 It was a sport very pleasant to see the bear, with his pink eyes learing after his enemies, approach ; the nimbleness and wait of the dog to take his advantage ; and the force and experience of the bear again to avoid his assaults : if he were bitten...  The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England ... - Side 256av Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 420 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Robert Laneham - 1821 - 158 sider
...once, then what shift, with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them ; and when he was loose, to...ears twice or thrice with the blood and the slaver about his physiognomy, was a matter of a goodly relief. As this sport was held at day-time, in the... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - 1822 - 268 sider
...once, then what a shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them ; and when he was loose, to shake his ears twice or thrice with the blood and slaver about his physiognomy, was a matter of goodly relief." In the evening, after this " goodly relief,"... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 sider
...once, then what shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them; and, when he was loose, to...shake his ears twice or thrice, with the blood and slaver about his physiognomy, was a matter of goodly relief,"* It is due, however, to Elizabeth, to... | |
 | 1869 - 514 sider
...biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to free himself, and when ho was loose to shake his ears twice or thrice with the blood and the saliver about his ' fiznamy,' was a matter of goodly relief." This was an amusement for persons of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 sider
...once, then what shift, with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them, and when he was loose, to...ears twice or thrice, with the blood and the slaver about his phisnomy, was a matter of goodly relief.' In the twelfth century, the baiting of bulls and... | |
 | 1833 - 736 sider
...once, then what shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them, and when he was loose, to...ears twice or thrice, with the blood and the slaver about his physiognomy, was a matter of goodly relief."* * Laneham's Letter, describing the magnificent... | |
 | 1833 - 720 sider
...shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind nimself from them, and when he was loose, to shake his ears twice or thrice, with the blood and the slaver about bis physiognomy, was a matter of goodly relief."* * Laneham's Letter, describing the magnificent... | |
 | 1833 - 614 sider
...once, then what shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them, and when he was loose, to shake his ears twice or thrice, with tbe blood and the slaver about his physiognomy, was a matter of goodly refief."* * Laneham's Letter,... | |
 | 1869 - 514 sider
...shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to free himself, and when he was loose to shake his ears twice or thrice with the blood and the saliver about his ' fiznamy,' was a matter of goodly relief." This was an amusement for persons of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 sider
...once then what shift, with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them ; and when he was loose, to...ears twice or thrice, with the blood and the slaver about his visnomy, was a matter of a. goodly relief." Oh, Master Laneham, is it you, " always among... | |
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