The New sporting magazine, 25. köide1853 |
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... sure . Nothing could exceed the cleanliness , the order , or the appear- ance of the main - deck , on which , outside the captain's cabin , were mounted twelve long eighteen - pounders on each side , and , I was told , two more in the ...
... sure . Nothing could exceed the cleanliness , the order , or the appear- ance of the main - deck , on which , outside the captain's cabin , were mounted twelve long eighteen - pounders on each side , and , I was told , two more in the ...
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... sure enough , where not an eye was expecting to see her , was the cutter , with poor Simcoe still hardly clear of death's door , but otherwise all right , Train , my gallant cousin , life - buoy , and all . They were all soon on deck ...
... sure enough , where not an eye was expecting to see her , was the cutter , with poor Simcoe still hardly clear of death's door , but otherwise all right , Train , my gallant cousin , life - buoy , and all . They were all soon on deck ...
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... sure to be full . The first meet at Crick this season was looked forward to as a speculation . The odds were not much on our finding at the gorse - last season we were singularly unfortunate at this beautiful cover . The day before the ...
... sure to be full . The first meet at Crick this season was looked forward to as a speculation . The odds were not much on our finding at the gorse - last season we were singularly unfortunate at this beautiful cover . The day before the ...
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... sure there are many noblemen would stand as firmly by him now . During his late severe illness nearly all the leading members of the turf , titled and commoners , have continued to visit him in person , and to show in the most marked ...
... sure there are many noblemen would stand as firmly by him now . During his late severe illness nearly all the leading members of the turf , titled and commoners , have continued to visit him in person , and to show in the most marked ...
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... sure by starting betimes in the morning ; but should it be that nothing occurs to frighten them , no doubt they lie better late in the day than early in the morning . The truth is that ducks when they have once settled do not like to ...
... sure by starting betimes in the morning ; but should it be that nothing occurs to frighten them , no doubt they lie better late in the day than early in the morning . The truth is that ducks when they have once settled do not like to ...
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Page 183 - How melts my beating heart ! as I behold Each lovely nymph, our island's boast and pride, Push on the generous steed, that sweeps along O'er rough, o'er smooth, nor heeds the steepy hill, Nor falters in the extended vale below ! The Chase.
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