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... thought , by some unseen hand . 666 Why , man , you're caught in a snare , ' said Ashton , pulling up the peg by which it had been fastened in one of the ' runs . ' " Och ! bad luck to it , ' said Larry ; and sure enough did not his ...
... thought , by some unseen hand . 666 Why , man , you're caught in a snare , ' said Ashton , pulling up the peg by which it had been fastened in one of the ' runs . ' " Och ! bad luck to it , ' said Larry ; and sure enough did not his ...
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... thought came across his mind at the moment , and that was that he felt glad that Madame de Bologne had died , for he was quite sure that it was her alone who had hindered his master from hunting so long . The following day the hounds ...
... thought came across his mind at the moment , and that was that he felt glad that Madame de Bologne had died , for he was quite sure that it was her alone who had hindered his master from hunting so long . The following day the hounds ...
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... thought , to the resolution he had made to assist at the performances of the service for the dead upon the anniver- sary of the death of his lamented wife , and also to fulfil the pledge which he had given his piqueur , to hunt every ...
... thought , to the resolution he had made to assist at the performances of the service for the dead upon the anniver- sary of the death of his lamented wife , and also to fulfil the pledge which he had given his piqueur , to hunt every ...
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... thought I , is well applied ; for during a snow , there is less trouble to hunt the animals , as the trace in the snow points out their way . " The next morning I came down into the salle - à - manger by day- break , and just at the ...
... thought I , is well applied ; for during a snow , there is less trouble to hunt the animals , as the trace in the snow points out their way . " The next morning I came down into the salle - à - manger by day- break , and just at the ...
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... thought proper to do on Saturday . A hat must have become very bad indeed , when it ceases to be worth " a cord . " And now everybody seems to be here . There are your scarlet and white men - neat or not , as the case may be ; but at ...
... thought proper to do on Saturday . A hat must have become very bad indeed , when it ceases to be worth " a cord . " And now everybody seems to be here . There are your scarlet and white men - neat or not , as the case may be ; but at ...
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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 2 - ... 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 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 117 - And from the deep-mouthed thunder flies: She starts, she stops, she pants for breath; She hears the near advance of death ; She doubles, to mislead the hound, And measures back her mazy round: Till, fainting in the public way, Half dead with fear she gasping lay. What transport in her bosom grew, When first the Horse appeared in view! "Let me," says she, "your back ascend, And owe my safety to a friend.
Page 156 - No house, office, room, or other place shall be opened, kept, or used for the purpose of the owner, occupier, or keeper thereof, or any person using the same...
Page 72 - Because authority, though it err like others, • Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, That skins the vice o...
Page 153 - Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield!
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 116 - As when th' impatient greyhound slipt from far, Bounds o'er the glebe, to course the fearful hare, She in her speed does all her safety lay; And he with double speed pursues the prey...