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... Perhaps no cry in the hunting vocabulary conveys more disgust to the followers of the chase than " headed back ! " A good fox thus driven from his point will frequently turn sulky , and rarely on the same day fly again in dashing style ...
... Perhaps no cry in the hunting vocabulary conveys more disgust to the followers of the chase than " headed back ! " A good fox thus driven from his point will frequently turn sulky , and rarely on the same day fly again in dashing style ...
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... perhaps may be equalled , but never excelled . In summer's heat , where could the lover with his bride fix on a more romantic spot for spending the honeymoon ? And do not grousing and deer - stalking follow in the autumn , even to the ...
... perhaps may be equalled , but never excelled . In summer's heat , where could the lover with his bride fix on a more romantic spot for spending the honeymoon ? And do not grousing and deer - stalking follow in the autumn , even to the ...
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... perhaps more lucrative speculations on the turf or the gaming table are more attractive to the " sporting characters " + of the present age ; for such DEATH OF NIMROD . - We regret to announce the death of C. J. Apperley , Esq . , on ...
... perhaps more lucrative speculations on the turf or the gaming table are more attractive to the " sporting characters " + of the present age ; for such DEATH OF NIMROD . - We regret to announce the death of C. J. Apperley , Esq . , on ...
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... Perhaps if I were to express in full terms the high opinion which I entertain of Hill's abilities , I might go beyond what consistency dictates as proper . This much I must declare , that I have never yet seen his superior in his ...
... Perhaps if I were to express in full terms the high opinion which I entertain of Hill's abilities , I might go beyond what consistency dictates as proper . This much I must declare , that I have never yet seen his superior in his ...
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... perhaps the most famous horse - race of modern times . Louis the Fourteenth had sent to different countries , inviting the owners of the swiftest horses to try their fortune upon that day . The plate , which he him- self presented , was ...
... perhaps the most famous horse - race of modern times . Louis the Fourteenth had sent to different countries , inviting the owners of the swiftest horses to try their fortune upon that day . The plate , which he him- self presented , was ...
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Sida 423 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
Sida 285 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Sida 378 - And gave him back the fair. Thus song could prevail O'er death and o'er hell, A conquest how hard and how glorious ! Though fate had fast bound her, With Styx nine times round her, Yet music and love were victorious.
Sida 71 - Non amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare, Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te " — * * Thus Englished by the famous Tom Brown : " I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
Sida 423 - Then be thou jocund: ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Sida 40 - Amid a multitude of artless hands, Ruin's sure perquisite! her lawful prize! Some steer aright, but the black blast blows hard, And puffs them wide of hope : with hearts of proof, Full against wind and tide, some win their way; And when strong effort has deserv'd the port, And tugg'd it into view, 'tis won! 'tis lost!
Sida 39 - That shining shield invites the tyrant's spear, As if to damp our elevated aims, And strongly preach humility to man. O how portentous is prosperity ! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines .' Few years but yield us proof of death's ambition, To cull his victims from the fairest fold, And sheath his shafts in all the pride of life.
Sida 232 - Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth : For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings, Carry them here and there, jumping o'er times, Turning...
Sida 210 - Mr. Meynel sometimes bred from brother and sister: this is certainly what may be called a little close; but should they both be very good, and particularly should the same defects not predominate in both, but the perfections of the one, promise to correct' in the produce the imperfections of the other...
Sida 36 - May it please your Royal Highness,— The members of the Jockey Club, deeply regretting your absence from Newmarket, earnestly entreat the affair may be buried in oblivion ; and sincerely hope that the different meetings may again be honoured by your Royal Highness's condescending attendance.