Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, المجلد 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 452 من الصفحات |
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... better before I was twenty . Now , so far from being considered at liberty to do what he pleases with such a horse , he will very coolly be told what is tan- tamount to this , that he is not his property : on the VOL . I. B 2 HORSES ...
... better before I was twenty . Now , so far from being considered at liberty to do what he pleases with such a horse , he will very coolly be told what is tan- tamount to this , that he is not his property : on the VOL . I. B 2 HORSES ...
الصفحة 9
... better not got upon the Turf ; for if he means to retain the character of a gentleman and man of honour , he ought to calculate to lose so much . He may , how- ever , be fortunate in his horses , possess good judg- ment himself , or ...
... better not got upon the Turf ; for if he means to retain the character of a gentleman and man of honour , he ought to calculate to lose so much . He may , how- ever , be fortunate in his horses , possess good judg- ment himself , or ...
الصفحة 13
... better known as Captain Mellish . He was , I should say , a man of thirty - five when I was a boy of fifteen . From him I caught the love of racing ; from him I first got what little knowledge I have of racing matters ; and from him I ...
... better known as Captain Mellish . He was , I should say , a man of thirty - five when I was a boy of fifteen . From him I caught the love of racing ; from him I first got what little knowledge I have of racing matters ; and from him I ...
الصفحة 14
... better stable of race - horses than any man in England , got them well placed for him , and consequently his winnings in Cups , Stakes , & c . , amounted to such an enormous sum that I should be fearful of mentioning it lest my accuracy ...
... better stable of race - horses than any man in England , got them well placed for him , and consequently his winnings in Cups , Stakes , & c . , amounted to such an enormous sum that I should be fearful of mentioning it lest my accuracy ...
الصفحة 22
... better than I have done , I can induce one to take up his pen in the same cause , I have done a great deal : and if this should eventually tend to the driving these harpies back to the insignificance from which they sprung , it would ...
... better than I have done , I can induce one to take up his pen in the same cause , I have done a great deal : and if this should eventually tend to the driving these harpies back to the insignificance from which they sprung , it would ...
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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.