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... match for the billiard champion- ship about every two months people will soon begin to think that it is not " good enough " to pay a sovereign for a seat . In fact a great many seem of that opinion already , for the two last contests ...
... match for the billiard champion- ship about every two months people will soon begin to think that it is not " good enough " to pay a sovereign for a seat . In fact a great many seem of that opinion already , for the two last contests ...
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may never be seen again at a billiard match . We were not present when Roberts jun . defeated Cook , but we can say ... matches . The ensuing contest between Roberts jun . and Joseph Bennett ought to be very close and exciting , and we ...
may never be seen again at a billiard match . We were not present when Roberts jun . defeated Cook , but we can say ... matches . The ensuing contest between Roberts jun . and Joseph Bennett ought to be very close and exciting , and we ...
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... match - making , and flirtations for the unmarriagable ; pistol - shooting and private gambling . In all of these the young lion led the van , and was accounted a perfect master of the arts . After these had been got through , came a ...
... match - making , and flirtations for the unmarriagable ; pistol - shooting and private gambling . In all of these the young lion led the van , and was accounted a perfect master of the arts . After these had been got through , came a ...
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... match between the Elevens of the two public schools aforesaid , such sensation being detrimental to testing the real ... match only should be substituted , in the middle of the London season , for the three matches between Eton , Harrow ...
... match between the Elevens of the two public schools aforesaid , such sensation being detrimental to testing the real ... match only should be substituted , in the middle of the London season , for the three matches between Eton , Harrow ...
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... match , and admit a given number of their own friends and the friends of the two Elevens , or give the proceeds of the match to the cricketer's fund . But if the cry is made against sensation gate money matches generally , the answer ...
... match , and admit a given number of their own friends and the friends of the two Elevens , or give the proceeds of the match to the cricketer's fund . But if the cry is made against sensation gate money matches generally , the answer ...
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Page 411 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 167 - Where thou wilt, lad, I'll make one ; an I do not, call me villain, and baffle me.* P. Hen. I see a good amendment of life in thee ; from praying, to purse-taking. Enter POINS, at a distance. Fal. Why, Hal, 'tis my vocation, Hal ; 'tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.
Page 446 - Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 333 - NOVEMBER'S sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear : Late gazing down the steepy linn, That hems our little garden in, Low in its dark and narrow glen, You scarce the rivulet might ken, So thick the tangled greenwood grew, So feeble...
Page 375 - O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Page 253 - Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness ! Close bosom-friend of the maturing Sun ! Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run ; To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees...
Page 44 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Page 217 - PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 253 - Then came the Autumn all in yellow clad, As though he joyed in his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had banished hunger, which to-fore Had by the belly oft him pinched sore.
Page 172 - ... minds the necessity of paying the strictest attention to the breed, both as regards the purity of blood, and field qualifications. " A good strain," if once hit upon, ought to be preserved ; and it is alone to be attained by paying the greatest attention to the forms and qualities of both parents.