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 enterprize1845 |
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... opinion even by this , and probably will be to a great extent correct . But we are not to suppose that any man will take the trouble to try your horse merely for the pleasure of giving you his opinion of him , and which would very ...
... opinion even by this , and probably will be to a great extent correct . But we are not to suppose that any man will take the trouble to try your horse merely for the pleasure of giving you his opinion of him , and which would very ...
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... opinion is asked , and possibly his advice . This advice will of course be given as best suits his own interest . Before , however , he gives in this opinion or advice , he puts in a feeler something in this way : - " Why , Sir , the ...
... opinion is asked , and possibly his advice . This advice will of course be given as best suits his own interest . Before , however , he gives in this opinion or advice , he puts in a feeler something in this way : - " Why , Sir , the ...
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... opinion " that it is not quite what he should recommend being taken , as by holding the horse over he is satisfied he should get a better price . " This holding over , though it has cooled the customer , now , like the bit , from having ...
... opinion " that it is not quite what he should recommend being taken , as by holding the horse over he is satisfied he should get a better price . " This holding over , though it has cooled the customer , now , like the bit , from having ...
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... opinion . I am , Sir , " & c . " I certify I have this day examined a bay gelding brought to me by Mr. Nickem's foreman , and find he has a corn on his off - forefoot , and is consequently unsound . " TIMOTHY TURNEMBACK , V. S. " I fear ...
... opinion . I am , Sir , " & c . " I certify I have this day examined a bay gelding brought to me by Mr. Nickem's foreman , and find he has a corn on his off - forefoot , and is consequently unsound . " TIMOTHY TURNEMBACK , V. S. " I fear ...
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... opinion . Having drawn Star Wood , and found as usual , the fox slipped across the bottom to Chedworth , dodging back- wards and forwards with apparently not a very good scent . This kind of diversion continued upwards of two hours ...
... opinion . Having drawn Star Wood , and found as usual , the fox slipped across the bottom to Chedworth , dodging back- wards and forwards with apparently not a very good scent . This kind of diversion continued upwards of two hours ...
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Página 148 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 319 - ... which broke their waves and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Página 307 - You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish ; what engines doth he make ! Behold how he engageth all his wits ; Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets ; Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line, Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine : They must be groped for, and be tickled too, Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do.
Página 319 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Página 281 - Plate is run for shall have the power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as...
Página 263 - Course (about one mile and three quarters) : the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes.
Página 111 - Birt, who resided among them and wrote in the year seventeen hundred and twenty-five, relates that he has seen the places which they occupied, and which were known by being free from the snow that deeply covered the ground, except where the heat of their bodies had melted it. The same writer represents a chief as giving offence to his clan by his degeneracy in forming the snow into a pillow before he lay down.
Página 110 - ... the habit of concentrating their affections within the narrow precincts of their own glens or the limited circle of their own kinsmen — and the necessity of union and self-dependence in all difficulties and dangers, combined to form a peculiar and original character. A certain romantic sentiment, the offspring of deep and cherished feeling, strong attachment to their country and...
Página 27 - ... fill up to the brim, We'll drink, if we die for't, a bumper to him.
Página 312 - J'avance, l'oiseau part; le plomb, que l'œil conduit, Le frappe dans les airs au moment qu'il s'enfuit ; II tourne, en expirant, sur ses ailes tremblantes; Et le chaume est jonché de ses plumes sanglantes.