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Page 51
... consider- able in weight and number , though not often of much value ; congers , dogfish , skate , and sea - bream were the usual victims ; but sometimes a big turbot would , after a strong fight , reluctantly flounder to the surface ...
... consider- able in weight and number , though not often of much value ; congers , dogfish , skate , and sea - bream were the usual victims ; but sometimes a big turbot would , after a strong fight , reluctantly flounder to the surface ...
Page 83
... considering their own , although they had no title save that of occupancy , and had perhaps never paid a penny of rent within their own or any- body's memory . The Barretts were not the men to render up peaceable possession . News ...
... considering their own , although they had no title save that of occupancy , and had perhaps never paid a penny of rent within their own or any- body's memory . The Barretts were not the men to render up peaceable possession . News ...
Page 139
... consider he is entitled , with or without reason or object , to inflict on the poor beast , which is , not uncommonly , seriously injured by the process . A horse de- scribed as " " a hunter , " as we have said , is war- ranted as to ...
... consider he is entitled , with or without reason or object , to inflict on the poor beast , which is , not uncommonly , seriously injured by the process . A horse de- scribed as " " a hunter , " as we have said , is war- ranted as to ...
Page 142
... consider a trifle under sixteen hands about the best height for a hunter . You will then look into his eye , which should be clear , reflecting , as in a mirror , the image of your own sweet self . It is impossible to judge accurately ...
... consider a trifle under sixteen hands about the best height for a hunter . You will then look into his eye , which should be clear , reflecting , as in a mirror , the image of your own sweet self . It is impossible to judge accurately ...
Page 155
... reloads , and mutters something about " nearly out of shot , " and " couldn't get the gun up for the brambles . " Indifferent shots , by the way , always consider it necessary to furnish a reason — we must not say THE FIRST OF OCTOBER .
... reloads , and mutters something about " nearly out of shot , " and " couldn't get the gun up for the brambles . " Indifferent shots , by the way , always consider it necessary to furnish a reason — we must not say THE FIRST OF OCTOBER .
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