The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 36John William Carleton 1856 |
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... remarked to us that he never knew him till he came to the judge's chair at Chester , and asked whether Goldfinder or Tal- fourd had won the Chester Cup , and looked as if the victory of his own horse anything but suited his book . By an ...
... remarked to us that he never knew him till he came to the judge's chair at Chester , and asked whether Goldfinder or Tal- fourd had won the Chester Cup , and looked as if the victory of his own horse anything but suited his book . By an ...
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... remarked how deep in thought he appeared to be ; though firm and resolute . Again and again he tried to remove suspicion from his mind , and fancy the sailor had deceived him ; and sometimes when he took that view he thought on all the ...
... remarked how deep in thought he appeared to be ; though firm and resolute . Again and again he tried to remove suspicion from his mind , and fancy the sailor had deceived him ; and sometimes when he took that view he thought on all the ...
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... remarks , and he would very probably have gone on in the same strain half an hour longer , had we not cut short his yarn , by requesting him to get the gig ready , and prepare to take us ashore . It now only remained to examine the men ...
... remarks , and he would very probably have gone on in the same strain half an hour longer , had we not cut short his yarn , by requesting him to get the gig ready , and prepare to take us ashore . It now only remained to examine the men ...
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... remarked in my former article that " The poison is of that diffusive character , that every portion of the first object becomes impregnated with it , and would consequently impart the effects of the poison to the second . " It was given ...
... remarked in my former article that " The poison is of that diffusive character , that every portion of the first object becomes impregnated with it , and would consequently impart the effects of the poison to the second . " It was given ...
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... remarks Among the heedless throng . " The preparation for the feast is not forgotten ; the same author says : " Full to the brim , the brazen cauldrons smoke Thro ' all the busy camp the rising blaze Attest their joy ; heroes and kings ...
... remarks Among the heedless throng . " The preparation for the feast is not forgotten ; the same author says : " Full to the brim , the brazen cauldrons smoke Thro ' all the busy camp the rising blaze Attest their joy ; heroes and kings ...
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25 added 25 sovs 50 added 50 sovs aged Aldcroft appeared Ashmall bad third Bay colt Bay filly Bay Middleton Bearpark beat Birdcatcher birds Blink Bonny Capt Challoner Charles Charley Charlton course Cresswell Derby Derry Doncaster Epirus Euclid favourite filly fish Flatman foal Fordham Gemma di Vergy gentleman grouse half a length HANDICAP head horse hounds hunting Jack jockeys lady Leger Littleborough look Lord Madame Clicquot mare match meeting mile Miss morning Morris's neck never Newmarket Osborne's paid 5 sovs Parr's PLATE Queen's Plate Quinton Quorn race red grouse replied ride round sailing saved his stake Scupper season second and third second saved Sir Tatton Sykes sold Sooloo sport sportsman subs sweepstakes three lengths three years old turf Welton winner paid Won by half yacht yachtsman yearling young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 93 - WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down?
Página 340 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Página 211 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely, been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 291 - 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 167 - 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 101 - English sports that have become almost extinct in this country, is that of hawking — a sport which was formerly more popular throughout the land than even hunting or shooting is at the present day. Every one had his hawk, from the lords and ladies down to the lads of the village. Their favourite bird was as much their companion as a faithful dog : and no action was reckoned more dishonourable to a man of rank than to give up his hawk. Several acts of parliament have passed respecting hawks, some...
Página 57 - Mab m., and 25 to 1 against any other. Won by a neck, two lengths between the second and third, a neck between the third and fourth.
Página 174 - And soon a score of fires, I ween, From height, and hill, and cliff, were seen ; Each with warlike tidings fraught ; Each from each the signal caught ; Each after each they glanced to sight, As stars arise upon the night. They gleam'd on many a dusky tarn, Haunted by the lonely earn ; On many a cairn's grey pyramid, Where urns of mighty chiefs lie hid...
Página 118 - Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And Life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share.
Página 105 - STAKES of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 100 added, for two and three yean old ; the second reed. 20 sovs., and the winner paid 15 sovs. ; TYC (60 subs.) Mr.