Sporting Magazine, Volume 21Rogerson & Tuxford, 1803 - Hunting |
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... Old Digby , and is thought would have made an excellent huntsman , has lain out of place for more ' than ten years . The lad has great relations , and a good character ; but could never get a situation . He happened once , at a meeting ...
... Old Digby , and is thought would have made an excellent huntsman , has lain out of place for more ' than ten years . The lad has great relations , and a good character ; but could never get a situation . He happened once , at a meeting ...
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... old Sharper run about town for several years , with a rope about its neck , without the persons who had hold of it being in the preserved pheasant woods of the Hon . J. T. Capel , at Holm- bush , near Horsham . They were , however ...
... old Sharper run about town for several years , with a rope about its neck , without the persons who had hold of it being in the preserved pheasant woods of the Hon . J. T. Capel , at Holm- bush , near Horsham . They were , however ...
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... year at Flinton , even betting on him , at starting , against the field . He won in a very supe- rior style . Mr. S ... Old Snowball , Mr. Slingsby's black bitch , Har- py , Mr. Swinsen's breed , Mr. Darley's black and white bitch ...
... year at Flinton , even betting on him , at starting , against the field . He won in a very supe- rior style . Mr. S ... Old Snowball , Mr. Slingsby's black bitch , Har- py , Mr. Swinsen's breed , Mr. Darley's black and white bitch ...
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... old ones fre- quently amassing upwards of a hun- dred weight of grain , but ... year , employ much of their time in hunting for these retreats . They are ... year , about 11,000 skins ; in a second 54,000 ; and in a third year 80,000 ...
... old ones fre- quently amassing upwards of a hun- dred weight of grain , but ... year , employ much of their time in hunting for these retreats . They are ... year , about 11,000 skins ; in a second 54,000 ; and in a third year 80,000 ...
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... year 1539 , the 31st of Henry the Eighth , in which year on the 8th of May , a great muster was made by the citizens ... old soldiers , trumpet- ers , drummers , fifers , and ensign bearers , with such like men , meet for princes service ...
... year 1539 , the 31st of Henry the Eighth , in which year on the 8th of May , a great muster was made by the citizens ... old soldiers , trumpet- ers , drummers , fifers , and ensign bearers , with such like men , meet for princes service ...
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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.