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... nearly so . Weatherbit , his jock told me , was altogether disappointed by Pam's accident ; his finish , but for that casualty , would no doubt have been better . As the ruck of horses never ran beyond the dis- tance , it is not easy to ...
... nearly so . Weatherbit , his jock told me , was altogether disappointed by Pam's accident ; his finish , but for that casualty , would no doubt have been better . As the ruck of horses never ran beyond the dis- tance , it is not easy to ...
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... nearly half - past eleven no train was dispatched , during which time the doors were kept closed : for what purpose but to give a turn to the pick - pockets is difficult to surmise . Hundreds of delicate women were , during the whole of ...
... nearly half - past eleven no train was dispatched , during which time the doors were kept closed : for what purpose but to give a turn to the pick - pockets is difficult to surmise . Hundreds of delicate women were , during the whole of ...
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... nearly alike , there is no mistaking which is the gentleman and which is the ser- vant . Jack is an honest , bluff - looking , rather pot - bellied fellow , C with an interregnum between his waistcoat and breeches , as 15 SPORTING ...
... nearly alike , there is no mistaking which is the gentleman and which is the ser- vant . Jack is an honest , bluff - looking , rather pot - bellied fellow , C with an interregnum between his waistcoat and breeches , as 15 SPORTING ...
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... nearly down to his spurs . Mr. Parker , once master of the Worcestershire hounds , has figured in the print - shops , by which means , though a stranger may forget all other masters the country has had , " Mr. Parker and Worcester ...
... nearly down to his spurs . Mr. Parker , once master of the Worcestershire hounds , has figured in the print - shops , by which means , though a stranger may forget all other masters the country has had , " Mr. Parker and Worcester ...
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... nearly two miles . This naturally brought them to cold hunting when they again got on the line of the fox , and after forty minutes of it they found themselves close to Queenborough . " Here , " says the writer , " it was generally ...
... nearly two miles . This naturally brought them to cold hunting when they again got on the line of the fox , and after forty minutes of it they found themselves close to Queenborough . " Here , " says the writer , " it was generally ...
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Page 66 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of link-ed sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus...
Page 198 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Page 124 - Once again I see These hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows, little lines Of sportive wood run wild : these pastoral farms, Green to the very door...
Page 198 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I...
Page 42 - In town let me live then, in town let me die, For in truth I can't relish the country, not I ! If one must have a villa in summer to dwell, Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall ! HANNAH MORE.
Page 49 - The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 18 - Which was a rare thing then, When this old cap was new. Then bribery was unborn, No simony men did use ; Christians did usury scorn, Devised among the Jews. The lawyers to be fee'd At that time hardly knew : For man with man agreed, When this old cap was new.
Page 18 - And are not help'd by any ; For charity waxeth cold, And love is found in few ; This was not in time of old, When this old cap was new.
Page 19 - DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more they' admire his sleight of hand...
Page 17 - When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow'd his stubborn knee To anything but chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade ; Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel...