis- play of equipages , indeed , was more limited than usual ; but the stands were well occupied . The first bit of gossip negotiated was that Sir Joseph Hawley had bought Mendicant for ...
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... brought ought a trio ; but it was not as the talents would have it . They laid even on Dr. Goodall ; while Mr ... brought seven to the post , Red Hart winning cleverly by a length . Miami was at 6 to 4 against her ; but she got more than ...
... brought ought a trio ; but it was not as the talents would have it . They laid even on Dr. Goodall ; while Mr ... brought seven to the post , Red Hart winning cleverly by a length . Miami was at 6 to 4 against her ; but she got more than ...
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... brought out nine ; and a very pretty race ended to the advantage of Christopher by a head . This brought us to the most sporting event of the day , the Royal Hunt Cup , handicap ; 57 subscribers , and 25 starters . There was a great ...
... brought out nine ; and a very pretty race ended to the advantage of Christopher by a head . This brought us to the most sporting event of the day , the Royal Hunt Cup , handicap ; 57 subscribers , and 25 starters . There was a great ...
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... brought out five , of which Crozier was the best , Epirote , getting 2lbs . from the winner , being second ; it was a severe finish . The Stand Plate mustered eight , the course as before . It was not an interesting affair ; Tarella ...
... brought out five , of which Crozier was the best , Epirote , getting 2lbs . from the winner , being second ; it was a severe finish . The Stand Plate mustered eight , the course as before . It was not an interesting affair ; Tarella ...
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... brought to the post a much more favourable specimen of blood stock than its other moiety ; eleven went , and Pic - nic , with 7st . 11lbs . , won in a very racing - like form . Three Hundred Sovereigns , the gift of the Great Western ...
... brought to the post a much more favourable specimen of blood stock than its other moiety ; eleven went , and Pic - nic , with 7st . 11lbs . , won in a very racing - like form . Three Hundred Sovereigns , the gift of the Great Western ...
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20 added 25 added 25 sovs 50 added 50 sovs Abdale aged 9st agst back his stake Bay Middleton beat Brown Bess Butler Capt carry 3lb declared distance extra fillies 8st five 9st five years old Flatman four 8st four years old geldings allowed 3lb Gerard's half a length half-bred heats Hetman horse received back hounds hunting Lady Lanercost Lord Chesterfield's Lord Exeter's mares and geldings Marson Meiklam's Merry's mile Mostyn's b. c. Newmarket old 50 sovs old 7st old colts 8st once round owner paid 5 sovs Parr's Plate of 50 Prince Queen's Plate race Royal saved his stake second horse received shooting six and aged six years old sold for 200 sport sportsman Stakes of 50 Strathmore's subscribers Sweepstakes Templeman three years old twice round Venison winner paid Won by half Won easily Yacht
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Página 214 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 303 - And in this Trinity none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than another.
Página 83 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 260 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Página 159 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Página 54 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 262 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Página 131 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 264 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Página 71 - If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.