Hawbuck Grange, Or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, EsqBradbury, Agnew, 1892 - 265 pagine This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy! |
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Hawbuck Grange: Or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq Robert Smith Surtees Visualizzazione completa - 1926 |
"Hawbuck Grange:" Or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq Robert Smith Surtees Visualizzazione completa - 1885 |
Hawbuck Grange: Or, the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq Robert Smith Surtees Visualizzazione estratti - 1947 |
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Pagina 138 - name is Norval! on the Grampian hills," &c., but that did not seem to answer any better, and he presently struck off with— '- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to ''
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Pagina 4 - Harriers, to be good, like all other hounds, must be kept to their own game; if you run fox with them, you spoil them; hounds cannot, be perfect unless used to one scent and one style of hunting. Harriers run fox
Pagina 147 - of a Rabelaisian tinge, they abound with incidents redolent of mirth and jollity. The artist, Mr. Leech, was himself also an enthusiast in the sport, and has reflected in his illustrations, with instinctive appreciation, the rollicking abandon of the author's stories. These volumes can be had separately as under:— HANDLEY CROSS; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Many Sketches on Wood, and 17 Steel Engravings. Price
Pagina 4 - so different a style from hare, that it is of great disservice to them when they return to hare again ; it makes them wild, and teaches them to skirt. The high
Pagina 146 - 23- ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. 24 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS. 25- SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. 26. LAY OF LAST MINSTREL AND MEMOIR. 27- MARMION. 28. LADY OF THE LAKE. 29- LORD OF THE ISLES.
Pagina 4 - which a fox leaves, the straightness of his running, the eagerness of the pursuit, and the noise that generally accompanies it, all contribute to spoil
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Pagina 59 - Sir Robert ; but I've thrown up politics, and devote myself to draining, and d ning him instead." " Ah, well," rejoined his lordship, with a smile at the mixed occupation, "well, but you'd like to see the Whigs out, of course," eyeing himself in the Master of the Buckhounds picture. " Not if it was to let Peel in again," replied Tom. " I hate the sound of his name.
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