Yet, if for sylvan sports thy bosom glow, Let thy fleet greyhound urge his flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws ; The subtle hare darts swift beneath... The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Página 117editado por - 1869Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1797 - 420 páginas
...the field. Yet if for sylvan sports thy bosom glow, Let thy flcet greyhound urge his flying foe. 290 She flies, he stretches: now with nimble bound Eager...the way, Then tears with gory mouth the screaming l re y. What various sport does rural life afford! • . What unbought dainties heap the wholesome... | |
| 1805 - 422 páginas
...She flies, he stretches, now with nimble bound > Eager lie presses on, but overshoots his ground. the turns, he winds, and soon regains the way, Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey. What various sport does rural life afford ! \\hat unbuught dainties heap the wholesome board ! (jay's... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 páginas
...contrived as to map the hands of any of the female sex, who are not thus qua* lifi«l. AJdum. Me inapt deceitful air with empty jaws, The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws. Gay. 4. To catch suddenly and unexpectedly. Sir Richard Graham tells the marquis he would map one of... | |
| John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 páginas
...does my eye the circling race pursue! He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws, The subtle hare darU swift beneath his paws: She flies, he stretches : now with nimble bound 295 Eager he presses ou, but overshoots his ground : She turns, he winds, and soon regains the way,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! goary mouth thescreaming prey. What various sjxm'docs rural life afford ! What unbought dainties heap... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...his flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view! How does my eye the circling race pursue 5 He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws ; The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws ; She flies, she stretches, now with nimble bound Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground: She turns, he... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 páginas
...flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws; The subtle...way. Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey. What various sport dues rural life afford ! Wliatunbought dainties heap the wholesome board, I Nor... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! ntains, wilds, and deserts led. You rais'd these hallow 'd walls j She turns, he winds, and soon regains the way, Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey. What... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 364 páginas
...flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws ; The subtle hare darts swift beneath Us paws ; She flies, he stretches, now with nimble bound Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...flying foe. With what delight the rapid course I view ! How does my eye the circling race pursue ! s, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtu she streches, now with nimble bound Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground ; She turns, he... | |
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