Baily's magazine of sports and pastimes, 17. köide1869 |
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Page 12 - As for me, I will sing of thy power? and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning ; for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Page 251 - FILL the bumper fair ! Every drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle.
Page 87 - ... he has lately sent over commissions to Paris to take up bets on the recall of the parliament. He was the first, that struck out the above-mentioned practice of pitting ; in which he is so thoroughly versed, that the death of every person of quality may be said to bring him a legacy ; and he has so contrived the bets on his own life, that (live or die) the odds are in his favour.
Page 85 - It was reported in Rome, that Drake had taken and plundered St. Domingo in Hispaniola, and carried off an immense booty. This account came in a private letter to Paul Secchi, a very considerable merchant in the city, who had large concerns in those parts, which he had insured. Upon receiving this news, he sent for the insurer Sampson Ceneda, a Jew, and acquainted him with it.
Page 251 - Enter ROMEO ROMEO. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne; And all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
Page 16 - May, in a warm temperature, from five to seven detached sprouts, of a long convex form, shoot from beneath the water. These sprouts have a reddish bark, and are each provided with a pointed, smooth, and deep-coloured leaf. In the month of June, a stalk appears, with a round green shoot resembling that of asparagus.
Page 86 - ... is given to the Turf; and horse-races are esteemed only as they afford occasion for making a bet. The same spirit likewise draws the knowing ones together in a Cock-pit ; and cocks are rescued from the dunghill, and armed with gaffles, to furnish a new species of gaming. For this reason, among others, I cannot but regret the loss of our elegant amusements in Oxford Road and Tottenham Court. A great part of the spectators used to be deeply interested in what was doing on the stage, and were as...
Page 89 - I did not lose two or three guineas every night at halfcrown whist, for two months together. But I did not fret and talk of the devil, madam ; no, madam ; nor did I trouble the company with my losings, nor play the after-game, nor say provoking things No, madam; I leave such behaviour to ladies that ' ' Lord! my dear, how you heat yourself! You are absolutely in a passion. Come, let us cut for partners.
Page 85 - Secchi, who was of a fiery hot temper, replied, I'll lay you a thousand crowns against a pound of your flesh that it is true.
Page 87 - ... be possessed of to sit down to a game of allfours: how much more to cut in at whist, or to make one at a party of brag : or how much more...