Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the StageT. Tegg and Son, 1832 - Всего страниц: 414 |
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... bird ; bag lots of game ; and floor myriads of pigeons from the trap , I have only to name the Red House ; when the crack Shots , one and all of them will cry out- " Enough ! " But , lest any thing might be thought to be wanting to show ...
... bird ; bag lots of game ; and floor myriads of pigeons from the trap , I have only to name the Red House ; when the crack Shots , one and all of them will cry out- " Enough ! " But , lest any thing might be thought to be wanting to show ...
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... birds were rescued . Wandering about the stack- yard , the fowls had become quite benumhed by the extreme cold , and had crowded toge ther , when the dog observing them , effected their deliverance . They had not laid long before the ...
... birds were rescued . Wandering about the stack- yard , the fowls had become quite benumhed by the extreme cold , and had crowded toge ther , when the dog observing them , effected their deliverance . They had not laid long before the ...
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... birds may sometimes be killed ; for instance , wild ducks and pigeons , which are occasionally seen in flocks of many miles in extent ; but , after all , and much as I have heard of American shooting , in my opinion it is a poor ...
... birds may sometimes be killed ; for instance , wild ducks and pigeons , which are occasionally seen in flocks of many miles in extent ; but , after all , and much as I have heard of American shooting , in my opinion it is a poor ...
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... birds , -chiefly amongst Indian corn , and to which he had learned better to accommodate himself . It frequently grew so high , and so far out - topped me , that I often heard the rise of a bird within ten yards of me , without seeing ...
... birds , -chiefly amongst Indian corn , and to which he had learned better to accommodate himself . It frequently grew so high , and so far out - topped me , that I often heard the rise of a bird within ten yards of me , without seeing ...
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... bird's eye out of the window , and the prads went off at a smart rate for Shirley's , his trainer , at Egham ; while , on the contrary , Ned was carried to his vehicle , and conveyed with the utmost speed to Sunning Hill , at- tended by ...
... bird's eye out of the window , and the prads went off at a smart rate for Shirley's , his trainer , at Egham ; while , on the contrary , Ned was carried to his vehicle , and conveyed with the utmost speed to Sunning Hill , at- tended by ...
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Стр. 232 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Стр. 259 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Стр. 125 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down ; wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
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Стр. 272 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Стр. 282 - Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines ; And birds had drawn their valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my Friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.
Стр. 279 - Lord, who hath praise enough ; nay, who hath any ? None can express Thy works, but he that knows them; And none can know Thy works, they are so many, And so complete, but only he that owes them.
Стр. 305 - Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
Стр. 259 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.