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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... presents at first to the mind ' fomething marvellous ; it is , how- ever , ftrictly true , and may be ea- fily comprehended after the follow- ing explanation- The long thick hair which co- vers the rump of the fpring - back Antelope is ...
... presents at first to the mind ' fomething marvellous ; it is , how- ever , ftrictly true , and may be ea- fily comprehended after the follow- ing explanation- The long thick hair which co- vers the rump of the fpring - back Antelope is ...
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... present day , at three or fourfcore pounds each . The defire of improvement was fo generally diffufed , according to the above - named author , that even the carters had become very nice in their choice of horses . The following races ...
... present day , at three or fourfcore pounds each . The defire of improvement was fo generally diffufed , according to the above - named author , that even the carters had become very nice in their choice of horses . The following races ...
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... present we have really nothing to do , were to learn a little of this new exercise , we might form a very refpectable company . As our husbands will no longer let us go halves in their motions , I think it is but fair we fhould learn to ...
... present we have really nothing to do , were to learn a little of this new exercise , we might form a very refpectable company . As our husbands will no longer let us go halves in their motions , I think it is but fair we fhould learn to ...
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... present you their beft acknowledg- heart of thofe ftates over which it ments - Engaged in the defence of their religion , their King , and country , and all the bleffings of our excellent conftitution , when they fhall look upon this ...
... present you their beft acknowledg- heart of thofe ftates over which it ments - Engaged in the defence of their religion , their King , and country , and all the bleffings of our excellent conftitution , when they fhall look upon this ...
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... present . is a thoufand , aye , ten thousand pities , that any thing fhould occur to difturb our good humour . But , if there is one occafion more than another , if there is one time more another , if one employment more than another ...
... present . is a thoufand , aye , ten thousand pities , that any thing fhould occur to difturb our good humour . But , if there is one occafion more than another , if there is one time more another , if one employment more than another ...
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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.