Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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Էջ 38
... poacher well known to a number of sporting clients . The sort of sporting dogs employed by such sports- men may be realised from the comments made by a cockney on a book which purported to deal with the subject and enumerated the breeds ...
... poacher well known to a number of sporting clients . The sort of sporting dogs employed by such sports- men may be realised from the comments made by a cockney on a book which purported to deal with the subject and enumerated the breeds ...
Էջ 54
... poachers known as " Waltham Blacks , " in consequence of which an order was issued absolutely prohibiting the capture of any deer at all for three years ; and this would appear to have been fairly respected , for the herds once more ...
... poachers known as " Waltham Blacks , " in consequence of which an order was issued absolutely prohibiting the capture of any deer at all for three years ; and this would appear to have been fairly respected , for the herds once more ...
Էջ 262
... poaching . Of course , this was strictly prohibited , and many a boy was severely punished for his love of the gun . Young Lord Baltimore and a friend were once caught on a poaching expedition by one of the masters , who came up quickly ...
... poaching . Of course , this was strictly prohibited , and many a boy was severely punished for his love of the gun . Young Lord Baltimore and a friend were once caught on a poaching expedition by one of the masters , who came up quickly ...
Էջ 264
... poacher was often regarded as half a hero , the ex- istence of regular gangs being almost openly recognised . Sometimes these men were dangerous smugglers as well . A particular band , known as the Johnnies , once quite devastated a ...
... poacher was often regarded as half a hero , the ex- istence of regular gangs being almost openly recognised . Sometimes these men were dangerous smugglers as well . A particular band , known as the Johnnies , once quite devastated a ...
Էջ 267
... poaching , it was wonderful that any game ever escaped them , for keepers , on account of their desperate character , stood in great awe of the gang . After the dispersal of this band of poachers the game increased in the district they ...
... poaching , it was wonderful that any game ever escaped them , for keepers , on account of their desperate character , stood in great awe of the gang . After the dispersal of this band of poachers the game increased in the district they ...
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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...