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... AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS SPORTING INTELLIGENCE : THE CHASE - AQUATICS STATE OF THhe odds , etc. • . 76 TURF REGISTER FOR 1846. - ABINGDON - ROCHESTER AND CHAT- HAM - CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING - MORPETH - WEY- MOUTH - LEICESTER ...
... AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS SPORTING INTELLIGENCE : THE CHASE - AQUATICS STATE OF THhe odds , etc. • . 76 TURF REGISTER FOR 1846. - ABINGDON - ROCHESTER AND CHAT- HAM - CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING - MORPETH - WEY- MOUTH - LEICESTER ...
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... amusements which in after time it so signally obtained . Indeed , if any , in the opening days of Lord George's career , could boast of a preference , it was the chace , for which for some considerable period his lordship evinced all ...
... amusements which in after time it so signally obtained . Indeed , if any , in the opening days of Lord George's career , could boast of a preference , it was the chace , for which for some considerable period his lordship evinced all ...
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... AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS SPORTING IntelligencE : THE CHASE - AQUATICS STATE OF THE ODDS , ETC. TURF REGISTER FOR 1846. - ABINGDON - ROCHESTER AND CHAT- HAM CURRAGH - SEPTEMBER MEETING - MORPETH - WEY- MOUTH - LEICESTER - BRECONSHIRE ...
... AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS SPORTING IntelligencE : THE CHASE - AQUATICS STATE OF THE ODDS , ETC. TURF REGISTER FOR 1846. - ABINGDON - ROCHESTER AND CHAT- HAM CURRAGH - SEPTEMBER MEETING - MORPETH - WEY- MOUTH - LEICESTER - BRECONSHIRE ...
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... amusements which in after time it so signally obtained . Indeed , if any , in the opening days of Lord George's career , could boast of a preference , it was the chace , for which for some considerable period his lordship evinced all ...
... amusements which in after time it so signally obtained . Indeed , if any , in the opening days of Lord George's career , could boast of a preference , it was the chace , for which for some considerable period his lordship evinced all ...
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... amusement , or a sympathy and admiration for one who alone effected what a whole body aliowed themselves unequal to attempt . In support of this , let us look to , or call over , in the first place , the comforts and information Lord ...
... amusement , or a sympathy and admiration for one who alone effected what a whole body aliowed themselves unequal to attempt . In support of this , let us look to , or call over , in the first place , the comforts and information Lord ...
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Page 369 - Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring...
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Page 207 - Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh ! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share.
Page 69 - When Christmas revels in a world of snow, And bids her berries blush, her carols flow; His spangling shower when Frost the wizard flings; Or, borne in ether blue, on viewless wings, O'er the white pane his silvery foliage weaves, And gems with icicles the sheltering eaves; —Thy muffled friend his...
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Page 140 - A birr ! a whirr ! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns ! keep down ahead, And lead him as a child is led, And land him at your leisure. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis welcome, it is glorious ; It wanders through the winding wheel, Returning and victorious.
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Page 44 - The entire ceiling is divided into thirteen bays, each of which is subdivided into twenty-four smaller ones, and these contain each two shields, emblazoned with the armorial bearings of all the Knights of the Garter, from the institution of the order down to the present time, an elapse of nearly 500 years.