The New sporting magazine, Volume 221851 |
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... sharp burst of about two miles we commenced ascending a slight acclivity , when he suddenly faced about and stood at bay , eyeing me with glowing eyes and a look of defiance . This was to me a joyful moment the buck I had for many years ...
... sharp burst of about two miles we commenced ascending a slight acclivity , when he suddenly faced about and stood at bay , eyeing me with glowing eyes and a look of defiance . This was to me a joyful moment the buck I had for many years ...
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... sharp rally , won by half a length . This brought on the great event of the meeting — the Liverpool Cup , 200 sovs . specie , & c . & c . , handicap of course , with a world of penalties beside . I say nothing of the scratching and the ...
... sharp rally , won by half a length . This brought on the great event of the meeting — the Liverpool Cup , 200 sovs . specie , & c . & c . , handicap of course , with a world of penalties beside . I say nothing of the scratching and the ...
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... s Duke , to matching prone , There ' s Rous , with limbs so hale ; There ' s Richmond ' s Duke , and Exeter , With features sharp and pale . " There ' s Stanley with the piercing eyes , 80 TIIC LAT OP TIC 110RSS - NINC ,
... s Duke , to matching prone , There ' s Rous , with limbs so hale ; There ' s Richmond ' s Duke , and Exeter , With features sharp and pale . " There ' s Stanley with the piercing eyes , 80 TIIC LAT OP TIC 110RSS - NINC ,
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... sharp eyes of my foc were still intensely fixed upon his prey , I , with the quickness of lightning , made a sudden start , and before the youth could extricate himself from the fatal noose , gained my hiding - place . A second later ...
... sharp eyes of my foc were still intensely fixed upon his prey , I , with the quickness of lightning , made a sudden start , and before the youth could extricate himself from the fatal noose , gained my hiding - place . A second later ...
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... sharp electric pain in my elbow - joint warned me that all my strenuous exertions were so lost in air , " and the forbidding object at which I aimed was still untouched . Did I summon up all my fortitude and resolution to parry the ...
... sharp electric pain in my elbow - joint warned me that all my strenuous exertions were so lost in air , " and the forbidding object at which I aimed was still untouched . Did I summon up all my fortitude and resolution to parry the ...
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Página 5 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine, Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Página 13 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Página 125 - And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits and the noise Of princes' Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook...
Página 125 - There sit by him, and eat my meat, There see the sun both rise and set : There bid good morning to next day, There meditate my time away : And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Página 20 - Moselekatse, had neither herd nor stall, but subsisted on locusts, roots, and the chase. They adopted this mode of architecture to escape the lions which abounded in the country. During the day the families descended to the shade beneath to dress their daily food. When the inhabitants increased, they supported the augmented weight on the branches, by upright sticks, but when lightened of their load, they removed these for firewood.
Página 211 - ... —the Stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that where a sum of money is given to be run for, without any stake being made by the owners of the horses...
Página 125 - I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose bank, and looked down these meadows, I thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the city of Florence, "that they were too pleasant to be looked on but only on holidays.
Página 13 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Página 18 - ... had not slept long when my light dreams were influenced by strange sounds. I dreamt that lions were rushing about in quest of me, and, the sounds increasing, I awoke with a sudden start, uttering a loud shriek. I could not for several seconds remember in what part of the world I was, or any thing connected with my present position.
Página 389 - But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry.