Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the StageT. Tegg and Son, 1832 - 414 sidor |
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... lives of his passengers were considered safe under his protection ; and a truly facetious fellow into the bargain . He had a tale for every body on the coach , and one or two to spare for his friends in the evening , when he left his ...
... lives of his passengers were considered safe under his protection ; and a truly facetious fellow into the bargain . He had a tale for every body on the coach , and one or two to spare for his friends in the evening , when he left his ...
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... lives with , and loves his horses , regarding them as his most valuable treasure , sometimes treats them with a cruelty scarcely to be believed , and not at all to be justified . The severest treatment which the English race - horse ...
... lives with , and loves his horses , regarding them as his most valuable treasure , sometimes treats them with a cruelty scarcely to be believed , and not at all to be justified . The severest treatment which the English race - horse ...
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... live , Unless I have a buyer . On wealth I've staked my all and last , And trust that I shall win it , For if a tray of trades won't win , 1 think the deuce is in it . ' But people would not have teeth drawn , Because it gave them pain ...
... live , Unless I have a buyer . On wealth I've staked my all and last , And trust that I shall win it , For if a tray of trades won't win , 1 think the deuce is in it . ' But people would not have teeth drawn , Because it gave them pain ...
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... - verns of the Orsine species , should have built and lived in a palace of marble and gold ! This is , indeed , barbarous magnifi- cence . " MIRABILE DICTU ! 66 " THE longer we live , 16 PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS .
... - verns of the Orsine species , should have built and lived in a palace of marble and gold ! This is , indeed , barbarous magnifi- cence . " MIRABILE DICTU ! 66 " THE longer we live , 16 PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS .
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... live , " it is said , " the more we shall see ; " but , in opposition to the above old adage , the quibblers assert ... lives , since we first saw the day - light , - a HORSE BEING SHAVED !!! But , without any further remarks upon the ...
... live , " it is said , " the more we shall see ; " but , in opposition to the above old adage , the quibblers assert ... lives , since we first saw the day - light , - a HORSE BEING SHAVED !!! But , without any further remarks upon the ...
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Sida 139 - But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet •descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, '•' Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven,...
Sida 232 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Sida 259 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Sida 125 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down ; wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
Sida 43 - There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Sida 272 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Sida 282 - Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines ; And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my Friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.
Sida 279 - Lord, who hath praise enough ; nay, who hath any ? None can express Thy works, but he that knows them; And none can know Thy works, they are so many, And so complete, but only he that owes them.
Sida 305 - Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
Sida 259 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.