Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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Էջ 31
... formed a tender connection there , and not wishing to return to his family , wrote home to his wife at Kilkenny that he had died the year before of yellow fever , and therefore hoped she would not expect his return . About a hundred ...
... formed a tender connection there , and not wishing to return to his family , wrote home to his wife at Kilkenny that he had died the year before of yellow fever , and therefore hoped she would not expect his return . About a hundred ...
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... forming part of London . About a century ago packs of harriers met at Beddington , Southgate , Finchley , and other suburbs . On Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , Mr. Wood , of Littleton , near Chertsey , hunted the entire district ...
... forming part of London . About a century ago packs of harriers met at Beddington , Southgate , Finchley , and other suburbs . On Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fridays , Mr. Wood , of Littleton , near Chertsey , hunted the entire district ...
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... formed a charming picture , often enlivened by a pretty milkmaid , who , as old Isaac Walton said , " had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fear of many things that would never be , as too many men too ...
... formed a charming picture , often enlivened by a pretty milkmaid , who , as old Isaac Walton said , " had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fear of many things that would never be , as too many men too ...
Էջ 111
... formed acquaint- ances with the players of his father's hell , as thought- less as himself . The young man used , occasionally , to deal . It was agreed that two of his acquaintances should come , prepared with a little money , in order ...
... formed acquaint- ances with the players of his father's hell , as thought- less as himself . The young man used , occasionally , to deal . It was agreed that two of his acquaintances should come , prepared with a little money , in order ...
Էջ 112
... formed a habit of twisting a rouge et noir marking card in his fingers , till he had made it round and hard . One of these crumpled cards he had brought home , and this he proceeded to put into the pistol . " Now den , " he exclaimed ...
... formed a habit of twisting a rouge et noir marking card in his fingers , till he had made it round and hard . One of these crumpled cards he had brought home , and this he proceeded to put into the pistol . " Now den , " he exclaimed ...
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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...