The New sporting magazine, Volume 271854 |
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... hounds ; and it certainly presents a striking contrast to the pursuit of the fox by day : It requires more enthusiasm on the part of the lover of hounds ; more resolution , too , as the loud echoes of the midnight wood are aroused by ...
... hounds ; and it certainly presents a striking contrast to the pursuit of the fox by day : It requires more enthusiasm on the part of the lover of hounds ; more resolution , too , as the loud echoes of the midnight wood are aroused by ...
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... hounds which could run well and fast , and were at the same time stout , and having “ no knock - up in ' em ; " and he also had orders to buy some of those Ardennes horses which could go well in a mountainous country , and which were ...
... hounds which could run well and fast , and were at the same time stout , and having “ no knock - up in ' em ; " and he also had orders to buy some of those Ardennes horses which could go well in a mountainous country , and which were ...
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... . The following day the hounds had no sport . The rain fell in torrents all day long ; they , however , found a roedeer , and were running him over the open country , when the horse of the MEMOIRS OF SPORTING IN FRANCE .
... . The following day the hounds had no sport . The rain fell in torrents all day long ; they , however , found a roedeer , and were running him over the open country , when the horse of the MEMOIRS OF SPORTING IN FRANCE .
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... hounds set to barking with anger and astonishment at this unseemly crowd , gathered as they were in this desert spot ; at that noise , the man who appeared to be the chief of the party turned his head , and seeing us , came up to us ...
... hounds set to barking with anger and astonishment at this unseemly crowd , gathered as they were in this desert spot ; at that noise , the man who appeared to be the chief of the party turned his head , and seeing us , came up to us ...
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... hounds in the leading ranks , or piloting a forlorn hope by the easiest and quickest of routes to the varmint ' s point . Forbidden fruit is very sweet , as the young lady said of the glass of water - - " How good , mamma ! what a pity ...
... hounds in the leading ranks , or piloting a forlorn hope by the easiest and quickest of routes to the varmint ' s point . Forbidden fruit is very sweet , as the young lady said of the glass of water - - " How good , mamma ! what a pity ...
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Page 157 - ... assurance, undertaking, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to pay or give thereafter any money or valuable thing on any event or contingency of or relating to any horse race or other race, fight, game, sport, or exercise, or as or for the consideration for securing the paying or giving by some other person of any money or valuable thing on any such event or contingency as aforesaid...
Page 157 - ... thereof, betting with persons resorting thereto ; or for the purpose of any money or valuable thing being received by or on behalf of such owner...
Page 153 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 80 - ... the common gaol or house of correction (with or without hard labour), as to the justice or justices shall seem meet, for any term not exceeding two calendar months...
Page 3 - O, wither'd is the garland of the war, The soldier's pole is fall'n : young boys and girls Are level now with men ; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.
Page 159 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 117 - Ten brace, and more, of greyhounds, snowy fair, And tall as stags, ran loose, and coursed around his chair...
Page 446 - Percé jusques au fond du cœur D'une atteinte imprévue aussi bien que mortelle, Misérable vengeur d'une juste querelle, Et malheureux objet d'une injuste rigueur, Je demeure immobile, et mon âme abattue Cède au coup qui me tue.
Page 2 - ... as or for the consideration for any assurance, undertaking, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to pay or give thereafter any money or valuable thing on any event or contingency of or relating to any horse race...
Page 313 - Nose and chin would shame a knocker, Wrinkles that would puzzle Cocker; Mouth which marks the envious scorner, With a scorpion in each corner, Turning its quick tail to sting you, In the place that most may wring you...