Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit, Հատոր 9Rogerson & Tuxford, 1822 |
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... took an active part in the sport by beating the bushes in order to find a hare , and took it up after it was killed . - Lord Ellenborough observing this is not a solitary amusement , and there is nothing to pre- vent a qualified person ...
... took an active part in the sport by beating the bushes in order to find a hare , and took it up after it was killed . - Lord Ellenborough observing this is not a solitary amusement , and there is nothing to pre- vent a qualified person ...
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... took place , and the fibbing tactics ensued , till Lenney went down . 4. The coolness of Curtis was the theme of the ring ; he mea- sured his distances with the accu- racy of a carpenter , and nobbed his opponent with the severity of a ...
... took place , and the fibbing tactics ensued , till Lenney went down . 4. The coolness of Curtis was the theme of the ring ; he mea- sured his distances with the accu- racy of a carpenter , and nobbed his opponent with the severity of a ...
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... took place in the battle . Cur- tis also proved the strongest man ; and he left the ring without a scratch upon his face ; but his hands were much bruised from the severe pu- nishment he had administered to his opponent . Lenney was ...
... took place in the battle . Cur- tis also proved the strongest man ; and he left the ring without a scratch upon his face ; but his hands were much bruised from the severe pu- nishment he had administered to his opponent . Lenney was ...
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... took place some years ago , in what was then the rural hamlet of Hoxton . A family that occupied a house en- closed in a garden , as many others were in that quarter , were all col- lected one evening for the purpose of retiring to rest ...
... took place some years ago , in what was then the rural hamlet of Hoxton . A family that occupied a house en- closed in a garden , as many others were in that quarter , were all col- lected one evening for the purpose of retiring to rest ...
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... took the second row ( by the bye , English gentlemen would have yielded to the lady and her husband the front seat . ) The lady was beautiful , her tourneure distinguished , her toi- lette elegant , and an air of lan- guishing candour ...
... took the second row ( by the bye , English gentlemen would have yielded to the lady and her husband the front seat . ) The lady was beautiful , her tourneure distinguished , her toi- lette elegant , and an air of lan- guishing candour ...
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Էջ 166 - Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of, by th' blow : Some kick'd, until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather ; And yet have met, after long running, With some whom they have taught that cunning.
Էջ 17 - Travels (which you lately sent me), it is stated that ' Lord Byron, when he expressed such confidence of its practicability, seems to have forgotten that Leander swam both ways, with and against the tide ; whereas he (Lord Byron) only performed the easiest part of the task by swimming with it from Europe to Asia.
Էջ 53 - Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits.
Էջ 18 - This is so far from being the case, that it must arrive in the Archipelago, if left to the current, although a strong wind in the Asiatic direction might have such an effect occasionally.
Էջ 277 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Էջ 251 - Blewit, with expectation fraught, Drove up at six, each savoury thought Ideal turbot rich in : But, ere he reach'd the winning-post, He saw a haunch of ven'son roast Down in the next-door kitchen.
Էջ 166 - But Hudibras gave him a twitch, As quick as lightning, in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodg'd, As wise philosophers have judg'd, Because a kick in that place more Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.
Էջ 18 - It is not quite fair in him to infer, that because he failed, Leander could not succeed. " There are still four instances on record — a Neapolitan, a young Jew, Mr. Ekenhead, and myself: the two last were in the presence of hundreds of English witnesses.
Էջ 13 - ... one half to be paid to the informer, and the other to the poor...
Էջ 187 - I'LL tell you a story that's not in Tom Moore : — Young Love likes to knock at a pretty girl's door : So he called upon Lucy — 'twas just ten o'clock — Like a spruce single man, with a smart double knock. Now, a handmaid, whatever her fingers be at, Will run like a puss when she hears a rat-tat- : So Lucy ran up — and in two seconds more Had questioned the stranger and answered the door.