Sporting Magazine, Volume 21Rogerson & Tuxford, 1803 - Hunting |
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... Wives of Wind- sor . RECENT PUBLICATIONS On the Veterinary Art , & c . & c . A NEW edition , ( the second ) of a Philosophical and Practi- cal Treatise on Horses ; and on the Moral Duties of Man towards the Brute Creation . By John Law ...
... Wives of Wind- sor . RECENT PUBLICATIONS On the Veterinary Art , & c . & c . A NEW edition , ( the second ) of a Philosophical and Practi- cal Treatise on Horses ; and on the Moral Duties of Man towards the Brute Creation . By John Law ...
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... wife of a Merchant , a Lord , a General , a Baronet , & c . She seem- ed to have seven husbands ; and the landlord thought she was a Turk ; as he had heard of a plurality of wives , he thought there might be a plurality of husbands . At ...
... wife of a Merchant , a Lord , a General , a Baronet , & c . She seem- ed to have seven husbands ; and the landlord thought she was a Turk ; as he had heard of a plurality of wives , he thought there might be a plurality of husbands . At ...
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... wives , in the short space of ten months . The prisoner , on hearing the Judge express his sur- prise at the enormity of the offence , exclaimed- " My Lord , I am now sorry for what I have done , but I was then on the recruiting service ...
... wives , in the short space of ten months . The prisoner , on hearing the Judge express his sur- prise at the enormity of the offence , exclaimed- " My Lord , I am now sorry for what I have done , but I was then on the recruiting service ...
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... wives aloud . No faithless cords his trusty feet be- guil'd , No billow swept him from his roost- ing tree ; A furious yelping cur , with frenzy wild , Drove him impetuous in the foaming sea . Ah ! Fox of yore , so placid and so brave ...
... wives aloud . No faithless cords his trusty feet be- guil'd , No billow swept him from his roost- ing tree ; A furious yelping cur , with frenzy wild , Drove him impetuous in the foaming sea . Ah ! Fox of yore , so placid and so brave ...
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... wife , returns to England , and de- mands a sight of her from her fa- ther , who refuses to let her hus- band see ... wife is insane , to account for her not returning to America , and to prevent him from following her . One of the ...
... wife , returns to England , and de- mands a sight of her from her fa- ther , who refuses to let her hus- band see ... wife is insane , to account for her not returning to America , and to prevent him from following her . One of the ...
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Page 152 - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 152 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 250 - His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 240 - In the hole of the desk were store of tobacco-pipes that had been used. On one side of this end of the room was the door of a closet, wherein stood the strong beer and the wine, which never came thence but in single glasses, that being the rule of the house exactly observed, for he never exceeded in drink or permitted it.
Page 251 - The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 250 - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Page 303 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood ; To the which place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Page 240 - He drank a glass or two of wine at meals ; very often syrup of giliflower in his sack, and had always a tun glass without feet stood by him, holding a pint of small beer, which he often stirred with rosemary.
Page 250 - When the Creator has therefore separated their nature as far as the extent of the scale of animal life allowed to this planet would permit, it seems perverse to declare it the same, from a partial resemblance of their tusks and bones. But to whatever animal we ascribe these remains, it is certain such a one has existed in America, and that it has been the largest of all terrestrial beings.
Page 186 - London, and either of the sheriffs, had their several lords of misrule, ever contending, without quarrel or offence, who should make the rarest pastimes to delight the beholders. These lords beginning their rule on Alhollon eve, continued the same till the morrow after the Feast of the Purification, commonly called Candlemas Day.