Sporting Magazine, 8. köideRogerson & Tuxford, 1796 |
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... ditto Mr. Trueman Pafcentius , ditto VOL . VIII . No. XLIII . Aurelius , fon of Con- ftantius Uter , ditto Fool Hengift Horfus Rowena , daughter of Hengift Flavia , daughter of Vortigern Edmunda , wife of Vortigern Mr. Barrym Mr ...
... ditto Mr. Trueman Pafcentius , ditto VOL . VIII . No. XLIII . Aurelius , fon of Con- ftantius Uter , ditto Fool Hengift Horfus Rowena , daughter of Hengift Flavia , daughter of Vortigern Edmunda , wife of Vortigern Mr. Barrym Mr ...
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... ditto , two ounces ; flower of brimstone , one ounce ; Caftile foap , one ounce ; liquorice powder , one ounce ; ho- ney , q . f . to make into a paste . A ball , of one ounce weight , is to be given for three mornings , fucceffively ...
... ditto , two ounces ; flower of brimstone , one ounce ; Caftile foap , one ounce ; liquorice powder , one ounce ; ho- ney , q . f . to make into a paste . A ball , of one ounce weight , is to be given for three mornings , fucceffively ...
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... ditto ) Barakka , ( Deputy } Vizir ) afavorite Abdoul of the Caffan , Deputy Vizir , Moffafer , ( Chief of an Arab Troop ) Maiek Aladdin , other Chiefs Mr. Suett . Mr. Bannister , Jun . Mr. Kelly . Mr. Sedgwicks Mr. Dignum . Mifs Menage ...
... ditto ) Barakka , ( Deputy } Vizir ) afavorite Abdoul of the Caffan , Deputy Vizir , Moffafer , ( Chief of an Arab Troop ) Maiek Aladdin , other Chiefs Mr. Suett . Mr. Bannister , Jun . Mr. Kelly . Mr. Sedgwicks Mr. Dignum . Mifs Menage ...
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... ditto feven ditto . A bream , 1 - half ditto . A falmon , ditto . -two ditto three -three ditto ten A perch , --two ditto . A fhad , in 1683 - one foot eleven ditto . Thefe are the records of rural life - important to thofe who are ...
... ditto feven ditto . A bream , 1 - half ditto . A falmon , ditto . -two ditto three -three ditto ten A perch , --two ditto . A fhad , in 1683 - one foot eleven ditto . Thefe are the records of rural life - important to thofe who are ...
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... ditto from nofe to tail 49 inches , girth round the body 28 inches , weight 37lb . 40z . the largest ever taken from that water in the memory of any man . In an old ftone bottle placed in a clump of trees , at no great distance from the ...
... ditto from nofe to tail 49 inches , girth round the body 28 inches , weight 37lb . 40z . the largest ever taken from that water in the memory of any man . In an old ftone bottle placed in a clump of trees , at no great distance from the ...
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Page 127 - ... if they can be procured. The mud is always taken from the edge of the bank, or the bottom of the creek or pond near the door of the house; and though...
Page 126 - ... eat their victuals, which they occasionally take out of the water. It frequently happens that some of the large houses are found to have one or more partitions, if they deserve that appellation ; but...
Page 127 - ... during the winter; and as they are frequently seen to walk over their work, and sometimes to give a flap with their tail, particularly when plunging into the water, this has, without doubt, given...
Page 243 - Frogs in a marsh, flies in a bottle, wind in a crevice, a preacher in a field, the drone of a bagpipe, all, all yielded to the inimitable and soporific monotony of Mr. Kemble...
Page 127 - ... does, without having their tails bent forward between their legs; and which may not improperly be called their trencher. So far are the beaver from driving...
Page 144 - I am endeavouring to profit, as far as I am able, in your company ; for having waited with impatience for the honour of being in an assembly of the greatest geniuses of this age, and at last having obtained the good fortune, I thought I could not do better than write down your conversation ; and indeed I have set down the substance of ' what hath been said for this hour or two.
Page 244 - I have committed it to paper currente calamo. I mean no allusion, no epithet, to apply to him as a private individual. As a private individual, I give him not that notice which it might, here, be impertinent to bestow : but I have an undoubted right to discuss...
Page 311 - ... each other's fingers. Various are the contrivances to which they are compelled to refort, in order to elude fufpicion ; and in no part of their lives do they evince more prudence than during their courtfhip.
Page 127 - ... houses, that they lay most of the wood crosswise, and nearly horizontal, and without any other order than that of leaving a hollow or cavity in the middle. When any unnecessary branches project inward they cut them off with their teeth, and throw them in among the rest, to prevent the mud from falling through the roof. It is a mistaken notion that the wood-work is...
Page 176 - Perillus ! He has bellowed, gentlemen, yea, he hath bellowed a dismal sound ! a hollow unvaried tone, heaved from his very midriff, and striking the listener with torpor ! Would I could pass the animal quietly for my own sake, and for his, by Jupiter ! I repeat it, I would not willingly harm the bull. I delight not in baiting him. I would jog as gently by him as by the ass that grazes on the common ; but he has obstinately blocked up my way ; he has already tossed and gored me severely. I must make...