Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting: With Explanatory Plates and WoodcutsPeter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker |
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... perhaps for some errors , and no doubt for many deficiencies . But even this , it is hoped , will make the work less objectionable than swelling its dimensions to an unreasonable size , by relating incidents that possibly never occurred ...
... perhaps for some errors , and no doubt for many deficiencies . But even this , it is hoped , will make the work less objectionable than swelling its dimensions to an unreasonable size , by relating incidents that possibly never occurred ...
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... the patience of the reader . Some apology , may perhaps , be requisite , for the abrupt style which this very abridgement occasions , as well as for one , the Author having been so generally obliged to THE NINTH EDITION . xiii.
... the patience of the reader . Some apology , may perhaps , be requisite , for the abrupt style which this very abridgement occasions , as well as for one , the Author having been so generally obliged to THE NINTH EDITION . xiii.
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... perhaps knew not half so much as them- selves . His leading man , poor old Asell , the father of the working trade , died in Mary - le - bone hospital ; and , sometime after , his unrivalled barrel - borer , John Hussey , died in ...
... perhaps knew not half so much as them- selves . His leading man , poor old Asell , the father of the working trade , died in Mary - le - bone hospital ; and , sometime after , his unrivalled barrel - borer , John Hussey , died in ...
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... perhaps the first man in London to serve all gentlemen who want a good gun at a few hours ' notice . Buying a ready - made gun at a respectable shop , is cheaper and better than going to an inferior maker , by reason that , instead of ...
... perhaps the first man in London to serve all gentlemen who want a good gun at a few hours ' notice . Buying a ready - made gun at a respectable shop , is cheaper and better than going to an inferior maker , by reason that , instead of ...
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... perhaps be difficult for others to discover . While only known as a barrel - finisher , the late Mr. Lan- caster was in the habit of " ribbing , " " breeching , " and putting together the barrels ; then " boring " them " for shooting ...
... perhaps be difficult for others to discover . While only known as a barrel - finisher , the late Mr. Lan- caster was in the habit of " ribbing , " " breeching , " and putting together the barrels ; then " boring " them " for shooting ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2016 |
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