Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... young dandy , who prided himself upon his appearance , excited a good deal of amusement amongst his acquaintances by his love of dress . His fingers were hooped with rings , his shirt bosom 13 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... young dandy , who prided himself upon his appearance , excited a good deal of amusement amongst his acquaintances by his love of dress . His fingers were hooped with rings , his shirt bosom 13 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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... amusement of the passers - by . Here an emaciated figure , sheltered by a parasol- he would sit waiting to feast his eyes upon some pretty face , which , when it appeared , was subjected to much ogling . He is said , indeed , to have ...
... amusement of the passers - by . Here an emaciated figure , sheltered by a parasol- he would sit waiting to feast his eyes upon some pretty face , which , when it appeared , was subjected to much ogling . He is said , indeed , to have ...
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Ralph Nevill. to their friends and acquaintances . They were not altogether deprived of amusement , inasmuch as the Surrey Theatre was within the prescribed limits ; but if by any chance they passed the line of demarca- tion , and it ...
Ralph Nevill. to their friends and acquaintances . They were not altogether deprived of amusement , inasmuch as the Surrey Theatre was within the prescribed limits ; but if by any chance they passed the line of demarca- tion , and it ...
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... amusement and instruction after a series of campaigns with Blucher . He was unquestionably a great master of blarney , largely aided by effrontery . Possessed of talents of no mean order , united to inventive faculties enough to endow a ...
... amusement and instruction after a series of campaigns with Blucher . He was unquestionably a great master of blarney , largely aided by effrontery . Possessed of talents of no mean order , united to inventive faculties enough to endow a ...
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... amusement might be extracted from this original character , gravely assented , and shortly afterwards a fox was duly set at liberty , his head , according to the cit's request , being turned towards town . As luck would have it ...
... amusement might be extracted from this original character , gravely assented , and shortly afterwards a fox was duly set at liberty , his head , according to the cit's request , being turned towards town . As luck would have it ...
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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...