The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize1845 |
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... favorites , " inasmuch as he has no engagement previous to the race . Of course I am not now prepared to say who will be selected for the mount , but Nat is an immense favorite with the party , and perhaps , it would not be an easy task ...
... favorites , " inasmuch as he has no engagement previous to the race . Of course I am not now prepared to say who will be selected for the mount , but Nat is an immense favorite with the party , and perhaps , it would not be an easy task ...
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... favorite ! It seems , at the time of my " Remarks , " that His Grace of Rich- mond's lengthy colt THE LAIRD - O'COCKPEN is destined to be the representative of the Goodwood firm - that is , as far as the great Derby . race is concerned ...
... favorite ! It seems , at the time of my " Remarks , " that His Grace of Rich- mond's lengthy colt THE LAIRD - O'COCKPEN is destined to be the representative of the Goodwood firm - that is , as far as the great Derby . race is concerned ...
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... favorite " has hardly a friend to " bonnet him up " -so much for consistency on the Turf ! But after all , betting men are like sheep going to water , for only let one " bell - wether " take the lead , and the flock are pretty certain ...
... favorite " has hardly a friend to " bonnet him up " -so much for consistency on the Turf ! But after all , betting men are like sheep going to water , for only let one " bell - wether " take the lead , and the flock are pretty certain ...
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... favorite from the many proofs that he has given of his goodness , caught my attention ; but , notwithstanding the Huntsman's assertion to the contrary , I can- not but think that his legs were never so straight as his best friends could ...
... favorite from the many proofs that he has given of his goodness , caught my attention ; but , notwithstanding the Huntsman's assertion to the contrary , I can- not but think that his legs were never so straight as his best friends could ...
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... favorites , that the " Old Year " has not been allowed to " go out " without some expensive jollifications . - ALARM still heads the poll , notwith- standing the efforts made by the Stradbroke division to oust him from the premiership ...
... favorites , that the " Old Year " has not been allowed to " go out " without some expensive jollifications . - ALARM still heads the poll , notwith- standing the efforts made by the Stradbroke division to oust him from the premiership ...
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Էջ 148 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Էջ 319 - ... which broke their waves and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Էջ 307 - You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish ; what engines doth he make ! Behold how he engageth all his wits ; Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets ; Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line, Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine : They must be groped for, and be tickled too, Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do.
Էջ 319 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Էջ 281 - Plate is run for shall have the power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as...
Էջ 263 - Course (about one mile and three quarters) : the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes.
Էջ 111 - Birt, who resided among them and wrote in the year seventeen hundred and twenty-five, relates that he has seen the places which they occupied, and which were known by being free from the snow that deeply covered the ground, except where the heat of their bodies had melted it. The same writer represents a chief as giving offence to his clan by his degeneracy in forming the snow into a pillow before he lay down.
Էջ 110 - ... the habit of concentrating their affections within the narrow precincts of their own glens or the limited circle of their own kinsmen — and the necessity of union and self-dependence in all difficulties and dangers, combined to form a peculiar and original character. A certain romantic sentiment, the offspring of deep and cherished feeling, strong attachment to their country and...
Էջ 27 - ... fill up to the brim, We'll drink, if we die for't, a bumper to him.
Էջ 312 - J'avance, l'oiseau part; le plomb, que l'œil conduit, Le frappe dans les airs au moment qu'il s'enfuit ; II tourne, en expirant, sur ses ailes tremblantes; Et le chaume est jonché de ses plumes sanglantes.