Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of LifeT.T. Tegg and J. Tegg, 1832 - 414 pages |
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... fair ones to smile , but not to blush ; his wit was always so well wrapped up ; George being a family man , and fully aware of the necessity of ' keeping the line . ' But it was a perfect treat to hear him get the JOHNY RAWS in a string ...
... fair ones to smile , but not to blush ; his wit was always so well wrapped up ; George being a family man , and fully aware of the necessity of ' keeping the line . ' But it was a perfect treat to hear him get the JOHNY RAWS in a string ...
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... fair - Old Proverb . JOHN DAY he was the biggest man Of all the coachmen - kind , With back too broad to be conceived By any narrow mind . The very horses knew his weight , When he was in the rear , And wished his box a Christmas - box ...
... fair - Old Proverb . JOHN DAY he was the biggest man Of all the coachmen - kind , With back too broad to be conceived By any narrow mind . The very horses knew his weight , When he was in the rear , And wished his box a Christmas - box ...
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... fair charge from harm ; on which our little champion rushed forward , received the blow on the point of his elbow , and returned another in the pit of the stomach , which so staggered the wretch , that he reeled several paces , and ...
... fair charge from harm ; on which our little champion rushed forward , received the blow on the point of his elbow , and returned another in the pit of the stomach , which so staggered the wretch , that he reeled several paces , and ...
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... fair Field to try the contest in ; but that he had shown himself little more than a Block - head , to suffer his conscience to be summoned into Court upon such a subject . " THE HORSE DEALER . We are not sufficiently aware whether the ...
... fair Field to try the contest in ; but that he had shown himself little more than a Block - head , to suffer his conscience to be summoned into Court upon such a subject . " THE HORSE DEALER . We are not sufficiently aware whether the ...
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... fairs , and sung thirty songs a day - No , no , I beg pardon , I should have said towns . Her pitch is very high ; and she can descend with the utmost ease and rapidity , to the lowest note in the scale . But I suppose I shall not be ...
... fairs , and sung thirty songs a day - No , no , I beg pardon , I should have said towns . Her pitch is very high ; and she can descend with the utmost ease and rapidity , to the lowest note in the scale . But I suppose I shall not be ...
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Page 139 - But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet •descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, '•' Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven,...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 125 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down ; wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
Page 43 - There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 305 - Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
Page 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.