The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 246F. Jefferies, 1968 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 183
... hawks ; he received a tax upon every bird sold in the kingdom , and except under his license no one was allowed to traffic in hawks . It was at the French court , I have no doubt , that Edward the Confessor acquired that passion for ...
... hawks ; he received a tax upon every bird sold in the kingdom , and except under his license no one was allowed to traffic in hawks . It was at the French court , I have no doubt , that Edward the Confessor acquired that passion for ...
Page 184
... hawks at hand for a day's sport now and then in the intervals of the campaign . Edward III . , according to Frois- sart , was accompanied upon his invasion of France by thirty fal- coners on horseback , all laden with hawks , by sixty ...
... hawks at hand for a day's sport now and then in the intervals of the campaign . Edward III . , according to Frois- sart , was accompanied upon his invasion of France by thirty fal- coners on horseback , all laden with hawks , by sixty ...
Page 189
... hawk , with her jewelled jesses and her morisco bells , was a present for a king . The hawks of Norway and Iceland have always had a great reputation with falconers , those of Iceland especially , from a belief that they are birds of ...
... hawk , with her jewelled jesses and her morisco bells , was a present for a king . The hawks of Norway and Iceland have always had a great reputation with falconers , those of Iceland especially , from a belief that they are birds of ...
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Under which Lord? By E LYNN LINTON | 1 |
ONLY THE NEIGHBOUR AND THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNISED | 20 |
PAGE | 41 |
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