Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit, Volume 13Rogerson & Tuxford, 1799 - Hunting |
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... Lords ? Following the modes as ufual , our beaux have abolished flap pockets on the fides of their coats , and have their pockets made in the skirts behind , with the de- Of Peers - There was lefs fubject fign , no doubt , of appearing ...
... Lords ? Following the modes as ufual , our beaux have abolished flap pockets on the fides of their coats , and have their pockets made in the skirts behind , with the de- Of Peers - There was lefs fubject fign , no doubt , of appearing ...
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... Lord Howe . The Elder Brethren turtle colonies , and the capture of of the Trinity House , fympathizing , our Weft Indiamen - out of all this as in duty bound . have left only number , twenty - eight still remain to three of their whol ...
... Lord Howe . The Elder Brethren turtle colonies , and the capture of of the Trinity House , fympathizing , our Weft Indiamen - out of all this as in duty bound . have left only number , twenty - eight still remain to three of their whol ...
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... - verbs , 21ft verfe " Fear thou the " Lord and the King , and meddle not with them that are given to " change . " 66 " After the excellent difcourfe which we have all heard Indeed Prefenting of Colours . 13 common fized coach borfe may ...
... - verbs , 21ft verfe " Fear thou the " Lord and the King , and meddle not with them that are given to " change . " 66 " After the excellent difcourfe which we have all heard Indeed Prefenting of Colours . 13 common fized coach borfe may ...
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... Lord , in the midft of whom it is uplifted , to be of one heart and one mind in ferv- ing thee our God , and in defending thy fervant , our Sovereign Lord King George , upon the throne of thefe realms . So we that are thy people , thall ...
... Lord , in the midft of whom it is uplifted , to be of one heart and one mind in ferv- ing thee our God , and in defending thy fervant , our Sovereign Lord King George , upon the throne of thefe realms . So we that are thy people , thall ...
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... Lord Protector's ftud groom . The famous white Turk has immor- talized himself and his keeper ; the conjoined names of the man and the horfe ( Place's white Turk ) are fure to be delivered down to the lateft pofterity . The merry æra of ...
... Lord Protector's ftud groom . The famous white Turk has immor- talized himself and his keeper ; the conjoined names of the man and the horfe ( Place's white Turk ) are fure to be delivered down to the lateft pofterity . The merry æra of ...
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Page 147 - ... when suddenly a huge alligator rushed out of the reeds, and with a tremendous roar came up, and darted as swift as an arrow under my boat, emerging upright on my lee quarter, with open jaws, and belching water and smoke that fell upon me like rain in a hurricane. I laid soundly...
Page 134 - But to throw one's self into cold spring water, when the body has been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal.
Page 247 - ... to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months...
Page 134 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him, on the other side, I began to cross the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Page 148 - In the forepart of the upper jaw, on each side, just under the nostrils, are two very large, thick, strong teeth or tusks, not very sharp, but rather the shape of a cone: these are as white...
Page 147 - ... upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a...
Page 94 - ... by a cypress swamp, covered with water, which below was joined to the shore of the little lake, and above to the marshes surrounding...
Page 148 - ... in the head, by means of the prominency of the brows; the nostrils are large, inflated and prominent on the top, so that the head in the water resembles, at a distance, a great chunk of wood floating about.
Page 92 - ... trout. About one hundred yards above my harbour began a cove or bay of the river, out of which opened a large lagoon. The mouth or entrance from the river to it was narrow, but the waters...
Page 92 - The shores and forests resound his dreadful roar, together with the triumphing shouts of the plaited tribes around, witnesses of the horrid combat. My apprehensions were highly alarmed after being a spectator of so dreadful a battle.