The New sporting magazine, Volume 171849 |
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... become " the head stone of the Corner " ( not to speak it profanely ) , how would you have received the intimation ? Nevertheless , thus it is , as the proverb runs- " miracles shall never cease . " " But these are few , and in the end ...
... become " the head stone of the Corner " ( not to speak it profanely ) , how would you have received the intimation ? Nevertheless , thus it is , as the proverb runs- " miracles shall never cease . " " But these are few , and in the end ...
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... become , generally speaking , the order of the day ; blue dungaree trousers were substituted for white prolongations ; the heavy knapsack had been left at head - quarters , and was replaced by a small canvas bag , slung across the right ...
... become , generally speaking , the order of the day ; blue dungaree trousers were substituted for white prolongations ; the heavy knapsack had been left at head - quarters , and was replaced by a small canvas bag , slung across the right ...
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... become entangled . Hearing a brisk firing all around , and wishing to have a part in the fun , he makes an effort to ... becomes entangled in the thorny web . Meanwhile the " retire " shrilly echoes through the adjoining rocks : his ...
... become entangled . Hearing a brisk firing all around , and wishing to have a part in the fun , he makes an effort to ... becomes entangled in the thorny web . Meanwhile the " retire " shrilly echoes through the adjoining rocks : his ...
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... becomes of the superfluous waters , in wet seasons like the present ; for this has , in truth , been a remarkably moist one . The greatest source of annoyance , in some parts , arises from the flints where the surface of the fields are ...
... becomes of the superfluous waters , in wet seasons like the present ; for this has , in truth , been a remarkably moist one . The greatest source of annoyance , in some parts , arises from the flints where the surface of the fields are ...
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... become valuable in the way of affording sport . If they be young foxes , that principle is evidently correct ; but if old ones , de- pend upon it they are incorrigible . They are like vicious , bad hounds , that may be drafted from one ...
... become valuable in the way of affording sport . If they be young foxes , that principle is evidently correct ; but if old ones , de- pend upon it they are incorrigible . They are like vicious , bad hounds , that may be drafted from one ...
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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...
Page 83 - Because hawking and hunting are very laborious, much riding and many dangers accompany them; but this is still and quiet: and if so be the angler catch no Fish, yet he hath a wholesome walk to the...
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...