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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... hope he will soon loose his icy fetters . We have been favored by our friend in Ireland with a brief account of the " doings " of the Earl of Shannon's and Sir John Power's hounds . Up to the 7th inst . , His Lordship had killed ...
... hope he will soon loose his icy fetters . We have been favored by our friend in Ireland with a brief account of the " doings " of the Earl of Shannon's and Sir John Power's hounds . Up to the 7th inst . , His Lordship had killed ...
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... hope that this fate rather awaits their enemies than themselves . This reasoning once put in motion , where will it stop ? Is every creature which consumes food fit for man , and is not absolutely necessary for life , to be done away ...
... hope that this fate rather awaits their enemies than themselves . This reasoning once put in motion , where will it stop ? Is every creature which consumes food fit for man , and is not absolutely necessary for life , to be done away ...
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... hope , nay I do not doubt , there are many who would think that few such underhand fellows as A and B are to be met with : this is , however , very wide of the fact ; for the truth is , not only are A and B to be met with , but we may ...
... hope , nay I do not doubt , there are many who would think that few such underhand fellows as A and B are to be met with : this is , however , very wide of the fact ; for the truth is , not only are A and B to be met with , but we may ...
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... hope , and youth That maketh costly gold of common ore ; With open breast that shieldeth no untruth , But gave - what still it hoped to get - rich store Of feelings warm , and kind and true ; with glee That saw before me pictures of ...
... hope , and youth That maketh costly gold of common ore ; With open breast that shieldeth no untruth , But gave - what still it hoped to get - rich store Of feelings warm , and kind and true ; with glee That saw before me pictures of ...
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... hope that HIE'OVER will procure one , and having given it an extensive trial , express his valuable and influential opinion on the result . The custom of setting wires to take hares and rabbits is much more frequent than formerly : I do ...
... hope that HIE'OVER will procure one , and having given it an extensive trial , express his valuable and influential opinion on the result . The custom of setting wires to take hares and rabbits is much more frequent than formerly : I do ...
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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.