Essays on Various Subjects: Written for the Amusement of EverybodyJ. W. Bell, 1835 - 149 páginas |
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... morning is then handed to him again : he takes hold of it with his right hand ; tries its weight and balance ; raises it to his shoulder , and looks knowingly along the barrel ; he then , bring- ing it down to the priming position ...
... morning is then handed to him again : he takes hold of it with his right hand ; tries its weight and balance ; raises it to his shoulder , and looks knowingly along the barrel ; he then , bring- ing it down to the priming position ...
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... morning and evening , but more particularly morning , is not only the most pleasant , but the most favourable time for finding them . A woodcock is al- most as much a nocturnal bird as an owl : and always feeds and flies at night ...
... morning and evening , but more particularly morning , is not only the most pleasant , but the most favourable time for finding them . A woodcock is al- most as much a nocturnal bird as an owl : and always feeds and flies at night ...
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... morning , we are certain to do so . In the morning this bird may also be found in the borders of small swamps , sometimes in the middle of them , but always in the vi- cinity of a thick wood , or spruce - covered mountain . They are ...
... morning , we are certain to do so . In the morning this bird may also be found in the borders of small swamps , sometimes in the middle of them , but always in the vi- cinity of a thick wood , or spruce - covered mountain . They are ...
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... morning saw him on board a brig under way for New York . When arrived in this city my master visited his old haunts and introduced me to some fashionable men as a dog just imported from England , and belonging to the stock of a sporting ...
... morning saw him on board a brig under way for New York . When arrived in this city my master visited his old haunts and introduced me to some fashionable men as a dog just imported from England , and belonging to the stock of a sporting ...
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... morning on a shooting expedition ; but the mo- ment the exciting cause is removed his usual lassitude overtakes him , and he discovers insurmountable obsta- cles to the fulfilment of his engagement - he cannot go ! Again.- Look at that ...
... morning on a shooting expedition ; but the mo- ment the exciting cause is removed his usual lassitude overtakes him , and he discovers insurmountable obsta- cles to the fulfilment of his engagement - he cannot go ! Again.- Look at that ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
amusement animal appeared beautiful believe better bipeds bird boys Broadway called captain character circumstances coloured Columbite companion conse consider cooking countenance course dandy sportsman delightful devil discovered dollars doubloons dress excite excursion exhibit fashionable favourable feel fellow female fond fore frequently gentleman give ground hand Harlem head honour horse Hudson river hunter hunting Island Jersey shore killed kind laugh look master ment mind morning nature never night Nimrod observed opinion otter party passing person phrenology Pine Brook pleasure pointer pretty purpose quadruped quail racter ratus remark respecting right opposite Ruffed Grouse season seated seen shooting shot slothful snake snipe spaniels sport sure tell thing tion told took travelled true sportsman vagabond sportsman walking whole woodcock yellow fever young
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Página 111 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 65 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Página 71 - I've seen, and sure I ought to know." So begs you'd pay a due submission, And acquiesce in his decision. Two travellers of such a cast, As o'er Arabia's wilds they...
Página 1 - Pan, take the lead." The vagabond sportsman belongs to a pretty numerous class of men, residing in the purlieus of large towns and cities ; although now and then he may be detected in the ranks of the dandy class, but never in that of the true sportsman. Take a sketch of two worthies belonging to this class purchasing a four dollar fowling piece, in the store of those well known caterers for the sporting world, Messrs.
Página 69 - Sing tura-la, tura-la, tura-lara ley. 0 cruel was th' engagement in which my true love fought, And cruel was the cannon-ball as knock'd his right eye out ; He used to ogle me, with peepers full of fun, But now he looks askew at me, because he's only one. Sing tura-la, &c.
Página 115 - ... and whose steps take hold on hell ;" "whose house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead ; " whose " house is the way to hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
Página 3 - On the pigeon-ground he fires at a bird missed from the trap just as it ia falling from the gun of another out-shooter, and claims it with the ferocity of a savage, in the language of a blackguard : he also steals all the pigeons he can lay his hands on,- and pocket handkerchiefs become scarce among the company. Under these circumstances the vagabond sportsman seldom returns to town without a "mess ; " and not often without getting drunk. In this situation, at some low porter house, he swaggers loud...
Página 67 - OH! cruel were my parients as tore my love from me, And cruel was the Press Gang as took him off to sea, And cruel was the little boat as rowed him from the strand, And cruel was the big ship as sailed him from the land.
Página 107 - Vaughan's interpretation is the most refined interpretation possible for a reader who concentrates on Rousseau's political writings to the exclusion of his other work. It abounds in prescient hints; its portrait of Rousseau the moralist, of Rousseau's thought as a living, evolving organism...
Página 48 - ... you seldom go from home ; if you detect yourselves in boasting of the immense distance you can travel in a day (I mean not in a wagon, but on foot) in pursuit of game, when you know you seldom walk a mile — if you can recollect several instances in which you have failed to keep your appointments with...