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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... four - year - olds , & c . , in this race , as they hardly ever win it , whereas only seven three - year - olds have been successful in the Cup during the last fifty years . It could not be otherwise . Who would believe in the hopeless ...
... four - year - olds , & c . , in this race , as they hardly ever win it , whereas only seven three - year - olds have been successful in the Cup during the last fifty years . It could not be otherwise . Who would believe in the hopeless ...
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... four heats for their 30 sovs . plate , which wound up the first day ; and though Hampton was true to it self and its motley scenes on the second , and the last roysterer hardly got home till mid- night , there was no racing to care for ...
... four heats for their 30 sovs . plate , which wound up the first day ; and though Hampton was true to it self and its motley scenes on the second , and the last roysterer hardly got home till mid- night , there was no racing to care for ...
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... four yachts which had assembled to contest for the prize . All four had been engaged in honourable emulation on the week previously , when the six cutters sailed the spirited match we have endeavoured to depict in our first chapter . It ...
... four yachts which had assembled to contest for the prize . All four had been engaged in honourable emulation on the week previously , when the six cutters sailed the spirited match we have endeavoured to depict in our first chapter . It ...
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... four weeks before the young gentleman made his appearance on the Washita , and that the pretended heir was even worse than a beggar , for he was up to his ears in debt . He had fancied he could easily win the rich farmer's daughter ...
... four weeks before the young gentleman made his appearance on the Washita , and that the pretended heir was even worse than a beggar , for he was up to his ears in debt . He had fancied he could easily win the rich farmer's daughter ...
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... four of the best horses in England - these are parts all and each of which , by turns , as suits his schemes , he can sustain to the life . His forte , however , is in the personation of the son of a deceased gentleman , or the son of ...
... four of the best horses in England - these are parts all and each of which , by turns , as suits his schemes , he can sustain to the life . His forte , however , is in the personation of the son of a deceased gentleman , or the son of ...
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Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 199 - Won by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 113 - Won by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third. The...
Página 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...