Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... fighting humour on some important occasion at sea . He was a witness in the case , and having already declared upon oath that the stench of the works was intolerable , he was required to say what this intolerable smell resembled . It is ...
... fighting humour on some important occasion at sea . He was a witness in the case , and having already declared upon oath that the stench of the works was intolerable , he was required to say what this intolerable smell resembled . It is ...
Էջ 36
... of Lambeth Marsh and Coldbath Fields rang with the sounds of shots . The whole line round the suburbs went to it with a will , keeping up a running fight till broad noon- day , when the fire slackened , and the more 36 II ...
... of Lambeth Marsh and Coldbath Fields rang with the sounds of shots . The whole line round the suburbs went to it with a will , keeping up a running fight till broad noon- day , when the fire slackened , and the more 36 II ...
Էջ 79
... , And shun the shining train and gilded coach . Not a few of these truculent and bullying blades made bad ends . A notorious instance of this was Fighting Fitzgerald , who was eventually hanged . He once 79 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... , And shun the shining train and gilded coach . Not a few of these truculent and bullying blades made bad ends . A notorious instance of this was Fighting Fitzgerald , who was eventually hanged . He once 79 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
Էջ 80
... fight me without any delay at all . " " " " That is not so certain ! " replied Fitzgerald , eyeing his athletic opponent . " I am a captain in his Majesty's service ; therefore , if I had given you offence , it is beneath the dignity of ...
... fight me without any delay at all . " " " " That is not so certain ! " replied Fitzgerald , eyeing his athletic opponent . " I am a captain in his Majesty's service ; therefore , if I had given you offence , it is beneath the dignity of ...
Էջ 81
... fighting me directly ; for I won't take yer promise to give me satisfaction , at no price . " Fitzgerald , seeing that there was no alternative , set his wits to work to devise how he should over- come the leather - cutter , or come off ...
... fighting me directly ; for I won't take yer promise to give me satisfaction , at no price . " Fitzgerald , seeing that there was no alternative , set his wits to work to devise how he should over- come the leather - cutter , or come off ...
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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...