A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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A term used , together in the womb like a string when horses or cattle are stung or
of beads ; each egg containing from bitten by any venomous reptile , or one to
four young ones ; so that the by hornets , horse - flies , wasps , hedge- whole of a
...
A term used , together in the womb like a string when horses or cattle are stung or
of beads ; each egg containing from bitten by any venomous reptile , or one to
four young ones ; so that the by hornets , horse - flies , wasps , hedge- whole of a
...
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... young ones , is was formerly used as a styptic , but never on any pretext to
have one in is banished from modern practice , their possession . Air guns have
as exciting insupportable nausea , been in vogue for a considerable also being ...
... young ones , is was formerly used as a styptic , but never on any pretext to
have one in is banished from modern practice , their possession . Air guns have
as exciting insupportable nausea , been in vogue for a considerable also being ...
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Now , the the bow was considered as an essen- long - bow , when unstrung ,
may be tial part of the education of a young most conveniently covered , so as to
man who wished to make a figure in prevent the rain from injuring it ; life .
Now , the the bow was considered as an essen- long - bow , when unstrung ,
may be tial part of the education of a young most conveniently covered , so as to
man who wished to make a figure in prevent the rain from injuring it ; life .
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When very young , the ass is gay , ARRESTS . Mangy humours sprightly , nimble
, and gentle ; but upon the sinews of the hinder legs he soon loses these qualities
, probaof a horse , between the ham and the bly by the bad usage he meets ...
When very young , the ass is gay , ARRESTS . Mangy humours sprightly , nimble
, and gentle ; but upon the sinews of the hinder legs he soon loses these qualities
, probaof a horse , between the ham and the bly by the bad usage he meets ...
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... Matchem out of Lass of the Mili , zine will prove that the ass , when in by
Oroonoko ; grandam by Old Tracondition , is so far exalted in the veller ; great
grandam Miss Makescale as nearly to approach the horse . less , by Young
Greyhound ...
... Matchem out of Lass of the Mili , zine will prove that the ass , when in by
Oroonoko ; grandam by Old Tracondition , is so far exalted in the veller ; great
grandam Miss Makescale as nearly to approach the horse . less , by Young
Greyhound ...
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| Title | A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
| Author | Harry Harewood |
| Publisher | T. Tegg and son, 1835 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 365 pages |
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