Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volym 8Baily Bros., 1864 |
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... head in their fifth and sixth season , it is demonstrative evi- dence of the judgment and discretion of the Master having been correctly exercised . And this is the case in the Poltimore kennel . The huntsman is John Evans , who has ...
... head in their fifth and sixth season , it is demonstrative evi- dence of the judgment and discretion of the Master having been correctly exercised . And this is the case in the Poltimore kennel . The huntsman is John Evans , who has ...
Sida 7
... Heads of either , heads not like some heads , but heads full of brains , descending into the arena , strewed with the dead languages , which these seats of learning have almost failed to keep alive in the midst of modern enlightenment ...
... Heads of either , heads not like some heads , but heads full of brains , descending into the arena , strewed with the dead languages , which these seats of learning have almost failed to keep alive in the midst of modern enlightenment ...
Sida 13
... head , the Vivid , ' the Rapid , ' thePluto , ' or the Cormorant , ' ready to fall upon and devour you at once . They have been warned year after year by public print and private expostulation ; but if there is money to be got they are ...
... head , the Vivid , ' the Rapid , ' thePluto , ' or the Cormorant , ' ready to fall upon and devour you at once . They have been warned year after year by public print and private expostulation ; but if there is money to be got they are ...
Sida 17
... head - quarters ; and , as it stands almost in the centre of the island and in the very heart of the mountains , a more convenient point could not have been chosen for pursuing the mouflon with success , and at the same time for ...
... head - quarters ; and , as it stands almost in the centre of the island and in the very heart of the mountains , a more convenient point could not have been chosen for pursuing the mouflon with success , and at the same time for ...
Sida 22
... head - quarters for the chase of the mouflon , they hoped to reach it comfortably before sundown , the distance between it and Bocognano being something less than twenty - five English miles . After a bountiful breakfast on omelets and ...
... head - quarters for the chase of the mouflon , they hoped to reach it comfortably before sundown , the distance between it and Bocognano being something less than twenty - five English miles . After a bountiful breakfast on omelets and ...
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Admiral Admiral Rous Ajaccio animal appearance Ascot Bay Middleton beat beautiful Belvoir better Blair Athol blood bowling bred breed Captain Charon chase Club Cotherstone course crew cricket Derby Doncaster doubt Eggesford Eleven England English Eton fair favour favourite field Fille de l'Air filly forest French friends gentlemen Goodwood grand Gravone ground guineas hand head honour horse hounds hunters hunting jockey John kennel Kingston ladies legs London looked Lord Lord Glasgow Lord Portsmouth Lord Westmorland Lord's mares match matter meet miles morning mouflon never Newmarket Oxford pack Pendril Piero play Poltimore present prize Queen's Plate race racehorse remark riding rowing scarcely score season sire soon sport sportsman Stakes stallion steeple-chase stud Temple Tennyson thoroughbred Turf wicket wild winner Woodgate young
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Sida 277 - The hunting of that day. The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer days to take, — The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Sida 76 - DEAR Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song...
Sida 79 - Conqueror and captive of the earth art thou ! She trembles at thee still, and thy wild name Was ne'er more bruited in men's minds than now That thou art nothing...
Sida 72 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Sida 355 - Gooral are generally found feeding at dawn and near sunset, lying under bushes and rocks during the day. They frequent the steepest grass-covered hills and rugged ground, and never forsake a district, however much they may be disturbed. When alarmed they give a peculiar hissing grunt. The surrow, also a kind of chamois, stands about...
Sida 284 - ... human nature ; under no great temptation to crime, but daily giving way to selfishness and ill-temper, till its conduct towards those dependent on it sometimes amounts to a tyranny of which one would rather be the victim than the inflicter.
Sida 348 - My joy was in the Wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite...
Sida 136 - PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL-HOLE. For her mind Shaped strictest plans of discipline. Sage schemes! Such as Lycurgus taught, when at the shrine Of the Orthyan goddess he bade flog The little Spartans; such as erst chastised Our Milton, when at college.
Sida 356 - He is a dangerous customer for dogs to bring to bay, often killing and maiming several with his horns before being pulled down. The ibex of the Himalaya takes the foremost place amongst the varied game of that district, being the largest of the goat species. The male measures fortytwo inches in height at the shoulder, and is about five feet in length, including the head. The female is very small in comparison. The horns of the buck vary from three feet to fifty inches in length, and from eight to...
Sida 353 - Mussoorie was nearly empty, the season not having yet commenced ; but it is generally very full from April to October, after which time the visitors return to the low country, scarcely any one remaining on the hills during the winter. The first view of the Himalayas from the north side of the Landour ridge is, I believe, scarcely to be equalled for grandeur. Wave upon wave of snowy ranges, surmounted by majestic peaks of every conceivable shape, rise from the dark dense forest below, clearly and...