Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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Էջ 23
... match she would have made two days ago ! " " Will you lend me a hundred ? " said the same man to an acquaintance . " Can't possibly do it , " was the reply . " I never lend a man money the second time , when he dis- appoints me the ...
... match she would have made two days ago ! " " Will you lend me a hundred ? " said the same man to an acquaintance . " Can't possibly do it , " was the reply . " I never lend a man money the second time , when he dis- appoints me the ...
Էջ 86
... match at billiards , the door opened , and in walked Captain Fitzpatrick . Striding up to the Frenchman with a thundering stick in his hand , he gave him what he called " a botherer , " in return for the pat on the cheek , and then ...
... match at billiards , the door opened , and in walked Captain Fitzpatrick . Striding up to the Frenchman with a thundering stick in his hand , he gave him what he called " a botherer , " in return for the pat on the cheek , and then ...
Էջ 87
... match , and , as you are the challenger , light the powder . " The Frenchman was quite thunderstruck at this terrible mode of fighting ; and as the Dutch admiral told him he would fight in no other way , a reconcilia- tion was arranged ...
... match , and , as you are the challenger , light the powder . " The Frenchman was quite thunderstruck at this terrible mode of fighting ; and as the Dutch admiral told him he would fight in no other way , a reconcilia- tion was arranged ...
Էջ 122
... match or race . A prominent figure was the fat grazier or flashy butcher , aping the gentleman , in flash sporting rig and new boots , come in order to pick up a bargain . One corner displayed the anxious , disappointed countenance of a ...
... match or race . A prominent figure was the fat grazier or flashy butcher , aping the gentleman , in flash sporting rig and new boots , come in order to pick up a bargain . One corner displayed the anxious , disappointed countenance of a ...
Էջ 126
... match of a hundred pounds . From him one night he won more than a thousand pounds , when the colonel begged Andrews to accom- pany him to the City next morning in order to transfer stock to him of the amount lost . The couple started in ...
... match of a hundred pounds . From him one night he won more than a thousand pounds , when the colonel begged Andrews to accom- pany him to the City next morning in order to transfer stock to him of the amount lost . The couple started in ...
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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...