Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... considerable period the curious habit of mispronouncing " w " was widely spread amongst all sections of the population except the aristocracy . This lasted well into the middle of the century , as Dickens's novels show . The ...
... considerable period the curious habit of mispronouncing " w " was widely spread amongst all sections of the population except the aristocracy . This lasted well into the middle of the century , as Dickens's novels show . The ...
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... considerable alarm to the Royal Family ensued before her Majesty's carriage could pass . No apology having been offered by the amateur whip , the Duke of York sent and pointed out the necessity of such a step . This , however , was ...
... considerable alarm to the Royal Family ensued before her Majesty's carriage could pass . No apology having been offered by the amateur whip , the Duke of York sent and pointed out the necessity of such a step . This , however , was ...
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... considerable expense to their pockets , making it a point of honour never to return home without a well - filled bag , the contents of which were generally drawn from a supplementary supply always to be obtained at the hovel of an old ...
... considerable expense to their pockets , making it a point of honour never to return home without a well - filled bag , the contents of which were generally drawn from a supplementary supply always to be obtained at the hovel of an old ...
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... considerable time the huntsman - a badly- dressed young man in a green fustian shooting coat , together with some other flash - looking youths , got up in what they evidently considered sporting style- arrived . These sportsmen , in ...
... considerable time the huntsman - a badly- dressed young man in a green fustian shooting coat , together with some other flash - looking youths , got up in what they evidently considered sporting style- arrived . These sportsmen , in ...
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... considerable circuit before he could lay on his hounds . The deer , as may be imagined , was headed at every instant . The hounds , however , settling to their scent , drove him out of the Forest , which induced the Colonel to order ...
... considerable circuit before he could lay on his hounds . The deer , as may be imagined , was headed at every instant . The hounds , however , settling to their scent , drove him out of the Forest , which induced the Colonel to order ...
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amongst amusement appearance August Strindberg battle Belcher birds blow boxer boxing called Captain celebrated century champion character Charles G. D. Roberts Charles Livingston Bull coach cockney Colonel colour Common Cribb deer Demy 8vo dogs Duke Edition England English Epping Forest fair favourite Fcap field fight Ford Madox Hueffer fought gentleman gilt guineas Gully hand hare head highwayman honour horse hounds hour hundred hunting huntsman illustrations instance John Galsworthy keeper killed known lady Langan latter lived London Lord master match Mendoza Molineux never night Novel o'clock occasion once partridges pheasants photogravure plates play poachers poaching pointer pounds prize-fighters prize-ring pugilist replied ring round Shilling shooting shot soon sporting sportsmen Spring squire Street town turf W. H. Hudson W. K. Clifford whilst whiskers wild Wimbledon Common young
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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...