The Metropolitan Magazine, المجلد 23 |
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الصفحة 401
Such persons , by carefully attending to what are called ' the odds ' from the
period at which horses begin to be entered for any particular race , until that race '
comes off , ' might make a limited certain gain , varying in amount according to ...
Such persons , by carefully attending to what are called ' the odds ' from the
period at which horses begin to be entered for any particular race , until that race '
comes off , ' might make a limited certain gain , varying in amount according to ...
الصفحة 402
In the same year another sporting gentleman bet 20 , 0001 . against General ,
which was the favourite horse , and won it ... completely break down , and allow
himself to be distanced by other horses which were not supposed to have even
the ...
In the same year another sporting gentleman bet 20 , 0001 . against General ,
which was the favourite horse , and won it ... completely break down , and allow
himself to be distanced by other horses which were not supposed to have even
the ...
الصفحة 403
1 : “ So great is the supposed inequality of the horses that are entered to contest
the leading prizes , that it is quite common to bet 50 or 60 to 1 against a particular
horse . In several cases 100 to 1 have been bet that a certain horse would not ...
1 : “ So great is the supposed inequality of the horses that are entered to contest
the leading prizes , that it is quite common to bet 50 or 60 to 1 against a particular
horse . In several cases 100 to 1 have been bet that a certain horse would not ...
الصفحة 404
The number of horses that run for the prizes , whether at Epsom , Ascot ,
Doncaster , or any other place , varies according to circumstances ; but it will be
found as a general rule , that the number is proportioned to the comparative
interest ...
The number of horses that run for the prizes , whether at Epsom , Ascot ,
Doncaster , or any other place , varies according to circumstances ; but it will be
found as a general rule , that the number is proportioned to the comparative
interest ...
الصفحة 406
horses. ,. which otherwise would have won , are often prevented from winning by
the most consummate roguery ? ... is to withdraw the horse which was the
greatest favourite , by either purchasing him from the proprietor , or pretending to
have ...
horses. ,. which otherwise would have won , are often prevented from winning by
the most consummate roguery ? ... is to withdraw the horse which was the
greatest favourite , by either purchasing him from the proprietor , or pretending to
have ...
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الصفحة 245 - Truth indeed came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on; but when he ascended, and his apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds.
الصفحة 33 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long!
الصفحة 76 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
الصفحة 80 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
الصفحة 117 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes. And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts To every ticklish reader ! set them down For sluttish spoils of opportunity, And daughters of the game. [Trumpet within. All. The Trojans
الصفحة 352 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
الصفحة 77 - But that same gentle Spirit, from whose pen Large streames of honnie and sweete Nectar flowe, Scorning the boldnes of such base-borne men, Which dare their follies forth so rashlie throwe, Doth rather choose to sit in idle Cell, Than so himselfe to mockerie to sell.
الصفحة 122 - Id have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : when you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
الصفحة 5 - Mother baking bread, with her children round her : — all hidden and protectingly folded up in the valley-folds ; yet there and alive, as sure as if I beheld them. Or to see, as well as fancy, the nine Towns and Villages, that lay round my mountain-seat, which, in still weather, were wont to speak to me (by their steeple-bells) with metal tongue ; and, in almost all weather, proclaimed their vitality by repeated Smoke-clouds ; whereon, as on a culinary horologe, I might read the hour of the day.
الصفحة 125 - How could communities Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities, Peaceful commerce from dividable shores, The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place ? Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark, what discord follows...