Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... Forest , who most obligingly supplied him with information as to the present numbers of the fallow deer which , thanks to judicious preservation , still inhabit the woodlands into which they were introduced many hundreds of years ago ...
... Forest , who most obligingly supplied him with information as to the present numbers of the fallow deer which , thanks to judicious preservation , still inhabit the woodlands into which they were introduced many hundreds of years ago ...
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... Forests , to Wanstead , without ever leaving the green turf or losing sight of forest land . Remains of the wooded glories of Enfield Chase are now only to be found in some private parks which were carved out of the ancient hunting ...
... Forests , to Wanstead , without ever leaving the green turf or losing sight of forest land . Remains of the wooded glories of Enfield Chase are now only to be found in some private parks which were carved out of the ancient hunting ...
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... A favourite pack of foxhounds with sportsmen from London was the Old Surrey , which about 1770 used often to meet at Peckham Rye . Forest Hill was another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs 47 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... A favourite pack of foxhounds with sportsmen from London was the Old Surrey , which about 1770 used often to meet at Peckham Rye . Forest Hill was another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs 47 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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... Forest , called in all charters Waltham Forest , originally belonged to the Abbot and Canons of Waltham Abbey , to whom it had been given by Edward the Confessor in a fit of devotion . The Forest laws were then of exceptional severity ...
... Forest , called in all charters Waltham Forest , originally belonged to the Abbot and Canons of Waltham Abbey , to whom it had been given by Edward the Confessor in a fit of devotion . The Forest laws were then of exceptional severity ...
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... Forest Act of 1878 , when £ 300 was awarded as com- pensation . The appointment of Warden was then vested in the Crown , the first Ranger of the Forest after it had been saved being H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught , who still holds it . At ...
... Forest Act of 1878 , when £ 300 was awarded as com- pensation . The appointment of Warden was then vested in the Crown , the first Ranger of the Forest after it had been saved being H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught , who still holds it . At ...
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Էջ 77 - Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man, Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. Yet ev'n these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way, Flush'd as they are with folly, youth, and wine, Their prudent insults to the poor confine; Afar they mark the flambeau's bright approach, And shun the shining train, and golden coach.
Էջ 18 - In town let me live then, in town let me die, For in truth I can't relish the country, not I ! If one must have a villa in summer to dwell, Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall ! HANNAH MORE.
Էջ 148 - She was a professed enemy to flattery, and was seldom known to praise or commend; But The talents in which she principally excelled Were difference of opinion and discovering flaws and Imperfections.
Էջ 143 - He told me, he had a chaplain that was a very honest man, but a very great blockhead, to whom he had given a living in Suffolk, that was full of that sort of people. He had gone about among them from house to house, though he could not imagine what he could say to them, for he said he was a very silly fellow, but that he ' believed his nonsense suited theirs...