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... Feeling somewhat shy and very nervous I put £5 on the “ in ” and called “ seven . ” Up came a ten : two or three more throws , and up came my ten again ; ' apparently much to the satisfaction of Jack Raffleton and one other man , who ...
... Feeling somewhat shy and very nervous I put £5 on the “ in ” and called “ seven . ” Up came a ten : two or three more throws , and up came my ten again ; ' apparently much to the satisfaction of Jack Raffleton and one other man , who ...
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... feels the trigger of his gün , which he has brought to bear on his game , and pulls it , dealing death and destruction around . He now seizes his double - barrelled gun , which is ready prepared for such birds as may be wounded , or ...
... feels the trigger of his gün , which he has brought to bear on his game , and pulls it , dealing death and destruction around . He now seizes his double - barrelled gun , which is ready prepared for such birds as may be wounded , or ...
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... feels a hand That mischief means , beyond all doubt . “ Ye fish - fleshed fowl ! ye ducks and geese ! I would your danger that you knew ! Too late , alas ! Well , die in peace ! He ' ll soon make ducks and geese of you . " “ But ...
... feels a hand That mischief means , beyond all doubt . “ Ye fish - fleshed fowl ! ye ducks and geese ! I would your danger that you knew ! Too late , alas ! Well , die in peace ! He ' ll soon make ducks and geese of you . " “ But ...
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not that when he sits down he feels rather uncomfortable , he would say with the old woman whose petticoats were cut up to her knees , “ Surely ' tis not I . " Yet such consider themselves sportsmen : are they , gentle reader ? Methinks ...
not that when he sits down he feels rather uncomfortable , he would say with the old woman whose petticoats were cut up to her knees , “ Surely ' tis not I . " Yet such consider themselves sportsmen : are they , gentle reader ? Methinks ...
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... feeling , understood our youthful discomfiture ; and approaching Bessy , who being very cold was rubbing her white little hands to keep them warm , she apologized for the want of a fire , adding , “ that if not objectionable she would ...
... feeling , understood our youthful discomfiture ; and approaching Bessy , who being very cold was rubbing her white little hands to keep them warm , she apologized for the want of a fire , adding , “ that if not objectionable she would ...
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Page 212 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 212 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 191 - Then up with the banner, let Forest winds fan her, She has blazed over Ettrick eight ages and more; In sport we'll attend her, in battle defend her, With heart and with hand, like our fathers before.
Page 90 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he, to-day that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Shall think themselves accurs'd, they were not here; And hold their manhoods cheap, while any speaks, That fought with us upon saint Crispin's day.
Page 83 - In estimating the value of any prize no deduction shall be made, except of the winner's own stake and of any sum or sums required by the conditions to be paid out of the stakes to the owners of any other horse or horses in the race— the entrance for a plate not to be deducted.
Page 374 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Page 187 - ... familiar with a scarecrow, the Ducks gather about these, and amuse themselves by whetting their bills against them. When the birds are as familiar with the gourds as the fowler could wish, he then prepares to deceive them in good earnest. He hollows out one of these gourds large enough to put his head in ; and making holes to breathe and see through, he claps it on his head. Thus accoutred, he wades slowly into the water, keeping his body under, and nothing but his head in the gourd above the...
Page 333 - I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my eye could reach— east, west, north, and south — they stretched in one unbroken cloud, and more than an hour elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by.
Page 163 - The person appointed to start the horses shall mark in his list the time when the horses in each race actually started ; and if there have been any false starts, the first of them shall be considered as the time of starting for that race. And he shall make a report thereof to the Keeper of the Match-book in the afternoon of the day the races are run.
Page 453 - It was thought in those excellent days, according to an old writer, 'quite sufficient for noblemen to winde their horn, and to carry their hawke fair; and leave study and learning to the children of mean people.