Sporting Magazine, 8. köideRogerson & Tuxford, 1796 |
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... fome- what ' fhortened . It was ably acted in all its cha- racters : Mrs. Siddons fuftained one of the most difficult parts the pen of a dramatic writer has yet allotted her , with uncommon com- mand of her own uncommon ta- lents we ...
... fome- what ' fhortened . It was ably acted in all its cha- racters : Mrs. Siddons fuftained one of the most difficult parts the pen of a dramatic writer has yet allotted her , with uncommon com- mand of her own uncommon ta- lents we ...
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... fome qualities , if not equal to any of those which characterise the writings of that unrivalled poet , at leaft of fuch a nature as to ren- der it capable of being endured by a British auditory . In this expec- tation , however , we ...
... fome qualities , if not equal to any of those which characterise the writings of that unrivalled poet , at leaft of fuch a nature as to ren- der it capable of being endured by a British auditory . In this expec- tation , however , we ...
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... fome years have elapfed fince the event took place . The Highlands of Scotland were annually the fhooting refort of this gentleman for moor game , where , cum multis aliis , Dash distinguished his pre - eminence , among the groufe , and ...
... fome years have elapfed fince the event took place . The Highlands of Scotland were annually the fhooting refort of this gentleman for moor game , where , cum multis aliis , Dash distinguished his pre - eminence , among the groufe , and ...
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... fome delay , the pack hit off the chace ; at fome little running , a farmer , who was on the reconnoitre of his grounds , informing the first modulations , the air ed the field , or rather the gentle- men of the chace , that they were ...
... fome delay , the pack hit off the chace ; at fome little running , a farmer , who was on the reconnoitre of his grounds , informing the first modulations , the air ed the field , or rather the gentle- men of the chace , that they were ...
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... fome were ready to make him defift ; when the patient immediately fitting up , as a man agreeably furprised , would fain fi- gure with his arms , the motions of the airs ; but , his arms being forcibly kept down , he could only fpecify ...
... fome were ready to make him defift ; when the patient immediately fitting up , as a man agreeably furprised , would fain fi- gure with his arms , the motions of the airs ; but , his arms being forcibly kept down , he could only fpecify ...
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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...