Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... received a severe thrashing . At times Lord Waterford was foolhardy almost beyond belief . On board his yacht , the Charlotte , in the Bay of Biscay , whilst it was blowing a gale , this scion of a mercurial stock happened to lose his ...
... received a severe thrashing . At times Lord Waterford was foolhardy almost beyond belief . On board his yacht , the Charlotte , in the Bay of Biscay , whilst it was blowing a gale , this scion of a mercurial stock happened to lose his ...
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... Received 50 for my whiskers , to be worn and taken care of by me , and delivered up when called for . " The fifty was paid , and the seller went off in high glee , telling every one he met of the good bargain he had made . The purchaser ...
... Received 50 for my whiskers , to be worn and taken care of by me , and delivered up when called for . " The fifty was paid , and the seller went off in high glee , telling every one he met of the good bargain he had made . The purchaser ...
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... received a clever rebuke from his hatter , after he had ordered one of the hats in the shop to be sent home upon credit . This was politely refused , upon which the spark exclaimed , " What ! do you refuse to give me credit for a hat ...
... received a clever rebuke from his hatter , after he had ordered one of the hats in the shop to be sent home upon credit . This was politely refused , upon which the spark exclaimed , " What ! do you refuse to give me credit for a hat ...
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... received a letter from his partner announcing his utter ruin , and with it that of numerous depositors of small sums , who had been tempted by a higher rate of interest to lodge them in the hands of the firm . Howard's story was curious ...
... received a letter from his partner announcing his utter ruin , and with it that of numerous depositors of small sums , who had been tempted by a higher rate of interest to lodge them in the hands of the firm . Howard's story was curious ...
Էջ 69
... receiving from them their watches and gold , they insisted upon their pocket - books , which demand not being instantly complied with , they forced open their waistcoats , within which they discovered and took both their pocket - books ...
... receiving from them their watches and gold , they insisted upon their pocket - books , which demand not being instantly complied with , they forced open their waistcoats , within which they discovered and took both their pocket - books ...
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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...