Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the StageT. Tegg and Son, 1832 - 414 pages |
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... meet with in our pursuits through life ; and to make use of our eyes towards keeping a good look out upon all occasions , to increase our stores of amuse- ments ; that is to say , to be alive to all the movements of the Sporting World ...
... meet with in our pursuits through life ; and to make use of our eyes towards keeping a good look out upon all occasions , to increase our stores of amuse- ments ; that is to say , to be alive to all the movements of the Sporting World ...
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... meet " Never mind , " with on making his bow . said he , " if I do not prove myself a match for the doctor , may my mare refuse the first leap she comes to ; may I never again be in at the death . " On stating the nature of his com ...
... meet " Never mind , " with on making his bow . said he , " if I do not prove myself a match for the doctor , may my mare refuse the first leap she comes to ; may I never again be in at the death . " On stating the nature of his com ...
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... , the more he chaunteth his praise , like a crow that croweth over Old Ball , whose lot it is on a common to meet with a common lot . If a TRICKS OF HORSE DEALERS . In order to dispose of 20 PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS .
... , the more he chaunteth his praise , like a crow that croweth over Old Ball , whose lot it is on a common to meet with a common lot . If a TRICKS OF HORSE DEALERS . In order to dispose of 20 PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS .
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... meet with a combination of excel- lence in my company - in a word Multum in parvo . And with the addition of the abilities of Mr. PROTEUS ( making a low how ) , permit me to say , we shall carry every thing before us . I shall now take ...
... meet with a combination of excel- lence in my company - in a word Multum in parvo . And with the addition of the abilities of Mr. PROTEUS ( making a low how ) , permit me to say , we shall carry every thing before us . I shall now take ...
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... meet a man whose sinews have gained additional strength by practising athletic exercises . If I charge him freely , a parry will enable him to close with me , and then I am inevitably gone . When men fight under these impressions the ...
... meet a man whose sinews have gained additional strength by practising athletic exercises . If I charge him freely , a parry will enable him to close with me , and then I am inevitably gone . When men fight under these impressions the ...
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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, when thou...
Page 142 - I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice : but he that hopes to be a good angler, must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself; but having once got and practised it, then doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.
Page 272 - There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
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 278 - ... meet in any man, it is a double dignification of that person ;) so if this antiquity of angling, which for my part I have not forced, shall, like an ancient family, be either an...
Page 247 - That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not, ) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And...
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 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Page 125 - We had women, and indeed wine too, of such plenty as would have astonished each sober beholder. Our feasts were magnificent, and the two royal guests did most lovingly embrace each other at table. I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles ; for those whom I never could get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion and wallow in beastly delights.
Page 247 - I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound. And maidens call it love-in-idleness.