The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize1856 |
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... feelings of Sir Charles are too much matter of notoriety to be ignored by any of our readers . He almost stands alone as the assertor of principles whose days are gone by . With those principles we have nothing to do ; though we cannot ...
... feelings of Sir Charles are too much matter of notoriety to be ignored by any of our readers . He almost stands alone as the assertor of principles whose days are gone by . With those principles we have nothing to do ; though we cannot ...
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... Feels ruddy health rekindling on her cheeks , And with new vigour trips it o'er the plain . Counting each careful step , he paces o'er The allotted ground , and fixes at the goal His standard ; there himself majestic swells . Stretched ...
... Feels ruddy health rekindling on her cheeks , And with new vigour trips it o'er the plain . Counting each careful step , he paces o'er The allotted ground , and fixes at the goal His standard ; there himself majestic swells . Stretched ...
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... feelings of the heart to encourage innocent mirth rather than melancholy sadness . When we look calmly around us , through the circle of our own immediate friends , or , taking a wider circuit , include the afflictions which our fellow ...
... feelings of the heart to encourage innocent mirth rather than melancholy sadness . When we look calmly around us , through the circle of our own immediate friends , or , taking a wider circuit , include the afflictions which our fellow ...
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... feelings of all men ; his presence , like oil on the troubled waters , produced a more calm , dispassionate reasoning on the part of all the sensible portion of the community , who were weary of agitation ; his liberality gained him the ...
... feelings of all men ; his presence , like oil on the troubled waters , produced a more calm , dispassionate reasoning on the part of all the sensible portion of the community , who were weary of agitation ; his liberality gained him the ...
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... feels the mortifying conviction ( enjoyed by his kind friends ) that he has been most egregiously done , copiously bled , and severely screwed . As an instance of the dexterity of the gentlemen to whose ingenious dealings I am rendering ...
... feels the mortifying conviction ( enjoyed by his kind friends ) that he has been most egregiously done , copiously bled , and severely screwed . As an instance of the dexterity of the gentlemen to whose ingenious dealings I am rendering ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Obegränsad förhandsgranskning |
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Obegränsad förhandsgranskning |
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Obegränsad förhandsgranskning |
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Sida 94 - WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down?
Sida 183 - With the loud streams: and often, at the hour When issue forth the first pale stars, is heard, Within the circuit of this fabric huge, One voice — the solitary raven, flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome, Unseen, perchance above all power of sight — An iron knell ! with echoes from afar Faint — and still fainter...
Sida 199 - Won by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth.
Sida 122 - Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And Life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share.
Sida 175 - Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews, Her spectres wan, and birds of boding cry, He gives to range the dreary sky : Till down the eastern, cliffs afar Hyperion's march they spy, and glittering shafts of war.
Sida 156 - ... may call in any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general meeting, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in dispute shall appear to them to require it. The witnesses examined shall be required to sign their evidence, and if either party...
Sida 301 - WHEN Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.
Sida 192 - And very often have we heard How men are killed and undone By overturns of carriages, By thieves, and fires in London; We know what risks all landsmen run, From noblemen to tailors; Then, Bill, let us thank Providence That you and I are sailors.
Sida 113 - Won by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third. The...
Sida 274 - Among the blooming heather," says Burns ; and it is chiefly in those parts of the country, where the moors and mountain sides are purple with the blossoms of the Erica, that tho black grouse must be sought for. It does not, however, mix with the red species, to which it is said to be a determined enemy ; so that some grouse preservers, observing that where the former increased the latter decreased, have latterly determined...