The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 62Henry Colburn, 1841 |
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... four . " Simultaneously Jane , Emma , Lady Cramly and her daughter all thought in various and different degrees of energy- " Why did you come ? " We happen to know - and we happen to know also , that he came charged with all the powder ...
... four . " Simultaneously Jane , Emma , Lady Cramly and her daughter all thought in various and different degrees of energy- " Why did you come ? " We happen to know - and we happen to know also , that he came charged with all the powder ...
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... four foot water in the hold , " until they were fortunately discovered by two men who were na- vigating a turf - boat round a bend of the stream , and who with some difficulty relieved them from their disagreeable situation , and then ...
... four foot water in the hold , " until they were fortunately discovered by two men who were na- vigating a turf - boat round a bend of the stream , and who with some difficulty relieved them from their disagreeable situation , and then ...
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... four inches high , and he killed several of forty inches ! " I The tenacity of life in full - grown boars is extraordinary . have seen a hog at bay , " says the same writer , " with eight spears in him . But it is not so much the chase ...
... four inches high , and he killed several of forty inches ! " I The tenacity of life in full - grown boars is extraordinary . have seen a hog at bay , " says the same writer , " with eight spears in him . But it is not so much the chase ...
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... ! It was won by Mr. Bacon's grey Arabian horse Fieschi , 8 st . 8 lbs . , four other horses being in the race ; yet Lucifer , an English horse , carrying 11 st . 11 lbs . could have won , but was not allowed to do so , Foreign Sporting .
... ! It was won by Mr. Bacon's grey Arabian horse Fieschi , 8 st . 8 lbs . , four other horses being in the race ; yet Lucifer , an English horse , carrying 11 st . 11 lbs . could have won , but was not allowed to do so , Foreign Sporting .
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... four minutes fifty - six se- conds . " This pretty clearly shows , " writes the reporter of this race , " that even in a tropical climate , a first - rate Arab , which Fieschi is , has no chance , even receiving 2 st . 7 lbs . against ...
... four minutes fifty - six se- conds . " This pretty clearly shows , " writes the reporter of this race , " that even in a tropical climate , a first - rate Arab , which Fieschi is , has no chance , even receiving 2 st . 7 lbs . against ...
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