The New sporting magazine, Volume 271854 |
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... pack of 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 ...
... pack of 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 ...
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... pack of 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 ...
... pack of 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 ...
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... packs were all drawn and formed , and the old piqueur , seated at the neighbouring cabaret in company with his valets ... pack worked wonders , and surpassed not only the most sanguine hopes of La Jeunesse , but even the promises that he ...
... packs were all drawn and formed , and the old piqueur , seated at the neighbouring cabaret in company with his valets ... pack worked wonders , and surpassed not only the most sanguine hopes of La Jeunesse , but even the promises that he ...
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... pack , and felt perfectly assured that all his inquietudes were at an end , for he was thoroughly convinced that no obstacle could ever prevent his master joining the chase so long as life and power were left in him . However , the ...
... pack , and felt perfectly assured that all his inquietudes were at an end , for he was thoroughly convinced that no obstacle could ever prevent his master joining the chase so long as life and power were left in him . However , the ...
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... pack of bassets , which he could hardly contain in their couples ; they certainly were as beautiful a little lot of about a dozen as I had ever seen , and you might have fancied them all MEMOIRS OF SPORTING IN FRANCE .
... pack of bassets , which he could hardly contain in their couples ; they certainly were as beautiful a little lot of about a dozen as I had ever seen , and you might have fancied them all MEMOIRS OF SPORTING IN FRANCE .
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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...