The New sporting magazine, Volumen221851 |
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... course . The Queen and Court were present - alas ! that the skiey influences were unpropitious . . . . . . It rained “ without remorse or ruth " from the openiug of the pagcaut even unto its close and long after Presently we shall have ...
... course . The Queen and Court were present - alas ! that the skiey influences were unpropitious . . . . . . It rained “ without remorse or ruth " from the openiug of the pagcaut even unto its close and long after Presently we shall have ...
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... course direct for the Upcot earths . “ By Jove ! ” said Phillips , cheering on his hounds , she can never get so far , at this pace . ” Down a slight declivity we raced , Silvertail and Corbeau still going as if they could go for ever ...
... course direct for the Upcot earths . “ By Jove ! ” said Phillips , cheering on his hounds , she can never get so far , at this pace . ” Down a slight declivity we raced , Silvertail and Corbeau still going as if they could go for ever ...
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... course for the use of the fly ; so I took the worm , and obtained three or four fine fish . The weather was singularly clear , and the sun shone with intense power over my head . The waters , too , were exceedingly low for the season ...
... course for the use of the fly ; so I took the worm , and obtained three or four fine fish . The weather was singularly clear , and the sun shone with intense power over my head . The waters , too , were exceedingly low for the season ...
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... course as before , over a broad bed , amid fragments all too much alike . But you see the river partially - - here , in most beautiful , varied , and gentle falls ; there , in deep pools , edged with moving white lines ; and beyond ...
... course as before , over a broad bed , amid fragments all too much alike . But you see the river partially - - here , in most beautiful , varied , and gentle falls ; there , in deep pools , edged with moving white lines ; and beyond ...
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... course I gave way , and promised her all and everything she required . She was , for once , honest in her purpose : there was no mistaking the daughter ' s eagerness and anxiety on her father ' s behalf for anything but truth , and I ...
... course I gave way , and promised her all and everything she required . She was , for once , honest in her purpose : there was no mistaking the daughter ' s eagerness and anxiety on her father ' s behalf for anything but truth , and I ...
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Página 5 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine, Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Página 13 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Página 125 - And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits and the noise Of princes' Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook...
Página 125 - There sit by him, and eat my meat, There see the sun both rise and set : There bid good morning to next day, There meditate my time away : And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Página 20 - Moselekatse, had neither herd nor stall, but subsisted on locusts, roots, and the chase. They adopted this mode of architecture to escape the lions which abounded in the country. During the day the families descended to the shade beneath to dress their daily food. When the inhabitants increased, they supported the augmented weight on the branches, by upright sticks, but when lightened of their load, they removed these for firewood.
Página 211 - ... —the Stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that where a sum of money is given to be run for, without any stake being made by the owners of the horses...
Página 125 - I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose bank, and looked down these meadows, I thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the city of Florence, "that they were too pleasant to be looked on but only on holidays.
Página 13 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Página 18 - ... had not slept long when my light dreams were influenced by strange sounds. I dreamt that lions were rushing about in quest of me, and, the sounds increasing, I awoke with a sudden start, uttering a loud shriek. I could not for several seconds remember in what part of the world I was, or any thing connected with my present position.
Página 389 - But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry.