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... John Day went up and finished him at 550 for Mr. Fitzwilliam , who has had , to all seeming , a dear bargain of it . No. 3 , a brother to Spin- away , was put in at 150 , and John Scott bid again , but not with great fervour . Brother ...
... John Day went up and finished him at 550 for Mr. Fitzwilliam , who has had , to all seeming , a dear bargain of it . No. 3 , a brother to Spin- away , was put in at 150 , and John Scott bid again , but not with great fervour . Brother ...
Σελίδα 3
... John , and said he " did not fight quick enough . " Chirp was a very staying - looking gentleman , with a nice ... John Scott came forward , with Perren at his elbow and Ashmall not far off , it seemed a done thing ; but John had to ...
... John , and said he " did not fight quick enough . " Chirp was a very staying - looking gentleman , with a nice ... John Scott came forward , with Perren at his elbow and Ashmall not far off , it seemed a done thing ; but John had to ...
Σελίδα 4
... John Stevens . He had charge of thirteen , in his absence , when Dan Dawson tried to get at Mr. Kit Wilson's July horses , and poisoned Stevens's lot in- stead . Two of them died as rotten as a pear ; and Jones gave his evidence at ...
... John Stevens . He had charge of thirteen , in his absence , when Dan Dawson tried to get at Mr. Kit Wilson's July horses , and poisoned Stevens's lot in- stead . Two of them died as rotten as a pear ; and Jones gave his evidence at ...
Σελίδα 7
... John - street , taking the morning paper to himself , and telling the above member , whenheremonstrated in the presence of ourselves and others in the gallery , to " just bide a bit , and let me finish . " Most confidential ...
... John - street , taking the morning paper to himself , and telling the above member , whenheremonstrated in the presence of ourselves and others in the gallery , to " just bide a bit , and let me finish . " Most confidential ...
Σελίδα 11
... John Walker and Charles Payne , Mr. Scratton , and many other kennels , have sent bitches to him . Two couple of bitches out of the three , which the latter gentleman sent to Milton , were so destined . He is a low , lengthy dog , with ...
... John Walker and Charles Payne , Mr. Scratton , and many other kennels , have sent bitches to him . Two couple of bitches out of the three , which the latter gentleman sent to Milton , were so destined . He is a low , lengthy dog , with ...
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20 added 25 added 50 added 50 sovs aged Aldcroft bad third Baron Rothschild's Bay Middleton Beadsman beat Birdcatcher birds Bray Bullock Capt Challoner Chanticleer Charlton Clifden's Cliff's colt Cotherstone Count Batthyany's Cresswell Custance Dawson's Deer Derby Ducker East Langton Edwards Ethon Exmoor extra Faugh-a-Ballagh fillies fish Flatman Flying Dutchman Fordham gorse Grimshaw half a length HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Harry Stanley head heats horse hounds hunting jockeys Lady Lord mare Mellish's Merry's Mert's neck never Newmarket Night Ranger Orlando Osborne Osborne's paid 5 sovs Parr's PLATE of 50 Plumb Pritchard QUEEN'S PLATE race salmon saved his stake Saxon's season second and third second received second saved Snowden sport sportsman subs Teddington Thompson's three lengths three years old trout Waterford's Williams's winner paid winner was sold Won by half Won by three-quarters Won easily yachts
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Σελίδα 58 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Σελίδα 190 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Σελίδα 326 - tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky. 'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Σελίδα 240 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Σελίδα 281 - The scattering lead pursues the certain sight, And death in thunder overtakes their flight.
Σελίδα 243 - Her young forsake her downy plumes To rest upon thy opening blooms. Flower of the desert though thou art! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets.
Σελίδα 279 - ... near which place the young ones lay concealed in the grass, which the old bird no sooner perceived than she flew back again to us, settled just before the dog's nose again, and by rolling and tumbling about, drew off his attention from her young, and thus preserved her brood a second time.
Σελίδα 48 - But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Σελίδα 300 - I presumed, expounding the law and the prophets ; until, on drawing a little nearer, I found he was only expatiating on the merits of a brown horse.
Σελίδα 278 - I was hunting a young pointer, the dog ran on a brood of very small partridges ; the old bird cried, fluttered, and ran tumbling along just before the dog's nose till she had drawn him to a considerable distance, when she took wing and flew still...