Sporting Days and Sporting WaysDuckworth & Company, 1910 - Broj stranica: 317 |
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... night in their watch - boxes , dashing bucks , elevated by a festive evening , would let them quietly down , when , like a tortoise under his shell , the unhappy guardian of the public peace could only by great efforts just get his head ...
... night in their watch - boxes , dashing bucks , elevated by a festive evening , would let them quietly down , when , like a tortoise under his shell , the unhappy guardian of the public peace could only by great efforts just get his head ...
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... night in their watch - boxes , dashing bucks , elevated by a festive evening , would let them quietly down , when , like a tortoise under his shell , the unhappy guardian of the public peace could only by great efforts just get his head ...
... night in their watch - boxes , dashing bucks , elevated by a festive evening , would let them quietly down , when , like a tortoise under his shell , the unhappy guardian of the public peace could only by great efforts just get his head ...
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... There's a ball to - night , you know- " To be sure there is , and I think you ought to go with a clean face ; at all events , I don't see any reason why you ball . " should expect to wear my 15 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
... There's a ball to - night , you know- " To be sure there is , and I think you ought to go with a clean face ; at all events , I don't see any reason why you ball . " should expect to wear my 15 Sporting Days and Sporting Ways.
Stranica 25
... night of his arrival in town , not knowing where to lay his head , he slept on the steps of a house at the corner of Hamilton Place , Piccadilly ; and when he awoke the next morning , he made the best of his way to Seven Dials , in ...
... night of his arrival in town , not knowing where to lay his head , he slept on the steps of a house at the corner of Hamilton Place , Piccadilly ; and when he awoke the next morning , he made the best of his way to Seven Dials , in ...
Stranica 32
... night and day , I pray ! " said an old beldam , a monstrous thing of shreds and patches , standing so that all hope of escape without a reply was cut off . " More glory to you , and throw a halfpinny to an ould woman that's fasting from ...
... night and day , I pray ! " said an old beldam , a monstrous thing of shreds and patches , standing so that all hope of escape without a reply was cut off . " More glory to you , and throw a halfpinny to an ould woman that's fasting from ...
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amongst amusement appearance August Strindberg battle Belcher birds blow boxer boxing called Captain celebrated century champion character Charles G. D. Roberts Charles Livingston Bull coach cockney Colonel colour Common Cribb deer Demy 8vo dogs Duke Edition England English Epping Forest fair favourite Fcap field fight Ford Madox Hueffer fought gentleman gilt guineas Gully hand hare head highwayman honour horse hounds hour hundred hunting huntsman illustrations instance John Galsworthy keeper killed known lady Langan latter lived London Lord master match Mendoza Molineux never night Novel o'clock occasion once partridges pheasants photogravure plates play poachers poaching pointer pounds prize-fighters prize-ring pugilist replied ring round Shilling shooting shot soon sporting sportsmen Spring squire Street town turf W. H. Hudson W. K. Clifford whilst whiskers wild Wimbledon Common young
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