Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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Էջ 12
... turned restive , and would not stir an inch . In vain did the Sovereign apply the lash ; in vain did the attendants pull at them . Even the soft and rosy palm of her ladyship , which could do wonders in the coaxing and persuasive line ...
... turned restive , and would not stir an inch . In vain did the Sovereign apply the lash ; in vain did the attendants pull at them . Even the soft and rosy palm of her ladyship , which could do wonders in the coaxing and persuasive line ...
Էջ 32
... breathing in his favour - he ordered his horse , except when feeding , to be kept ready bridled and saddled , with his head turned round , and then , by all the back slums possible , 32 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... breathing in his favour - he ordered his horse , except when feeding , to be kept ready bridled and saddled , with his head turned round , and then , by all the back slums possible , 32 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
Էջ 46
... turned towards town . As luck would have it , Reynard , whilst in view , ran in a direct line with the London road ; but by the time the hounds were laid on he turned and took quite a contrary direction . The scent lying vastly well ...
... turned towards town . As luck would have it , Reynard , whilst in view , ran in a direct line with the London road ; but by the time the hounds were laid on he turned and took quite a contrary direction . The scent lying vastly well ...
Էջ 52
... turned down there , and never knew one of them leave the Common in his life . " This answer created a very favourable impression amongst the assembled sportsmen , especially those who had come on foot , some of whom began to cheer ...
... turned down there , and never knew one of them leave the Common in his life . " This answer created a very favourable impression amongst the assembled sportsmen , especially those who had come on foot , some of whom began to cheer ...
Էջ 59
... rendered more interesting than usual by Colonel Thornton , who gratified the cockney sportsmen by allowing a stag to be turned out before his hounds . It was a very fine day , and vast numbers 59 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... rendered more interesting than usual by Colonel Thornton , who gratified the cockney sportsmen by allowing a stag to be turned out before his hounds . It was a very fine day , and vast numbers 59 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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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...