Sporting Magazine, 8. köideRogerson & Tuxford, 1796 |
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... feveral times on the back . Upon this , he had thought proper , foon after , to have him apprehended , and brought before Mr. Addington , the magiftrate , where , on examination , he faid , that he was unhappy , and did not care what he ...
... feveral times on the back . Upon this , he had thought proper , foon after , to have him apprehended , and brought before Mr. Addington , the magiftrate , where , on examination , he faid , that he was unhappy , and did not care what he ...
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... feveral of the oppofite fide . The judge ( the Hon . Baron Downes ) delivered his all night with Fox in England , but it never has happened , perhaps it never can happen again , that I fhould enjoy him as I did that day , alone , from ...
... feveral of the oppofite fide . The judge ( the Hon . Baron Downes ) delivered his all night with Fox in England , but it never has happened , perhaps it never can happen again , that I fhould enjoy him as I did that day , alone , from ...
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... feveral fweepstakes in one day , to the a- mount of several thousand pounds , all of which he won with great eafe : the like was never before attempted by any horfe , and will stand as a phenomenon in the records of the turf . November ...
... feveral fweepstakes in one day , to the a- mount of several thousand pounds , all of which he won with great eafe : the like was never before attempted by any horfe , and will stand as a phenomenon in the records of the turf . November ...
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... feveral others , to this lady were discovered . They are principally written from Italy , and will certainly operate to throw a new light upon that cele- brated character , and totally re- move the long received idea , that he was a man ...
... feveral others , to this lady were discovered . They are principally written from Italy , and will certainly operate to throw a new light upon that cele- brated character , and totally re- move the long received idea , that he was a man ...
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... feveral days , in confequence of the bruifes he received in the fall from the win- dow , and the cold he caught dur- ing the chase . It must give much pleasure to all who have the happiness of know- ing this worthy baronet , to be in ...
... feveral days , in confequence of the bruifes he received in the fall from the win- dow , and the cold he caught dur- ing the chase . It must give much pleasure to all who have the happiness of know- ing this worthy baronet , to be in ...
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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...