The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., 11. kötetJohn William Carleton 1844 |
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11. oldal
... miles over a country to kill a fox ; and how so great an event has been achieved , few modern sportsmen can , with any degree of accu- racy , relate . Many years ago , I recollect a gentleman , who kept ten horses in Leicestershire ...
... miles over a country to kill a fox ; and how so great an event has been achieved , few modern sportsmen can , with any degree of accu- racy , relate . Many years ago , I recollect a gentleman , who kept ten horses in Leicestershire ...
14. oldal
... miles from the city , and was surrounded by accommodations for a large assemblage of nobility . Each of the sportsmen was attended by four pages , to assist in reloading , while yeomen armed with spears stood behind to protect them from ...
... miles from the city , and was surrounded by accommodations for a large assemblage of nobility . Each of the sportsmen was attended by four pages , to assist in reloading , while yeomen armed with spears stood behind to protect them from ...
15. oldal
... miles from the town of Calais . In the year 1839 , I visited the place from curiosity ; and although nothing but the history remained of this most eccentric character , save and except a few relics relative to the chase and other ...
... miles from the town of Calais . In the year 1839 , I visited the place from curiosity ; and although nothing but the history remained of this most eccentric character , save and except a few relics relative to the chase and other ...
19. oldal
... mile in the narrow inlet , in the presence of an enemy thickly clustered on the sides of the hills , before I was separated from the rest , and the whole of my charge left to my own responsibility . Every shot the enemy fired must of ...
... mile in the narrow inlet , in the presence of an enemy thickly clustered on the sides of the hills , before I was separated from the rest , and the whole of my charge left to my own responsibility . Every shot the enemy fired must of ...
20. oldal
... miles . The country , though infested with hordes of Dukhaits , or Thugs , is a fine hunting range . Jackals are as numerous as dogs in Turkey . There are , besides , leopards , lions , tigers , and an innumerable quantity of overgrown ...
... miles . The country , though infested with hordes of Dukhaits , or Thugs , is a fine hunting range . Jackals are as numerous as dogs in Turkey . There are , besides , leopards , lions , tigers , and an innumerable quantity of overgrown ...
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298. oldal - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing die.
3. oldal - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
285. oldal - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
255. oldal - I IN these flowery meads would be : These crystal streams should solace me; To whose harmonious bubbling noise I with my angle would rejoice. Sit here, and see the turtle-dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love; Or on that bank, feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty; please my mind. To see sweet dewdrops kiss these flowers. And then...
386. oldal - The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose, For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep: Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows: Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep. Thou in the grave shall rest — yet till the phantoms flee Which that house and heath and garden made dear to thee erewhile.
71. oldal - Non amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare, Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te " — * * Thus Englished by the famous Tom Brown : " I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
35. oldal - The queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain, she kept in her coach; she hunts in a chaise with one horse, which she drives herself, and drives furiously, like Jehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod.
261. oldal - All that are desirous to pass from London to York," continues the advertisement, " or from York to London, or any other place on that road, let them repair to the Black Swan in Holborn, in London, or to the Black Swan in Coney Street, in York.
39. oldal - That shining shield invites the tyrant's spear, As if to damp our elevated aims, And strongly preach humility to man. O how portentous is prosperity ! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines .' Few years but yield us proof of death's ambition, To cull his victims from the fairest fold, And sheath his shafts in all the pride of life.
36. oldal - May it please your Royal Highness,— The members of the Jockey Club, deeply regretting your absence from Newmarket, earnestly entreat the affair may be buried in oblivion ; and sincerely hope that the different meetings may again be honoured by your Royal Highness's condescending attendance.