The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volumes 57-58John William Carleton 1867 |
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... close observer of such matters . Appearances are certainly much more considered than they used to be in former days , and in many instances , I fear , before other qualifications of greater consequence ; still , in the days of ...
... close observer of such matters . Appearances are certainly much more considered than they used to be in former days , and in many instances , I fear , before other qualifications of greater consequence ; still , in the days of ...
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... close to the sea , which lay beneath us , blue and sparkling in the summer sun . What a con- trast to the last time I saw it , the day after that terrible storm of the past winter , which hurried into eternity so many hundreds of souls ...
... close to the sea , which lay beneath us , blue and sparkling in the summer sun . What a con- trast to the last time I saw it , the day after that terrible storm of the past winter , which hurried into eternity so many hundreds of souls ...
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... close to the old - fashioned unpretending town of Salcombe . The entrance to the river is very imposing , the great head of the Bolt with its fine falling crags forming the western arm , and the high sloping land of the Prawl on the ...
... close to the old - fashioned unpretending town of Salcombe . The entrance to the river is very imposing , the great head of the Bolt with its fine falling crags forming the western arm , and the high sloping land of the Prawl on the ...
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... close to the Plymouth Mewstone , a very fine high rock covered with sharp broken ridges , against the foot of which the seas break with great fury and with fine effect . From this rock to Rame Head is found the fine bay of the Sound ...
... close to the Plymouth Mewstone , a very fine high rock covered with sharp broken ridges , against the foot of which the seas break with great fury and with fine effect . From this rock to Rame Head is found the fine bay of the Sound ...
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... close to the water , and imitate their cry . They are gifted with a great deal of curiosity , and any within hearing will probably come within twenty or thirty yards , to have a look at you . At that distance large shot will kill them ...
... close to the water , and imitate their cry . They are gifted with a great deal of curiosity , and any within hearing will probably come within twenty or thirty yards , to have a look at you . At that distance large shot will kill them ...
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Page 114 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Page 347 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 390 - A true idea of the structure of a poisonfang will be formed by supposing the crown of a simple tooth, as that of a boa, to be pressed flat, and its edges to be then bent towards each other, and soldered together so as to form a hollow cylinder open at both ends. The flattening of the fang, and its inflection around the poison-duct...
Page 432 - There's nothing left to fancy's guess, You see that all is loneliness : And silence aids — though the steep hills Send to the lake a thousand rills ; In summer tide, so soft they weep, The sound but lulls the ear asleep ; Your horse's hoof-tread sounds too rude, So stilly is the solitude.
Page 287 - I can now excuse all his foibles; impute them to age, and to distress of circumstances: the last of these considerations wrings my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind is a misery.
Page 146 - Come away and leave him, or they will eat you also;" but when he saw them begin to play together, his fears subsided and he kept quiet. Gaining confidence by degrees, he drove them away ; but, after going a little distance, they returned, and began to play again with the boy. At last he succeeded in driving them off altogether. The night after three wolves came, and the boy and they played together. A few nights after four wolves came, but at no time did more than four come. They came four or five...
Page 432 - Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake By lone St. Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view...
Page 25 - Far-gleaming, dart the same united blaze: Reviewing generals his merit own; How regular! how just! and all his cares Are well repaid, if mighty George approve. So model thou thy pack, if honour touch. Thy generous soul, and the world's just applause. But above all take heed, nor mix thy hounds Of different kinds; discordant sounds shall grate Thy ears offended, and a lagging line Of babbling curs disgrace thy broken pack.
Page 73 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 286 - From an abbess disposed to turn author," says Mr. Warton, " we might more reasonably have expected a manual of meditations for the closet, or select rules for making salves, or distilling strong waters. But the diversions of the field were not thought inconsistent with the character of a religious lady of this eminent rank, who resembled an abbot in respect of exercising an extensive manerial jurisdiction, and who hawked and hunted in common with other ladies of distinction.