Sporting Magazine, Volume 8Rogerson & Tuxford, 1796 - Hunting |
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... use , any partridge , be- tween the 12th day of February , and the 14th day of September in any year ; and if any perfon or perfons fhall tranfgrefs this act in the cafe aforefaid , every fuch per- fon fhall be liable to the fame pe ...
... use , any partridge , be- tween the 12th day of February , and the 14th day of September in any year ; and if any perfon or perfons fhall tranfgrefs this act in the cafe aforefaid , every fuch per- fon fhall be liable to the fame pe ...
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... use of ad captandum vulgus , and which are totally without foun- dation . " But a number of thefe dogs go mad , and the confequence is dreadful . " That dogs do go mad , and that the confequence is dreadful , I admit ; but not that this ...
... use of ad captandum vulgus , and which are totally without foun- dation . " But a number of thefe dogs go mad , and the confequence is dreadful . " That dogs do go mad , and that the confequence is dreadful , I admit ; but not that this ...
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... use of his own table ? Should they answer in the affirmative , it would give me fatis- faction to fee them under the ne- ceffity of becoming tenants them- felves , that I may experience how far they would then retain their prefent ideas ...
... use of his own table ? Should they answer in the affirmative , it would give me fatis- faction to fee them under the ne- ceffity of becoming tenants them- felves , that I may experience how far they would then retain their prefent ideas ...
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... use of the navy . as is claimed by the inhabitants The origin of the Purveyor , is not and borderers on the foreft for fuel earlier than the reign of Charles and repairs . Of this inferior wood , II . in whofe time five hundred oaks ...
... use of the navy . as is claimed by the inhabitants The origin of the Purveyor , is not and borderers on the foreft for fuel earlier than the reign of Charles and repairs . Of this inferior wood , II . in whofe time five hundred oaks ...
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... use of their treating its new allies in the Weft dogs . He could affure the House , Indies in fuch a manner ! The bill that the whole country was defirous alfo ftated that dogs were not liable of having the bill paffed . He had to be ...
... use of their treating its new allies in the Weft dogs . He could affure the House , Indies in fuch a manner ! The bill that the whole country was defirous alfo ftated that dogs were not liable of having the bill paffed . He had to be ...
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Page 127 - ... if they can be procured. The mud is always taken from the edge of the bank, or the bottom of the creek or pond near the door of the house; and though...
Page 126 - ... eat their victuals, which they occasionally take out of the water. It frequently happens that some of the large houses are found to have one or more partitions, if they deserve that appellation ; but...
Page 127 - ... during the winter; and as they are frequently seen to walk over their work, and sometimes to give a flap with their tail, particularly when plunging into the water, this has, without doubt, given...
Page 243 - Frogs in a marsh, flies in a bottle, wind in a crevice, a preacher in a field, the drone of a bagpipe, all, all yielded to the inimitable and soporific monotony of Mr. Kemble...
Page 127 - ... does, without having their tails bent forward between their legs; and which may not improperly be called their trencher. So far are the beaver from driving...
Page 144 - I am endeavouring to profit, as far as I am able, in your company ; for having waited with impatience for the honour of being in an assembly of the greatest geniuses of this age, and at last having obtained the good fortune, I thought I could not do better than write down your conversation ; and indeed I have set down the substance of ' what hath been said for this hour or two.
Page 244 - I have committed it to paper currente calamo. I mean no allusion, no epithet, to apply to him as a private individual. As a private individual, I give him not that notice which it might, here, be impertinent to bestow : but I have an undoubted right to discuss...
Page 311 - ... each other's fingers. Various are the contrivances to which they are compelled to refort, in order to elude fufpicion ; and in no part of their lives do they evince more prudence than during their courtfhip.
Page 127 - ... houses, that they lay most of the wood crosswise, and nearly horizontal, and without any other order than that of leaving a hollow or cavity in the middle. When any unnecessary branches project inward they cut them off with their teeth, and throw them in among the rest, to prevent the mud from falling through the roof. It is a mistaken notion that the wood-work is...
Page 176 - Perillus ! He has bellowed, gentlemen, yea, he hath bellowed a dismal sound ! a hollow unvaried tone, heaved from his very midriff, and striking the listener with torpor ! Would I could pass the animal quietly for my own sake, and for his, by Jupiter ! I repeat it, I would not willingly harm the bull. I delight not in baiting him. I would jog as gently by him as by the ass that grazes on the common ; but he has obstinately blocked up my way ; he has already tossed and gored me severely. I must make...