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Página 17
... half of them went , which shows the other half were not satisfied with their treatment : who ever succeeded in pleasing half the world ? In such a scurry as a three - quarters of a mile handicap , one ought to have enough to do to pick ...
... half of them went , which shows the other half were not satisfied with their treatment : who ever succeeded in pleasing half the world ? In such a scurry as a three - quarters of a mile handicap , one ought to have enough to do to pick ...
Página 89
... half hundreds - that is to say , a brace of £ 50 plates ; and on Thursday there were two other contests , the wind - up being for the Chesterfield , the other two - year - old sweepstakes . It was a fast run little Scurry of half a mile ...
... half hundreds - that is to say , a brace of £ 50 plates ; and on Thursday there were two other contests , the wind - up being for the Chesterfield , the other two - year - old sweepstakes . It was a fast run little Scurry of half a mile ...
Página 91
... half wild state browsing on a distant hill , or three or four shaggy - coated ponies that scamper off like the wind as you approach them . Red deer also abound on the moor ; from 20 to 30 may some- times be seen at a time near Brendon ...
... half wild state browsing on a distant hill , or three or four shaggy - coated ponies that scamper off like the wind as you approach them . Red deer also abound on the moor ; from 20 to 30 may some- times be seen at a time near Brendon ...
Página 113
... half a dozen witnesses , all of whom are alive ; and should any one tell it as a thing that had occurred to him- self , it would be thought to be rather Munchausenish . Comparisons are odious certainly , but I have seen sport in most ...
... half a dozen witnesses , all of whom are alive ; and should any one tell it as a thing that had occurred to him- self , it would be thought to be rather Munchausenish . Comparisons are odious certainly , but I have seen sport in most ...
Página 132
... half - and - half stuff of the other party . No , his words were- " These men say , he had two marks , while the others affirm he had only one ; now show us the horse , and that will decide it ! " If this be partizanship , show us the ...
... half - and - half stuff of the other party . No , his words were- " These men say , he had two marks , while the others affirm he had only one ; now show us the horse , and that will decide it ! " If this be partizanship , show us the ...
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Página 312 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 58 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Página 274 - THESE things are but toys to come amongst such serious observations. But yet, since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy than daubed with cost.
Página 30 - ... but now of late years the use of coaches, brought out of Germany, is taken up, and made so common, as there is neither distinction of time nor difference of persons observed; for the world runs on wheels with many whose parents were glad to go on foot.
Página 67 - ... shall have power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence, as they may require, and their decision shall be final...
Página 165 - The sunken glen, whose sunless shrubs must weep, The tender azure of the unruffled deep, The orange tints that gild the greenest bough, The torrents that from cliff to valley leap, The vine on high, the willow branch below, Mixed in one mighty scene, with varied beauty glow.
Página 329 - I need; Amid these groves I walk oft for my health, And to the fishes, birds, and beasts give heed, How they are fed in forest, spring and lake, And their contentment for ensample take.
Página 374 - The third bold game Achilles next demands, And calls the wrestlers to the level sands : A massy tripod for the victor lies, Of twice six oxen its reputed price ; And next, the loser's spirits to restore, A female captive, valued but at four. Scarce did the chief the vigorous strife propose, When tower-like Ajax and Ulysses rose.
Página 67 - ... some racing club of the country where the horse was foaled, or from the mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distinguished.
Página 250 - ... cast than he would have ventured to make otherwise, owing to a fear that the fox had headed back, or to the right or left. The wide cast he commences on the left from behind, progressing, according to his judgment, and selecting the best scenting ground forward, beyond any fallow or bad scenting ground. As he now knows that the fox must be gone on, this cast is continued all round in front, and to the right, till he again reaches the line behind; he then takes a wider cast either way, and is...