| 1872 - 478 sider
...listen to law, And many's the leveret hung out of his maw. Ware hare, Bachelor ! Ware hare! Ware hare! On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...With ribs like a frigate his timbers to meet, With a f.ishkm and fling and a form so complete, That to sec him dance over the flags is a treat ! Here, here,... | |
| J. Nevill Fitt - 1879 - 362 sider
...would never have come to the knowledge of how so many of the turkeys went. CHAPTEE VII. THE FOX-HOUND. On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...That to see him dance over the flags is a treat. IN the last chapter I treated of the fox — the most popular animal in creation at the present time.... | |
| J. Nevill Fitt - 1879 - 394 sider
...the knowledge of how so many of the turkeys went. 63 CHAPTER VII. THE FOX-HOUND. On the strnightcst of legs and the roundest of feet, With ribs like a...That to see him dance over the flags is a treat. IN the last chapter I treated of the fox — the most popular animal in creation at the present time.... | |
| Sir Alfred Edward Pease - 1898 - 324 sider
...hundred couples of hounds, each one of which 6 approaches Whyte-Melville's description of Bachelor— On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...complete, That to see him dance over the flags is a treat. But fashion and form without nose are in vain, And in March or mid-winter, storm, sunshine or rain,... | |
| George John Whyte-Melville - 1899 - 366 sider
...listen to law, And many's the leveret hung out of his maw. Ware hare, Bachelor ; Ware hare! Ware hare! On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...complete, That to see him dance over the flags is a treat ! Here, here, boy ! Bachelor ! t Handsome and good. But fashion and form without nose are in vain ;... | |
| George John Whyte-Melville - 1899 - 368 sider
...listen to law, And many's the leveret hung out of his maw. Ware hare, Bachelor ; Ware hare ! Ware hare ! On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...complete, That to see him dance over the flags is a treat ! Here, here, boy J Bacltelor I Handsome and good. But fashion and form without nose are in vain ;... | |
| John Anstruther-Thomson - 1904 - 442 sider
...to law, And many's the leveret hung out of his maw. 'Ware hare, Bachelor ! 'Ware hare ! 'Ware hare ! On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...complete, That to see him dance over the flags is a treat 1 Here, here, boy ! Bachelor ! Handsome and good ! But fashion and form without nose are in vain, And... | |
| Herbert Compton - 1904 - 626 sider
...Compare Somerville's description of 1765 to Whyte-Melville's, and there is nothing to quibble over : — On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...like a frigate his timbers to meet, With a fashion, a fling, and a form so complete That to see him dance over the flags is a treat ! Though so handy to... | |
| Arthur Croxton Smith - 1906 - 252 sider
...verse summed up admirably the salient points to be looked for in a good hound. On the sti-aightest of legs and the roundest of feet, With ribs like a...timbers to meet, With a fashion and fling and a form ao complete, That to see him dance over the ilags is a treat ! Head long with broad muzzle, and flatter... | |
| A. Croxton Smith - 1910 - 448 sider
...better." Whyte-Melville has said very much the same thing in his poem, " The King of the Kennel 'ij "On the straightest of legs and the roundest of feet,...complete, That to see him dance over the flags is a treat ! " Not only must a Foxhound have great scenting power, but he must possess drive and tongue, so that... | |
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