The Oriental Sporting Magazine, Volumen1H. S. King., 1873 |
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... taken up would be quite sufficient to draw it back , and if not enough to hitch it at the full cock some serious accident is almost certain . None but deto- nators should be brought on an elephant - putting aside the quick- ness and ...
... taken up would be quite sufficient to draw it back , and if not enough to hitch it at the full cock some serious accident is almost certain . None but deto- nators should be brought on an elephant - putting aside the quick- ness and ...
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... taken too close - twenty master . The least thing going yards is quite near enough to in- wrong puts the master into a gale , sure a good aim , and when stopped which is instantly showered on for the fire his head should be the Mahout ...
... taken too close - twenty master . The least thing going yards is quite near enough to in- wrong puts the master into a gale , sure a good aim , and when stopped which is instantly showered on for the fire his head should be the Mahout ...
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... taken off , though not , after all , without a bit of a twinge when a piece of the bank just behind his paw rustled through the grass to the bottom . One can scarce imagine any place near the edge of a bank sufficiently solid to sup ...
... taken off , though not , after all , without a bit of a twinge when a piece of the bank just behind his paw rustled through the grass to the bottom . One can scarce imagine any place near the edge of a bank sufficiently solid to sup ...
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... taken con- siderably aback at this declaration ; but on inspection of the warrant , it was perceived that it was issued by Mr. Rawlinson , of Marylebone office , for Middlesex only , and that it was not operative in Hert- fordshire ...
... taken con- siderably aback at this declaration ; but on inspection of the warrant , it was perceived that it was issued by Mr. Rawlinson , of Marylebone office , for Middlesex only , and that it was not operative in Hert- fordshire ...
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... taken . be considered as a drawn battle . It was at length decided it should SECOND BATTLE . " Jack of Finchley , " a yokel , stripped for the purse of forty shillings against Bill Savage . " Jack of Finchley , " a rough one , napt it ...
... taken . be considered as a drawn battle . It was at length decided it should SECOND BATTLE . " Jack of Finchley , " a yokel , stripped for the purse of forty shillings against Bill Savage . " Jack of Finchley , " a rough one , napt it ...
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