Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volum 27Baily Bros., 1875 |
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Pàgina 5
... successful war he had so long waged against foxes , and the countless victims he had sacrificed , crossed his mind , the old suspicious look , like the glint of a fox's eye , almost instantly re- turned . ' He'd be more like to gie me ...
... successful war he had so long waged against foxes , and the countless victims he had sacrificed , crossed his mind , the old suspicious look , like the glint of a fox's eye , almost instantly re- turned . ' He'd be more like to gie me ...
Pàgina 17
... success ; and , though severe in his notions of obedience and discipline , he was always ready to make allowances for his servants . He displayed an admirable com- mand of temper and forbearance when Wells scaled overweight for Blue ...
... success ; and , though severe in his notions of obedience and discipline , he was always ready to make allowances for his servants . He displayed an admirable com- mand of temper and forbearance when Wells scaled overweight for Blue ...
Pàgina 18
... success were reasonably bright ; but his love of speculation never degenerated into the plunging mania of a school which he utterly despised , and always maintained to be a reproach to the Turf . His attempted reforms were conceived in ...
... success were reasonably bright ; but his love of speculation never degenerated into the plunging mania of a school which he utterly despised , and always maintained to be a reproach to the Turf . His attempted reforms were conceived in ...
Pàgina 19
... successful , but it is at any rate startling on account of its novelty . Old Mendicant may be de- scribed as the ... success , and to his use of the horse after Yorkshire had despised and rejected him through mere caprice . Leybourne ...
... successful , but it is at any rate startling on account of its novelty . Old Mendicant may be de- scribed as the ... success , and to his use of the horse after Yorkshire had despised and rejected him through mere caprice . Leybourne ...
Pàgina 31
... success of certain crosses , and upholders of the Waxy upon ' Blacklock , ' and such like strains in these days , would seem to partake of the same antiquated notions as those who refer the pecu- liarities of races of the present day to ...
... success of certain crosses , and upholders of the Waxy upon ' Blacklock , ' and such like strains in these days , would seem to partake of the same antiquated notions as those who refer the pecu- liarities of races of the present day to ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 358 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Pàgina 344 - The antlered monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But ere his fleet career he took, The dew-drops from his flanks he shook; Like crested leader proud and high...
Pàgina 283 - AND WITHAM. — A System of Figure Skating. Being the Theory and Practice of the Art as developed in England, with a Glance at its Origin and History.
Pàgina 100 - Paley was ardently attached to this amusement; so much so, that when the Bishop of Durham inquired of him, when one of his most important works would be finished, he said, with great simplicity and good humour, " My Lord, I shall work steadily at it when the fly-fishing season is over," as if this were ab*siness of his life.
Pàgina 138 - The server shall not serve until the striker-out is ready. If the latter attempt to return the service, he shall be deemed to be ready.
Pàgina 219 - ... good man be ? — By the side of a spring, on the breast of Helvellyn, Under the twigs of a young birch tree ! The oak that in summer was sweet to hear, And rustled its leaves in the fall of the year, And whistled and roared in the winter alone, Is gone, — and the birch in its stead is grown. — The Knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust ; — His soul is with the saints, I trust.
Pàgina 136 - I have seen a quintain set upon Cornhill, by the Leadenhall, where the attendants on the lords of merry disports have run, and made great pastime; for he that hit not the broad end of the quintain was...
Pàgina 136 - Hence it is clear, that the ring was put in the place of the quintain. The excellency of the pastime was to ride at full speed, and thrust the point of the lance through the ring, which was supported in a case or sheath, by the means of two springs, but might be readily drawn out by the force of the stroke, and remain upon the top of the lance.
Pàgina 139 - Vantage ' is then introduced, and a player, in order to score game, must win two points in succession, viz., vantage and game ; otherwise though he may have won vantage, if he should lose the next stroke the score returns to deuce.
Pàgina 46 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was!