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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... ride away , hoping to find a more promising market . Now , though a good judge will go very near the mark as to the value of a young sound fresh horse in a fair , it is not generally this description of horse that is sent to a ...
... ride away , hoping to find a more promising market . Now , though a good judge will go very near the mark as to the value of a young sound fresh horse in a fair , it is not generally this description of horse that is sent to a ...
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... Ride twenty miles out , head the fox , and ride home . Such riders as these we good fellows condemn , And sure we won't drink a bright bumper to them . O give me the man to whom nought comes amiss , One horse or another , that country ...
... Ride twenty miles out , head the fox , and ride home . Such riders as these we good fellows condemn , And sure we won't drink a bright bumper to them . O give me the man to whom nought comes amiss , One horse or another , that country ...
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Spite of falls and bad starts , who undauntedly still Rides up to his motto - be with them I will . A bumper , a bumper , fill up to the brim , We'll drink , if we die for't , a bumper to him . O give me the man who can ride through a ...
Spite of falls and bad starts , who undauntedly still Rides up to his motto - be with them I will . A bumper , a bumper , fill up to the brim , We'll drink , if we die for't , a bumper to him . O give me the man who can ride through a ...
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... riding very unpleasant , they rattled him along at a merry pace in the direction of Gazeley , which by the way had previously been drawn blank , when , bearing to the left , ano- ther check ensued . This difficulty being overcome by the ...
... riding very unpleasant , they rattled him along at a merry pace in the direction of Gazeley , which by the way had previously been drawn blank , when , bearing to the left , ano- ther check ensued . This difficulty being overcome by the ...
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... riding a hundred miles to see it done . The large fields in the direction of Aldsworth over which the hounds ran gave all an opportunity of effect- ing a start he then bore off to the left , at which moment the fog be- came more dense ...
... riding a hundred miles to see it done . The large fields in the direction of Aldsworth over which the hounds ran gave all an opportunity of effect- ing a start he then bore off to the left , at which moment the fog be- came more dense ...
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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.