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... close to him - very muscu- lar thighs , good hocks , large bone and feet , and of a very quiet temper . PERFORMANCES . In 1846 , Van Tromp - then two years old -ridden by J. Marson , won the Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs . each , with 50 ...
... close to him - very muscu- lar thighs , good hocks , large bone and feet , and of a very quiet temper . PERFORMANCES . In 1846 , Van Tromp - then two years old -ridden by J. Marson , won the Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs . each , with 50 ...
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... close , with the wind south - west ( what little air there might be ) , and a misty dampness pervading the whole ground and the atmosphere ; still I fan- cied I felt occasionally some cobweb or gossamer float across my face as I rode ...
... close , with the wind south - west ( what little air there might be ) , and a misty dampness pervading the whole ground and the atmosphere ; still I fan- cied I felt occasionally some cobweb or gossamer float across my face as I rode ...
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... close to the town of Oxford ; and the curious circumstances connected with this stupid and atrocious act must be some apology for my relating it here . At the end of the season before last the hounds found a fox at Bladon Wood ; now ...
... close to the town of Oxford ; and the curious circumstances connected with this stupid and atrocious act must be some apology for my relating it here . At the end of the season before last the hounds found a fox at Bladon Wood ; now ...
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... close to where I was then standing ; now , if I had been forced to swear when I first viewed him whether it was a fox or not , I would much rather have sworn that it was not a fox , for I really be- lieved at the time that it was a ...
... close to where I was then standing ; now , if I had been forced to swear when I first viewed him whether it was a fox or not , I would much rather have sworn that it was not a fox , for I really be- lieved at the time that it was a ...
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... Close follow the deluded pack ; Each hound impetuous stems the tide , And shakes himself on t'other side ; But Jem , who view'd him , wide awake To ev'ry dodge a fox can make , His wily tricks to circumvent Recalled them to their ...
... Close follow the deluded pack ; Each hound impetuous stems the tide , And shakes himself on t'other side ; But Jem , who view'd him , wide awake To ev'ry dodge a fox can make , His wily tricks to circumvent Recalled them to their ...
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Сторінка 267 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
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Сторінка 131 - Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That cost thy life, my gallant grey !
Сторінка 129 - LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
Сторінка 129 - And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty. And so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
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Сторінка 349 - The vigorous hounds pursue, with every breath Inhale the grateful steam, quick pleasures sting Their tingling nerves, while they their thanks repay, And in triumphant melody confess The titillating joy. Thus on the air Depend the hunter's hopes.
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Сторінка 366 - Beholding all, yet of them unespyde. There' he did see that pleased much his sight, That even he...