Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - Broj stranica: 317 |
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... sight of them . " Oh , " replied the young one , " mine is the quietest horse in England . A lighted cracker tied to his tail would not alarm him . " 66 of On hearing this , and ruminating on the expense 9 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... sight of them . " Oh , " replied the young one , " mine is the quietest horse in England . A lighted cracker tied to his tail would not alarm him . " 66 of On hearing this , and ruminating on the expense 9 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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... of this amount was dis- allowed . Layton , who is said to have been as ignorant of the principles of the veterinary art as any ploughman in England , and to have ruined as many horses ' II Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... of this amount was dis- allowed . Layton , who is said to have been as ignorant of the principles of the veterinary art as any ploughman in England , and to have ruined as many horses ' II Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
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Ralph Nevill. England , and to have ruined as many horses ' feet as would fill St. Paul's , by the help of much effrontery , wearing a scarlet coat , and riding thoroughbred horses ( he made it a common practice to ride to Brighton and ...
Ralph Nevill. England , and to have ruined as many horses ' feet as would fill St. Paul's , by the help of much effrontery , wearing a scarlet coat , and riding thoroughbred horses ( he made it a common practice to ride to Brighton and ...
Stranica 85
... England . I returned , and got entangled with a lady , whose brothers determined to massacre me . As I challenged and killed them all three the father was resolved to have a bout with me - a fine old man , ruddy complexion , silver hair ...
... England . I returned , and got entangled with a lady , whose brothers determined to massacre me . As I challenged and killed them all three the father was resolved to have a bout with me - a fine old man , ruddy complexion , silver hair ...
Stranica 87
... England as abroad ; very rightly it always seemed more or less repugnant to all dowered with the national common sense . The whole system of duelling is an absurdity never probably better demonstrated than by the brave Dutch Admiral Van ...
... England as abroad ; very rightly it always seemed more or less repugnant to all dowered with the national common sense . The whole system of duelling is an absurdity never probably better demonstrated than by the brave Dutch Admiral Van ...
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