The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Հատոր 14John William Carleton 1845 |
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... look on the horse - racing circles with scanty consideration : that they gauge them on the " Tell me who you go with , and I'll tell you who you are " principle . Now let us deal with this question in the spirit rather than the letter ...
... look on the horse - racing circles with scanty consideration : that they gauge them on the " Tell me who you go with , and I'll tell you who you are " principle . Now let us deal with this question in the spirit rather than the letter ...
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... look suspiciously on the Jockey Club , and ask " Is it an enemy hath done this thing ? " EPSOM MEETING . It was long since so unindicative a spring had preceded the great metropolitan meeting , as that of 1845. Last season , indeed ...
... look suspiciously on the Jockey Club , and ask " Is it an enemy hath done this thing ? " EPSOM MEETING . It was long since so unindicative a spring had preceded the great metropolitan meeting , as that of 1845. Last season , indeed ...
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... look at , long and lugubrious as it was . The Wood- cote , a smart two - year - old of Lord George Bentinck's Light Cheroo- kee , won in a canter : she is in next year's Oaks . It rained dolefully in town on the all important ...
... look at , long and lugubrious as it was . The Wood- cote , a smart two - year - old of Lord George Bentinck's Light Cheroo- kee , won in a canter : she is in next year's Oaks . It rained dolefully in town on the all important ...
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... look at them , are at the mercy ( or rather the want of it ) of all who may choose to ride over them , or kick up any lark they feel inclined for . Surely this is monstrous . In front of the stand every facility for this preparation is ...
... look at them , are at the mercy ( or rather the want of it ) of all who may choose to ride over them , or kick up any lark they feel inclined for . Surely this is monstrous . In front of the stand every facility for this preparation is ...
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... looks , for an old man's love and law - licence , for his money - bags and monotony , for state and station , in short . So that she may spend her mornings in shopping and her evenings in being adu- lated , she has bargained to lie o ...
... looks , for an old man's love and law - licence , for his money - bags and monotony , for state and station , in short . So that she may spend her mornings in shopping and her evenings in being adu- lated , she has bargained to lie o ...
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Էջ 35 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Էջ 170 - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill '." My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr.
Էջ 60 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of link-ed sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus...
Էջ 394 - HARRY HIEOVER.- STABLE TALK AND TABLE TALK; or, SPECTACLES for YOUNG SPORTSMEN.
Էջ 109 - That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion ; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. The day is come when I again repose Here, under this dark sycamore, and view These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts, Which at this season, with their unripe fruits, Are clad in one green hue, and lose themselves 'Mid groves and copses. Once again I see These hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows, little lines Of sportive wood run wild : these pastoral farms, Green to the...
Էջ 32 - 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 39 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Էջ 170 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Էջ 252 - Deanery, through many nations and languages unknown to the civilized world. And I have often reflected in how few hours, with a swift horse or a strong gale, a man may come among a people as unknown to him as the antipodes.
Էջ 39 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.