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Pagina 13
... tell how he would ride up to a yeoman , if his horse was too much for him , and beg to " let me try him , " and soon send him back perfectly quiet to the ranks . He rode well in the palmy days of the Quorne and the Cottesmore , of which ...
... tell how he would ride up to a yeoman , if his horse was too much for him , and beg to " let me try him , " and soon send him back perfectly quiet to the ranks . He rode well in the palmy days of the Quorne and the Cottesmore , of which ...
Pagina 13
... tell . Mr. Price won again with the ( small - size ) champion dogs ; and the three other firsts went to Mr. J. H. Whitehouse with Rock , old Mona , and Blanche - a ten months ' puppy of Mona's . 99 There were ninety - six pointers ...
... tell . Mr. Price won again with the ( small - size ) champion dogs ; and the three other firsts went to Mr. J. H. Whitehouse with Rock , old Mona , and Blanche - a ten months ' puppy of Mona's . 99 There were ninety - six pointers ...
Pagina 20
... tell of five months hard winter . In good faith , were I farmer Jorrocks , of Northamptonshire , with three good hunters in my stable , and a barrel of wholesome ale in my cellar , I would scarcely change places with the Czar in his ...
... tell of five months hard winter . In good faith , were I farmer Jorrocks , of Northamptonshire , with three good hunters in my stable , and a barrel of wholesome ale in my cellar , I would scarcely change places with the Czar in his ...
Pagina 34
... tell you the ad- vantages that are to be gained in matching . " But before I enter upon the subject proposed , I think it convenient to tell you the way our ancestors had of making their matches , and our modern way of deciding wagers ...
... tell you the ad- vantages that are to be gained in matching . " But before I enter upon the subject proposed , I think it convenient to tell you the way our ancestors had of making their matches , and our modern way of deciding wagers ...
Pagina 41
... tell you how to go on ; having persuaded you to go into the bush , ' twould be hardly fair to so soon leave you in the lurch . Well , now have you your axe , flint , -and - steel , and punk ? if not , ' twill be as well for you to get ...
... tell you how to go on ; having persuaded you to go into the bush , ' twould be hardly fair to so soon leave you in the lurch . Well , now have you your axe , flint , -and - steel , and punk ? if not , ' twill be as well for you to get ...
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Pagina 172 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Pagina 401 - Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.
Pagina 95 - In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn (me) any other thing ; and so, I think, other men did their children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body.
Pagina 202 - Tinckhell, are chased down into the valley where we lay ; then all the valley on each side being waylaid with a hundred couple of strong Irish greyhounds, they are let loose as occasion serves upon the herd of deer, that with dogs, guns, arrows...
Pagina 208 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Pagina 95 - I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength : as I increased in them so my bows were made bigger and bigger ; for men shall never shoot well except they be brought up in it ; it is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic.
Pagina 201 - ... colours, which they call tartan ; as for breeches, many of them, nor their forefathers, never wore any, but a jerkin of the same stuff that their hose is of; their garters being bands or wreathes of hay or straw ; with a plaid about their shoulders, which is a mantle of divers colours...
Pagina 414 - ... fury. The thought flashed on my mind, that by this means I could avoid them, viz : by turning aside whenever they came too near ; for they, by the formation of their feet, are unable to run on ice except in a straight line. I immediately acted upon this plan. The wolves, having regained their feet, sprang directly towards me. The race was renewed...
Pagina 208 - Whosoever shall corruptly take any money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence, or upon account of aiding any person to recover any dog which shall have been stolen, or which shall be in the possession of any person not being the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour.
Pagina 299 - C. latrans), and from two or three other doubtful species (namely, the European, Indian, and North African wolves) ; from at least one or two South American canine species ; from several races or species of jackal ; and perhaps from one or more extinct species.