The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize1856 |
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... considerable extent . A fox was found , probably at an earlier hour than modern sportsmen would think consonant with comfort , and Sir Charles Knightley , on a newly purchased and half - broken young one , was stopped by a flight of ...
... considerable extent . A fox was found , probably at an earlier hour than modern sportsmen would think consonant with comfort , and Sir Charles Knightley , on a newly purchased and half - broken young one , was stopped by a flight of ...
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... considerably amended . As it was , the present meeting had scarcely any direct bearing on the St. Leger or Derby . Death has been busy with several well known in turf circles during the month . Mr. Harry Biggs has long ceased to be a ...
... considerably amended . As it was , the present meeting had scarcely any direct bearing on the St. Leger or Derby . Death has been busy with several well known in turf circles during the month . Mr. Harry Biggs has long ceased to be a ...
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... considerable increase , which was still going on . The number of barrels of rum had risen from 8,298 to 12,148 ; the increase of coffee also was from 7,570 measures to 8,803 . As compared with 1841 , the augmen- tation on sugar would be ...
... considerable increase , which was still going on . The number of barrels of rum had risen from 8,298 to 12,148 ; the increase of coffee also was from 7,570 measures to 8,803 . As compared with 1841 , the augmen- tation on sugar would be ...
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... considerable distance from the fair itself . Next our young friend , Mr Grainger , mounted , and he too rode away towards the town , but had not pro- ceeded many yards before he was astounded by a most unpleasant noise proceeding from ...
... considerable distance from the fair itself . Next our young friend , Mr Grainger , mounted , and he too rode away towards the town , but had not pro- ceeded many yards before he was astounded by a most unpleasant noise proceeding from ...
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... considerably on ' the Wildfire , and threatened to pass the Sappho ; but from some extra- ordinary cause , which for a long time was quite unaccountable , she fell a - stern , and was again in the last position . " Meantime the steady ...
... considerably on ' the Wildfire , and threatened to pass the Sappho ; but from some extra- ordinary cause , which for a long time was quite unaccountable , she fell a - stern , and was again in the last position . " Meantime the steady ...
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Página 183 - With the loud streams: and often, at the hour When issue forth the first pale stars, is heard, Within the circuit of this fabric huge, One voice — the solitary raven, flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome, Unseen, perchance above all power of sight — An iron knell ! with echoes from afar Faint — and still fainter...
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Página 175 - Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews, Her spectres wan, and birds of boding cry, He gives to range the dreary sky : Till down the eastern, cliffs afar Hyperion's march they spy, and glittering shafts of war.
Página 156 - ... may call in any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general meeting, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in dispute shall appear to them to require it. The witnesses examined shall be required to sign their evidence, and if either party...
Página 301 - WHEN Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.
Página 192 - And very often have we heard How men are killed and undone By overturns of carriages, By thieves, and fires in London; We know what risks all landsmen run, From noblemen to tailors; Then, Bill, let us thank Providence That you and I are sailors.
Página 113 - Won by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third. The...
Página 274 - Among the blooming heather," says Burns ; and it is chiefly in those parts of the country, where the moors and mountain sides are purple with the blossoms of the Erica, that tho black grouse must be sought for. It does not, however, mix with the red species, to which it is said to be a determined enemy ; so that some grouse preservers, observing that where the former increased the latter decreased, have latterly determined...