Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the StageT. Tegg and Son, 1832 - 414 էջ |
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... miles without stopping ; she has been pushed , on emergency , one hundred and twenty miles , and , occasionally , neither she nor her rider has tasted food for three whole days . To the Arabian , principally , England is indebted for ...
... miles without stopping ; she has been pushed , on emergency , one hundred and twenty miles , and , occasionally , neither she nor her rider has tasted food for three whole days . To the Arabian , principally , England is indebted for ...
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... miles is rather too much out of place for him to relish it ! " " Joke or no joke , " answered Abernethy , " you will find I am no doctor ; and the sooner you quit my house the better , " ( getting up to ring PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS ...
... miles is rather too much out of place for him to relish it ! " " Joke or no joke , " answered Abernethy , " you will find I am no doctor ; and the sooner you quit my house the better , " ( getting up to ring PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS ...
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... miles expressly for your advice ; therefore none of your tricks upon travellers . I will not be disappointed ! Advice I come for - and ad- vice I will have ! " ( running immediately up to the door , locking it , and putting the key into ...
... miles expressly for your advice ; therefore none of your tricks upon travellers . I will not be disappointed ! Advice I come for - and ad- vice I will have ! " ( running immediately up to the door , locking it , and putting the key into ...
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... miles from the Metropolis , for £ 100 aside . The Pet of the Fancy was known to every person connected with the Milling Circles ; but PERKINS , who had obtained the designation of the " OXFORD PET , " was little more than a stranger to ...
... miles from the Metropolis , for £ 100 aside . The Pet of the Fancy was known to every person connected with the Milling Circles ; but PERKINS , who had obtained the designation of the " OXFORD PET , " was little more than a stranger to ...
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... miles in harness , in ten successive hours and a half , £ 200 to £ 100 , was accomplished on Monday , February 2 , 1829 . When this match was first made , Mr. Melville contemplated making the attempt with the celebrated Paddington mare ...
... miles in harness , in ten successive hours and a half , £ 200 to £ 100 , was accomplished on Monday , February 2 , 1829 . When this match was first made , Mr. Melville contemplated making the attempt with the celebrated Paddington mare ...
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Էջ 139 - But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet •descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, '•' Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven,...
Էջ 232 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Էջ 259 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Էջ 125 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down ; wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
Էջ 43 - There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Էջ 272 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Էջ 282 - Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines ; And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my Friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.
Էջ 279 - Lord, who hath praise enough ; nay, who hath any ? None can express Thy works, but he that knows them; And none can know Thy works, they are so many, And so complete, but only he that owes them.
Էջ 305 - Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
Էջ 259 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.