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... hounds , as his father was before him more es- pecially for his build of yachts and British seamen . The tastes of the family , in fact , have always taken a national turn - as instance the two , fox - hunting or sailing - and so we do ...
... hounds , as his father was before him more es- pecially for his build of yachts and British seamen . The tastes of the family , in fact , have always taken a national turn - as instance the two , fox - hunting or sailing - and so we do ...
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... hounds , although not divided into dog and bitch packs , are allowed to be one of the most even packs in the field ; they are of medium size , very powerful , handsome , and of the best blood of the country . " With the dread , no doubt ...
... hounds , although not divided into dog and bitch packs , are allowed to be one of the most even packs in the field ; they are of medium size , very powerful , handsome , and of the best blood of the country . " With the dread , no doubt ...
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... hounds work so well with a bad scent , but I have an old fashioned prejudice in favour of a little music on breaking cover . At Brocklesby they told me that they draft more for tongue than any other foible . " All very good this , even ...
... hounds work so well with a bad scent , but I have an old fashioned prejudice in favour of a little music on breaking cover . At Brocklesby they told me that they draft more for tongue than any other foible . " All very good this , even ...
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... hounds I believe it will be ceded to me that more determined sports- men and riders patronized the Brighton than could be produced or boasted of as following any other pack pursuing the same game . This is easily accounted for . Royalty ...
... hounds I believe it will be ceded to me that more determined sports- men and riders patronized the Brighton than could be produced or boasted of as following any other pack pursuing the same game . This is easily accounted for . Royalty ...
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... hounds . Perhaps this struck a blow at the root of hare - hunting ; for , though we must allow that coursing virtually it was , still a breathing over four miles of such a country with such a pack made men sadly impatient when destined ...
... hounds . Perhaps this struck a blow at the root of hare - hunting ; for , though we must allow that coursing virtually it was , still a breathing over four miles of such a country with such a pack made men sadly impatient when destined ...
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50 sovs aged agst animal appearance Bay Middleton beat beautiful betting birds Brocklesby canter chase Club cock's hackle colt course Derby Ditchley Doncaster Duke Dutchman Epsom favourite Fawler field fillies fish five years old Flatman Flying Dutchman four years old fox-hunting gentleman Goodwood ground Handicap head hill honour hook horse hounds hour hunter hunting kennel killed Lady Leger legs look match meeting Mick miles mohair morning never Newmarket night noble Nunnykirk o'er Old Dan Tucker owner pace pack Queen's Plate race ridden ride river scene season shooting shot six years old Skiddaw sport sportsman Stakes steeple-chase stream subscribers Sweepstakes three years old Thringarth turf turn walk wild William the Conqueror wings winner winning Yorkshire Oaks young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 49 - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Página 268 - In the space of forty miles," says a writer, "which includes the whole course of the river from the highest and wildest parts of the Peak to the town of Derby, scenery more richly diversified with beauty can hardly anywhere be found. Generally, its banks are luxuriantly wooded ; the oak, the elm, the alder, and the ash, flourish abundantly along its course, beneath the shade of whose united branches the Derwent is sometimes secluded from the eye of the traveller, and becomes a companion for the ear...
Página 265 - Are puddle-water all compared with thine ; And Loire's pure streams yet too polluted are With thine, much purer, to compare; The rapid Garonne and the winding Seine Are both too mean, Beloved Dove, with thee To vie priority ; Nay, Tame and Isis, when conjoined, submit, And lay their trophies at thy silver feet.
Página 43 - S1b., five 9st., six and aged 9st. 31b. ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. ; to start at the Cup post, and go once round and in, about two miles and a half (23 subscribers).
Página 373 - In estimating the value of any prize no deduction shall be made, except of the winner's own stake and of any sum or sums required by the conditions to be paid out of the stakes to the owners of any other horse or horses in the race — the entrance for a plate not to be deducted.
Página 84 - ... Under his proud survey the city lies, And, like a mist beneath a hill, doth rise ; Whose state and wealth, the business and the crowd, Seem at this distance but a darker cloud ; And is, to him who rightly things esteems.
Página 223 - I. ARISTOCRACIES. To predict the Future, to manage the Present, would not be so impossible, had not the Past been so sacrilegiously mishandled ; effaced, and what is worse, defaced ! The Past cannot be seen ; the Past, looked at through the medinm of
Página 276 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Página 145 - CALEDONIA ! thou land of the mountain and rock, Of the ocean, the mist, and the wind ; Thou land of the torrent, the pine, and the oak, Of the roebuck, the hart, and the hind ; Though bare are thy cliffs, and though barren thy glens, Though bleak thy dun islands appear, Yet kind are the hearts and undaunted the clans That roam on these mountains so drear.
Página 362 - It has a strange quick jar upon the ear, That cocking of a pistol, when you know A moment more will bring the sight to bear Upon your person, twelve yards off, or so ; A gentlemanly distance, not too near, If you have got a former friend for foe ; But after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice.