Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... once gave notice that there had been found under the rocks , about a mile to the east , a black - spotted patent lace " whale . " A feature of old London life were the sporting hotels , which , even up to about some fifty years ago and ...
... once gave notice that there had been found under the rocks , about a mile to the east , a black - spotted patent lace " whale . " A feature of old London life were the sporting hotels , which , even up to about some fifty years ago and ...
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... once in the middle of Pall Mall , when the butcher , deceived by Duff's appearance , received a severe thrashing . At times Lord Waterford was foolhardy almost beyond belief . On board his yacht , the Charlotte , in the Bay of Biscay ...
... once in the middle of Pall Mall , when the butcher , deceived by Duff's appearance , received a severe thrashing . At times Lord Waterford was foolhardy almost beyond belief . On board his yacht , the Charlotte , in the Bay of Biscay ...
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... among the rest a tailor's bill for £ 20 . Any person finding the same will please to pay the bill , and nothing more will be said . " A cynical individual being once asked by a friend whether 23 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... among the rest a tailor's bill for £ 20 . Any person finding the same will please to pay the bill , and nothing more will be said . " A cynical individual being once asked by a friend whether 23 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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Ralph Nevill. A cynical individual being once asked by a friend whether he could lend this spendthrift a certain sum with any chance of seeing it again , replied , " What ! lend him money ? Why , you might give him an emetic and he ...
Ralph Nevill. A cynical individual being once asked by a friend whether he could lend this spendthrift a certain sum with any chance of seeing it again , replied , " What ! lend him money ? Why , you might give him an emetic and he ...
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... once placed in " durance vile . " Many debtors , however , were quite content with their captivity , and delighted to remain in " The Rules , " and set their creditors at defiance . Some even lived in good style , and gave dinner ...
... once placed in " durance vile . " Many debtors , however , were quite content with their captivity , and delighted to remain in " The Rules , " and set their creditors at defiance . Some even lived in good style , and gave dinner ...
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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...