Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, المجلد 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 452 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 1
... suppose , if a man chose to give a thousand pounds for a race - horse , that he would be allowed the same freedom of will in what he might please to do with him . I should have thought the same thing when I was fifteen , but I knew ...
... suppose , if a man chose to give a thousand pounds for a race - horse , that he would be allowed the same freedom of will in what he might please to do with him . I should have thought the same thing when I was fifteen , but I knew ...
الصفحة 2
... suppose he had Stake on the Monday , and contrary , that he must consider his horse as the pro- perty of the public ; and that , instead of his being at liberty to consult his own interest or pleasure as to the disposal or running of ...
... suppose he had Stake on the Monday , and contrary , that he must consider his horse as the pro- perty of the public ; and that , instead of his being at liberty to consult his own interest or pleasure as to the disposal or running of ...
الصفحة 3
... suppose a case where a man chooses to consult what he considers his interest , and still where the transaction is perfectly honourable and straight- forward . I have a colt entered for the Derby : he has run and won some good Stakes ...
... suppose a case where a man chooses to consult what he considers his interest , and still where the transaction is perfectly honourable and straight- forward . I have a colt entered for the Derby : he has run and won some good Stakes ...
الصفحة 10
... suppose a man was certain to be ruined should we see a pack of cards or a back- gammon box and dice in his house , because many have ruined themselves by an improper use of either , or both . Even here I will allow a man to play with ...
... suppose a man was certain to be ruined should we see a pack of cards or a back- gammon box and dice in his house , because many have ruined themselves by an improper use of either , or both . Even here I will allow a man to play with ...
الصفحة 21
... suppose two sensible young men of fortune , on commencing life , each selecting his favourite pursuit - the one takes to fox - hunting , the other to keeping race - horses . We will say the general expense of a pack of fox - hounds is ...
... suppose two sensible young men of fortune , on commencing life , each selecting his favourite pursuit - the one takes to fox - hunting , the other to keeping race - horses . We will say the general expense of a pack of fox - hounds is ...
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الصفحة 394 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.