The New sporting magazine, Volumen571869 |
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... mind should , therefore , be at peace without thirsting for fresh gains ; and the grand - stand pro- prietors must make up their mind to be quite a Brother Bountiful with added money . As it is , they give £ 4,000 a - year . The doubt ...
... mind should , therefore , be at peace without thirsting for fresh gains ; and the grand - stand pro- prietors must make up their mind to be quite a Brother Bountiful with added money . As it is , they give £ 4,000 a - year . The doubt ...
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... mind will discover them- selves as we proceed . " Mr. May , " said he , in his most patronising manner and tone , " I think I can trust you to get these leases executed . You know the form of attestation , of course , by this time , and ...
... mind will discover them- selves as we proceed . " Mr. May , " said he , in his most patronising manner and tone , " I think I can trust you to get these leases executed . You know the form of attestation , of course , by this time , and ...
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... mind like warning shadows , and affected me with that sort of repentant humour which fits you to profit by any opportunity for turning over a new leaf which the grace of Providence may offer ; but coming good , unlike evil , seldom ...
... mind like warning shadows , and affected me with that sort of repentant humour which fits you to profit by any opportunity for turning over a new leaf which the grace of Providence may offer ; but coming good , unlike evil , seldom ...
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... mind , without attempting to foretell what would be my ultimate end in life ; yielding in fact , to a not unpleasant and doubtful melan- choly . In this vacilating humour I arrived at the iron - gates of one of those ancient looking for ...
... mind , without attempting to foretell what would be my ultimate end in life ; yielding in fact , to a not unpleasant and doubtful melan- choly . In this vacilating humour I arrived at the iron - gates of one of those ancient looking for ...
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... mind . " This person's offence was that he had been instrumental in putting down an illegal swindling system of betting by means of lists , although it is only right to add that the firm who hired the men to murder him are known as 66 ...
... mind . " This person's offence was that he had been instrumental in putting down an illegal swindling system of betting by means of lists , although it is only right to add that the firm who hired the men to murder him are known as 66 ...
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Página 277 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 278 - But who the melodies of morn can tell? The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley...
Página 320 - Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go ; and the wheels were lifted up over against them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Página 27 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Página 329 - TO one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content, Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment...
Página 281 - I little thought, when first thy rein I slack'd upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey !
Página 138 - And crimson was the juice of the vintage that we trod: For we trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places and slew the saints of God.
Página 189 - It was a sport very pleasant of these beasts ; to see the bear with his pink eyes leering after his enemies approach, the nimbleness and wait of the dog to take his advantage, and the force and experience of the bear again to avoid the...
Página 188 - ... tired. To this entertainment, there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ; he defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them.
Página 117 - Because hawking and hunting are very laborious, much riding and many dangers accompany them ; but this is still and quiet : and if so be the angler catch no Fish, yet he hath a wholesome walk to the Brook side, pleasant shade by the sweet silver streams ; he hath good air.