| David Henry - Voyages around the world - 1774 - 488 pages
..."When his powder failed he took them by fpeed of feet, for his way of living and continual exercife cleared him of all grofs humours, fo that he ran with...when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog which we fent with feveral of Our nimbleft runners to help him to catch goats ; but he diftanced... | |
| Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours, so than he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills, as we perceived when we employed him to catch goals for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in... | |
| James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1805 - 454 pages
...of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours ; so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods and up the rocks and hills — as...him to catch goats for us : we had a bull dog which w« tent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats ; but he distanced and... | |
| English literature - 1806 - 1016 pages
...all gross humeurs, so that he ran with wonderful swift ness through the woods, and up the rocks •nd hills, as we perceived when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest rUnneri to help him in catching goats ; but he distanced and tired... | |
| Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 552 pages
...of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours ; so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills ; as we perceived when we employed kim to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which, we sent, with several of our nimblest runners,... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 584 pages
...exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours, so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills, as...when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats ; but he... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 602 pages
...exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours, so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills, as...when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats; but he... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 634 pages
...him of all gross humours, so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rucks and hills, as we perceived, when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats; but he... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1810 - 348 pages
...cleared him of all gross humours ; so that ke ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and np the rocks and hills, as we perceived when we employed him to catch goats for us : We bad a bull dog, which we sent with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats ;... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1821 - 300 pages
...exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours; so that he ran with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the rocks and hills, as...when we employed him to catch goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent, with several of our nimblest runners, to help him in catching goats ; but... | |
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