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" I was instantly mounted and spurred on to the goal. Injured as I was, the love of glory was still superior to the desire of revenge : I determined to die as I had lived, without an equal; and having again won the race, I sunk down at the post in an agony... "
The turf register, and sportsman & breeder's stud-book, by W. Pick [and R ... - Page 4
by William Pick - 1803
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 15

English literature - 1753 - 750 pages
...the race, 1 funk down at the f oil in an agony which foon after put au end to my fife." . • . live, which indeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honeft confufion, and bluihed that I was a man. But my rçfleélions were interrupted by the notes of a' Blackbird, who was...
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...won the race, I' funk down at the poft in an agony* which foon after put an end to my life." ' W-hw When I had heard this horrid narrative, which indeed...I remembered to be true, I turned about in honeft confulion, and blufhed that I was a man. But my tefle&ions were interrupted by the notes of a BLACKBIRD,...
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The Adventurer, Volume 2

1793 - 310 pages
...agony, which " foon after put an end to my life." When Ihad heard this horrid narrative, whichindeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honeft confufion, and- blufhed that I was a man. But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of a- blackbir d, who was...
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The British Essayists: The Adventurer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 430 pages
...sunk down at the post in an agony, which soon after put an end to my life.' .8° 37. ADVENTURER. J39 When I had heard this horrid narrative, which indeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, and blushed that 1 was a Man. But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of...
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The Turf Register and Sportsman & Breeder's Stud-book: Containing the ...

William Pick - Harness racehorses - 1803 - 612 pages
...without an equal; and having again won the " race, 1 funk down at a port in an agony, which loon alter put " an end to my life." When I had heard this horrid...to be true, I turned about in honeft confufion, and bluftied that I was a man ! SreJ by Sir WILLIAM RJMSDEN, Bart, of Byram, near FenybriJge, Ytrlshirt;...
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Select British Classics, Volume 20

English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...without an equal ; and having " again won the race, I sunk down at the post in an " agony, which soon after put an end to my life." When I had heard this horrid narrative, which indeed I rememberprl to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, £. .<! blushed that 1 was a man. But my...
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The Adventurer, Volume 1

English essays - 1823 - 304 pages
...lived, without an equal; and having again won the race, I sunk down at the post in an agony which soon after put an end to my life." " When I had heard this...indeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, and blushed that I was a man. But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...lived, without an equal ; and having again won the race, I sunk down at the post in an agony, which soon after put an end to my life.' When I had heard this...indeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, and blushed that I was a man. But my reflections were interrupted by the notes of...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

English essays - 1823 - 324 pages
...lived, without an equal; and having- again won the race, I sunk down at the post in an agony which soon after put an end to my life." " When I had heard this horrid narrative, which indeed 1 remembered to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, and blushed that I was a man. But my reflections...
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The Sportsman's Cyclopaedia: Comprising a Complete Elucidation of the ...

Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Great Britain - 1848 - 1102 pages
...lived, without an equal ; and having again won the race, I sunk down at a post in an agony, which soon after put an end to my life." When I had heard this...indeed I remembered to be true, I turned about in honest confusion, and blushed that I was a man ! Dragon raced in the latter end of tho reign of Queen...
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