Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 45–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 4
... MASTER . - Villiam , I vaunts my vig . Boy . - Vich vig , Sar ? MASTER . - Vy , the vite vig in the vooden vig - box , vich I vore last Vensday at the Westry . It frequently produced ludicrous effects . At Brighton , for 4 Sporting Days ...
... MASTER . - Villiam , I vaunts my vig . Boy . - Vich vig , Sar ? MASTER . - Vy , the vite vig in the vooden vig - box , vich I vore last Vensday at the Westry . It frequently produced ludicrous effects . At Brighton , for 4 Sporting Days ...
Էջ 8
... into the seething waters . It was now no time for hesitation , and the captain at once caused a boat to be lowered , and went to attempt the rescue of his reckless master , who was eventually reached 8 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... into the seething waters . It was now no time for hesitation , and the captain at once caused a boat to be lowered , and went to attempt the rescue of his reckless master , who was eventually reached 8 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
Էջ 9
Ralph Nevill. rescue of his reckless master , who was eventually reached about a mile astern of the vessel in an ex- hausted condition , but clutching his cap ! As a horseman Lord Waterford was daring to the verge of insanity whilst ...
Ralph Nevill. rescue of his reckless master , who was eventually reached about a mile astern of the vessel in an ex- hausted condition , but clutching his cap ! As a horseman Lord Waterford was daring to the verge of insanity whilst ...
Էջ 30
... master of blarney , largely aided by effrontery . Possessed of talents of no mean order , united to inventive faculties enough to endow a score of writers of fiction , no surer test of his genius could be adduced than the attention ...
... master of blarney , largely aided by effrontery . Possessed of talents of no mean order , united to inventive faculties enough to endow a score of writers of fiction , no surer test of his genius could be adduced than the attention ...
Էջ 45
... master mani- fested a great preference for small hounds . His huntsman , on the other hand , preferred large ones , as to the merits of which he never lost a chance of expatiating . Out hunting one day , one of the diminu- tive pack set ...
... master mani- fested a great preference for small hounds . His huntsman , on the other hand , preferred large ones , as to the merits of which he never lost a chance of expatiating . Out hunting one day , one of the diminu- tive pack set ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Սիրված հատվածներ
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...