Sporting scenes, and country characters by Martingale1840 |
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Side 3
... are the home , the resort , the protection of many of his favourites . The wily fox has his earths within their precincts ; they are the haunt of the cock and the pheasant ; they are the shelter of the INTRODUCTION . 3.
... are the home , the resort , the protection of many of his favourites . The wily fox has his earths within their precincts ; they are the haunt of the cock and the pheasant ; they are the shelter of the INTRODUCTION . 3.
Side 16
... earths . The situation is perhaps more elevated than the immediate country around . The crowd of horsemen increases ; and the humble pedestrian is also enabled to come up to the spot in sufficient time to witness the commencement of the ...
... earths . The situation is perhaps more elevated than the immediate country around . The crowd of horsemen increases ; and the humble pedestrian is also enabled to come up to the spot in sufficient time to witness the commencement of the ...
Side 24
... earths , -but will be disappointed , for they have all been previously stopped . The whole pack ad- vances , and dashes into the very spot at which he entered ; the horsemen come up at full speed ; some rush down the ridings of the wood ...
... earths , -but will be disappointed , for they have all been previously stopped . The whole pack ad- vances , and dashes into the very spot at which he entered ; the horsemen come up at full speed ; some rush down the ridings of the wood ...
Side 29
... earths , -the hounds are at his heels - almost breathless ; he has reached the last field , —a moment more , and he is safe.- No ! Hector is upon him ; he rushes into him ; the pack pours down like a stream ; the stanch old fox is dead ...
... earths , -the hounds are at his heels - almost breathless ; he has reached the last field , —a moment more , and he is safe.- No ! Hector is upon him ; he rushes into him ; the pack pours down like a stream ; the stanch old fox is dead ...
Side 41
... earths are stopped , as during the regular hunting season . No one is acquainted that the pack is coming on a certain appointed day but the earthstopper and the keeper ; and the latter is very often deceived as to the precise hour ...
... earths are stopped , as during the regular hunting season . No one is acquainted that the pack is coming on a certain appointed day but the earthstopper and the keeper ; and the latter is very often deceived as to the precise hour ...
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
ALKEN amongst animal approach bait battue beautiful birds chace Cloth Lettered cock considerable distance course cover coveys danger deer delightful destruction DICKES diversion dogs ducks earth Edition effect enabled enjoyment escape especially extremely favourite feed feeling fieldfare fish float fishing fly-fisher Foolscap Octavo Volume fox hunter fox hunting gamekeeper greyhound ground grouse gunner habits hare haunts horse huntsman immediately invariably jack snipe keeper kennel killed knows labour landrail large number lover lurcher mole-catcher nature never night occasions otter owner pack partridge perfect pheasant pike poacher possesses pot-hunter present preserved Price purpose pursued pursuit qualities rabbit-catcher rabbits racter rat-catcher resolution resort Reynard ride rience scene scent season secure shooter shooting shot skill snipe spot stag hunting stoat stream tion Tom Moody traps trout true sportsman turn weasel weather whilst whipper-in whips whole woods young hounds
Populære avsnitt
Side 158 - But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.
Side 277 - Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement ; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end, and a, fool at the other.
Side 86 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Side 28 - Dispersed, how busily this way and that, They cross, examining with curious nose Each likely haunt. Hark! on the drag I hear Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry More nobly full, and swelled with every mouth.