Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - 317 էջ |
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... whole court saw the point , and amidst general laughter the witness retreated to his place . Not only the life , but the dress and even the language of Londoners differed very much from what they are to - day . For a considerable period ...
... whole court saw the point , and amidst general laughter the witness retreated to his place . Not only the life , but the dress and even the language of Londoners differed very much from what they are to - day . For a considerable period ...
Էջ 27
... whole system being one of unblushing robbery . Lloyd , the poet , was , like other poets , subject to occasional familiarities from the shoulder - tapping fraternity . On being ushered into his apartment in a sponging - house , he ...
... whole system being one of unblushing robbery . Lloyd , the poet , was , like other poets , subject to occasional familiarities from the shoulder - tapping fraternity . On being ushered into his apartment in a sponging - house , he ...
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... warren of Lambeth Marsh and Coldbath Fields rang with the sounds of shots . The whole line round the suburbs went to it with a will , keeping up a running fight till broad noon- day , when the fire slackened , and the more 36 II ...
... warren of Lambeth Marsh and Coldbath Fields rang with the sounds of shots . The whole line round the suburbs went to it with a will , keeping up a running fight till broad noon- day , when the fire slackened , and the more 36 II ...
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... whole thing , and for many years before the Easter Monday hunt had become a mere cockney carnival it was frequently declared that the main object for keeping it up was to serve the neighbouring inns and public - houses , and to put ...
... whole thing , and for many years before the Easter Monday hunt had become a mere cockney carnival it was frequently declared that the main object for keeping it up was to serve the neighbouring inns and public - houses , and to put ...
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... whole affair was a real hunt , a good run being generally ensured in spite of the motley crowd who flocked to the chase . About 1825 the open plains bordering the Forest abounded with deer , which were a delightful sight for the ...
... whole affair was a real hunt , a good run being generally ensured in spite of the motley crowd who flocked to the chase . About 1825 the open plains bordering the Forest abounded with deer , which were a delightful sight for 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...