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Side 33
... poor in incident to interest any of my readers save and except those who have wandered " O'er the land Which was the mightiest in its old command , And is the loveliest , and must ever be The Master Mould of Nature's heavenly hand ...
... poor in incident to interest any of my readers save and except those who have wandered " O'er the land Which was the mightiest in its old command , And is the loveliest , and must ever be The Master Mould of Nature's heavenly hand ...
Side 39
... poor York . The ques- tion whether " the best horse ought to win ? " was strongly mooted after the insignificant Doncaster race , by the disappointed speculators ; but the long standing racing rule - as old as the hills - of allowing ...
... poor York . The ques- tion whether " the best horse ought to win ? " was strongly mooted after the insignificant Doncaster race , by the disappointed speculators ; but the long standing racing rule - as old as the hills - of allowing ...
Side 40
... poor Glenorchy , who , notwithstanding his infirmity and lack of condition , found favour in the eyes of several simpletons , who never will remember the good and true old saying of Mr. Forth , " that it is no use to back a horse that ...
... poor Glenorchy , who , notwithstanding his infirmity and lack of condition , found favour in the eyes of several simpletons , who never will remember the good and true old saying of Mr. Forth , " that it is no use to back a horse that ...
Side 63
... poor man in particular had his skull fractured , and now lies in a dangerous state . It appears that the gang of poachers were twelve in number , and consequently too many for their assailants . On Monday three of them were apprehended ...
... poor man in particular had his skull fractured , and now lies in a dangerous state . It appears that the gang of poachers were twelve in number , and consequently too many for their assailants . On Monday three of them were apprehended ...
Side 88
... poor Doncaster , what a sombre appearance it made ? And the Halifax mail , that was to take us to the Badsworth kennel ! Where was that ? Why its shadow was there ; a pair horse concern , of a worse than the Kentish Town and Hammersmith ...
... poor Doncaster , what a sombre appearance it made ? And the Halifax mail , that was to take us to the Badsworth kennel ! Where was that ? Why its shadow was there ; a pair horse concern , of a worse than the Kentish Town and Hammersmith ...
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Side 411 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition...
Side 94 - Tradition, legend, tune, and song Shall many an age that wail prolong ; Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife and carnage drear Of Flodden's fatal field, Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear And broken was her shield ! XXXV Day dawns upon the mountain's side.
Side 167 - Epaminondas, for example, one of the greatest generals and most perfect characters that Greece ever produced, was a patron of, as well as conspicuous in, all such exercises ; and it is gravely stated in history that a knowledge of the art of wrestling gave to the Thebans under his command the battle of Leuctra, and decided the fate of Sparta. Having read of all this, his wonder ceased at finding that master of the wrestling art, Hippomachus, declare that he could discover his scholars at a distance,...
Side 122 - The grand point is to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation ; they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion. At last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity.
Side 170 - Presently the whole village became alarmed for the safety of Master Francis. Out ran the apothecary from his house, and the mother of one of the Amstead housemaids from hers, both insisting on some of the lookers-on interfering, and putting an end to the fight. It happened, however, that the coachman had walked down to the village with his young master, and he stoutly asserted that Master Francis was "all right.
Side 224 - This opinion is embraced without even an attempt being made to discover the component parts of manure, or to become acquainted with its nature. In addition to the general conditions, such as heat, light, moisture, and the component parts of the atmosphere, which are necessary for the growth of all plants, certain substances are found to exercise a peculiar influence on the development of particular families.
Side 22 - No place in the United States presents such a series of events, interesting in themselves, and permanently affecting, as they occurred, its progress and prosperity. Five times its flag has changed, three different sovereignties have claimed its allegiance, and since it has been held by the United States, its government has been thrice transferred; twice it has been besieged by the Indians, once captured in war, and once burned to the ground."* On the 13th of September, 1759, a battle occurred between...
Side 245 - They tell me that six more horses, and a few more couples of hounds than he now has, would do ; and I am sure you could hunt fox as well as you do hare." Dick. — "Your papa will never keep foxhounds, sir. He is the best master of harriers this day in England, but don't take delight in. fox-hunting. Then, again, sir, you are wrong about thinking I could hunt fox as well as I do hare. When you turns fox-hunter, which no doubt you will do when you gets...
Side 167 - ... carrying meat from the shambles; or that crowns of olive should have been bestowed by the Eleans on boys of his own age, who had excelled in gymnastic exploits. Nor was the art of boxing exhibited to his young, but aspiring mind, in less glowing colours. He found not only that Milo, one of the athletae of his day, could knock down a bull by a blow of his arm, but, by the example of Dares, that the science of self-defence, as the modern term is, was not beneath the notice of a prince. So far from...
Side 359 - ... woods. Each raft was eighty or ninety feet long, with a small house erected on it; and on each was a stack of hay, round which several horses and cows were feeding, while the paraphernalia of a farm-yard, the...