Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... meet his friends and acquaintances after four in the after- noon . The national theatres were well frequented , and it was very much the fashion to dine at the Bed- ford and Piazza coffee - houses in Covent Garden , as being in close ...
... meet his friends and acquaintances after four in the after- noon . The national theatres were well frequented , and it was very much the fashion to dine at the Bed- ford and Piazza coffee - houses in Covent Garden , as being in close ...
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... meets every type of cockney sportsman was represented , from the City prig who , obtaining a morning's leave of absence from the counting - house , had decorated his person with all the imaginary paraphernalia of the Meynell or Raby ...
... meets every type of cockney sportsman was represented , from the City prig who , obtaining a morning's leave of absence from the counting - house , had decorated his person with all the imaginary paraphernalia of the Meynell or Raby ...
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... meet of Mr. Chapman's hounds on Sutton Common was enlivened by the appearance of an elderly individual who , equipped in a cauliflower wig , cocked hat , black breeches and boots , rode up and enquired of the huntsman what the hounds ...
... meet of Mr. Chapman's hounds on Sutton Common was enlivened by the appearance of an elderly individual who , equipped in a cauliflower wig , cocked hat , black breeches and boots , rode up and enquired of the huntsman what the hounds ...
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... meet at Peckham Rye . Forest Hill was another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs 47 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... meet at Peckham Rye . Forest Hill was another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs 47 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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Ralph Nevill. another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs were enjoyed in the neighbourhood of Sydenham , which for miles round was surrounded by open commons . Up to 1810 the kennels were at East Hall , Ber- mondsey , the ...
Ralph Nevill. another favourite meet ; at that time very capital runs were enjoyed in the neighbourhood of Sydenham , which for miles round was surrounded by open commons . Up to 1810 the kennels were at East Hall , Ber- mondsey , the ...
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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...