Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... valuable French clock on the staircase at Crockford's with a blow of his fist , and solemnly proposed to one of the first railway com- panies in Ireland to start two engines in opposite directions 7 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... valuable French clock on the staircase at Crockford's with a blow of his fist , and solemnly proposed to one of the first railway com- panies in Ireland to start two engines in opposite directions 7 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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... blowing a gale , this scion of a mercurial stock happened to lose his cap , which was carried away by a gust of wind whilst he was on deck watching the sailors shorten sail . " Hullo , " said he to the captain , " there's my tile gone ...
... blowing a gale , this scion of a mercurial stock happened to lose his cap , which was carried away by a gust of wind whilst he was on deck watching the sailors shorten sail . " Hullo , " said he to the captain , " there's my tile gone ...
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... blow . " Many droll incidents occurred to the sporting cits . At the close of the eighteenth century a meet of Mr. Chapman's hounds on Sutton Common was enlivened by the appearance of an elderly individual who , equipped in a ...
... blow . " Many droll incidents occurred to the sporting cits . At the close of the eighteenth century a meet of Mr. Chapman's hounds on Sutton Common was enlivened by the appearance of an elderly individual who , equipped in a ...
Էջ 88
... blowing from the N.N.W. , and they kept , as far as could be judged , within about eighty yards of each other . When they had mounted to about the height of nine hundred yards , M. Le Pique fired his piece ineffectually . Almost ...
... blowing from the N.N.W. , and they kept , as far as could be judged , within about eighty yards of each other . When they had mounted to about the height of nine hundred yards , M. Le Pique fired his piece ineffectually . Almost ...
Էջ 113
... blow you all to hell . " The captain then flew out of the house like a madman , foaming at the mouth , leaving the playroom convulsed with laughter . The prevalence of the now obsolete game of hazard was responsible for the break - up ...
... blow you all to hell . " The captain then flew out of the house like a madman , foaming at the mouth , leaving the playroom convulsed with laughter . The prevalence of the now obsolete game of hazard was responsible for the break - up ...
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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...