Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit, 9. köideRogerson & Tuxford, 1822 |
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... Field Sports , which most willingly concedes that ' all must submit to the imperious rule of unanswerable fact . But after the public , throughout such a number of centuries , has been imposed upon , trifled with , and fooled , with so ...
... Field Sports , which most willingly concedes that ' all must submit to the imperious rule of unanswerable fact . But after the public , throughout such a number of centuries , has been imposed upon , trifled with , and fooled , with so ...
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... fields , but also in the towns and villages , that is to say , that a great number of spirits and demons , including some per- sons still living , and many persons long dead , are seen passing full speed through these places : they are ...
... fields , but also in the towns and villages , that is to say , that a great number of spirits and demons , including some per- sons still living , and many persons long dead , are seen passing full speed through these places : they are ...
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... field , a sufficient proof that this heel ar- mour is more for ornament than use with French cavaliers . " There certainly were not a hundred horsemen on the ground , and nearly one half of those were English or other strangers ; yet ...
... field , a sufficient proof that this heel ar- mour is more for ornament than use with French cavaliers . " There certainly were not a hundred horsemen on the ground , and nearly one half of those were English or other strangers ; yet ...
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... field , ran his horse to a ditch ; the animal being unmanageable , took a contrary direction to that which the rider intended , and having made his way over , came in contact with the horse on which Mr. Moore sat ; both horses , with ...
... field , ran his horse to a ditch ; the animal being unmanageable , took a contrary direction to that which the rider intended , and having made his way over , came in contact with the horse on which Mr. Moore sat ; both horses , with ...
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... field . RACING AND HUNTING MEETINGS . The Ayr Races and Caledonian Hunt Meeting were better attended than for some years past ; among the numerous persons of family and fa- shion present were - the Marquis of Queensberry , Lord A ...
... field . RACING AND HUNTING MEETINGS . The Ayr Races and Caledonian Hunt Meeting were better attended than for some years past ; among the numerous persons of family and fa- shion present were - the Marquis of Queensberry , Lord A ...
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Page 166 - Some have been beaten till they know What wood a cudgel's of, by th' blow : Some kick'd, until they can feel whether A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather ; And yet have met, after long running, With some whom they have taught that cunning.
Page 17 - Travels (which you lately sent me), it is stated that ' Lord Byron, when he expressed such confidence of its practicability, seems to have forgotten that Leander swam both ways, with and against the tide ; whereas he (Lord Byron) only performed the easiest part of the task by swimming with it from Europe to Asia.
Page 53 - Pope's frame of body did not promise long life ; but he certainly hastened his death by feeding much on high-seasoned dishes and drinking spirits.
Page 18 - This is so far from being the case, that it must arrive in the Archipelago, if left to the current, although a strong wind in the Asiatic direction might have such an effect occasionally.
Page 277 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 251 - Blewit, with expectation fraught, Drove up at six, each savoury thought Ideal turbot rich in : But, ere he reach'd the winning-post, He saw a haunch of ven'son roast Down in the next-door kitchen.
Page 166 - But Hudibras gave him a twitch, As quick as lightning, in the breech, Just in the place where honour's lodg'd, As wise philosophers have judg'd, Because a kick in that place more Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.
Page 18 - It is not quite fair in him to infer, that because he failed, Leander could not succeed. " There are still four instances on record — a Neapolitan, a young Jew, Mr. Ekenhead, and myself: the two last were in the presence of hundreds of English witnesses.
Page 13 - ... one half to be paid to the informer, and the other to the poor...
Page 187 - I'LL tell you a story that's not in Tom Moore : — Young Love likes to knock at a pretty girl's door : So he called upon Lucy — 'twas just ten o'clock — Like a spruce single man, with a smart double knock. Now, a handmaid, whatever her fingers be at, Will run like a puss when she hears a rat-tat- : So Lucy ran up — and in two seconds more Had questioned the stranger and answered the door.