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... CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES ; TOGETHER WITH SOME DETAILS OF THE NEIGH- BOURING SPORTING QUARTERS . - BY LINTON 66 • SKETCHES FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . - BY THE AUTHOR OF SCENES AND SPORTS IN FOREIGN ...
... CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES ; TOGETHER WITH SOME DETAILS OF THE NEIGH- BOURING SPORTING QUARTERS . - BY LINTON 66 • SKETCHES FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . - BY THE AUTHOR OF SCENES AND SPORTS IN FOREIGN ...
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... Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale , four years old , 8st . 5lb . ( 3 ) , Colonel Peel's Palma , four years old , 5st . 3lb . ( 4 ) . Twenty - seven others also stated . 3 to 1 against Surplice . SUMMARY OF SURPLICE'S PERFORMANCES . In 1847 ...
... Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale , four years old , 8st . 5lb . ( 3 ) , Colonel Peel's Palma , four years old , 5st . 3lb . ( 4 ) . Twenty - seven others also stated . 3 to 1 against Surplice . SUMMARY OF SURPLICE'S PERFORMANCES . In 1847 ...
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... time I made enquiry , I was assured that , from the immense increase of the cat tribe , Loughtey would be rabbitless within a year or two . CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES 20 TWO YEARS IN THE FAR WEST .
... time I made enquiry , I was assured that , from the immense increase of the cat tribe , Loughtey would be rabbitless within a year or two . CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES 20 TWO YEARS IN THE FAR WEST .
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CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES ; TOGETHER WITH SOME DETAILS OF THE NEIGHBOURING SPORTING QUARTERS . BY LINTON . Having visited the metropolis for a few days on matters of business- the sole cause which ...
CAPTAIN PIGSKIN'S VISIT TO THE BATH AND BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASES ; TOGETHER WITH SOME DETAILS OF THE NEIGHBOURING SPORTING QUARTERS . BY LINTON . Having visited the metropolis for a few days on matters of business- the sole cause which ...
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... Captain to dilate on his favourite topic , and we had an appointment with one whose time was precious - and we consider it not only the courtesy but the duty of life never to neglect one , if practi- eable , when once made - having no ...
... Captain to dilate on his favourite topic , and we had an appointment with one whose time was precious - and we consider it not only the courtesy but the duty of life never to neglect one , if practi- eable , when once made - having no ...
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Page 136 - For my part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes.
Page 118 - tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky. 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
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Page 152 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 118 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my friend it turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthen'd chain.
Page 83 - Silesia, he found a nobleman, 'booted up to the groins,' wading himself, pulling the nets, and labouring as much as any fisherman of them all: and when some belike objected to him the baseness of his office, he excused himself, 'that if other men might hunt hares, why should not he hunt carps?
Page 135 - What would that philosopher have said had he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal? Would not he have thought the master of a family mad, and have begged his servants to tie down his hands, had he seen him devour fowl, fish, and flesh...
Page 7 - Carpe diem,' Juan, 'Carpe, carpe!' To-morrow sees another race as gay And transient, and devoured by the same harpy. 'Life's a poor player,' - then 'play out the play, Ye villains!' and above all keep a sharp eye Much less on what you do than what you say: Be hypocritical, be cautious, be Not what you seem, but always what you see.
Page 371 - Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home.
Page 60 - ... love is none below) : As often as my dogs with better speed "" Arrest her flight, is she to death decreed : Then with this fatal sword, on which I...