The New sporting magazine, Volume 171849 |
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... . Slight reports only reach short distances ; but when a sixty - four pounder goes off , it is heard from Dover to Calais . When an extreme outsider breaks down , 19 it is probably not known to a dozen of 6 THE NEW YEAR .
... . Slight reports only reach short distances ; but when a sixty - four pounder goes off , it is heard from Dover to Calais . When an extreme outsider breaks down , 19 it is probably not known to a dozen of 6 THE NEW YEAR .
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... heard " few and far between . In sporting consideration , Ireland has been rubbed from the map of nations ; and a country once celebrated for its manly field sports - its deer - stalking - its fox - hunting - its angling , and its ...
... heard " few and far between . In sporting consideration , Ireland has been rubbed from the map of nations ; and a country once celebrated for its manly field sports - its deer - stalking - its fox - hunting - its angling , and its ...
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... heard a fluttering noise from the corner where the pike was stretched ; and out of his mouth had come a black - hag two pound weight . " " Dead ? " " No more dead than you are . It took the whole family five minutes to poke him from ...
... heard a fluttering noise from the corner where the pike was stretched ; and out of his mouth had come a black - hag two pound weight . " " Dead ? " " No more dead than you are . It took the whole family five minutes to poke him from ...
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... heard of Kilkenny cats ; but , after this warning , I would rather encounter a saw - pit full , than dip a toe into a Mayo river that held a pike . " The scarcity of grouse in Ireland is referrible to many causes -- neg- lect of ...
... heard of Kilkenny cats ; but , after this warning , I would rather encounter a saw - pit full , than dip a toe into a Mayo river that held a pike . " The scarcity of grouse in Ireland is referrible to many causes -- neg- lect of ...
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... heard much , should be my resting quarters ; and having settled this point , I pocketed Bell , and placed myself in a train . Companions in a railway train , like those of days lang syne in a stage- coach , if your journey be long ...
... heard much , should be my resting quarters ; and having settled this point , I pocketed Bell , and placed myself in a train . Companions in a railway train , like those of days lang syne in a stage- coach , if your journey be long ...
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