Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - Horses |
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... brings a greater number of customers ; they then say they can afford to sell cheap , on account of their large capital , sell at any price that is offered , pocket the cash , and leave the plate glass for their creditors . " ( ( SUCH A ...
... brings a greater number of customers ; they then say they can afford to sell cheap , on account of their large capital , sell at any price that is offered , pocket the cash , and leave the plate glass for their creditors . " ( ( SUCH A ...
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... brings me to the wrinkle I promised you ; the world , do ye see Master Pettatt , is a kind of handicap race , that we all run ; now a handicap is a race where horses ought to be ( for they seldom are ) weighted according to their ...
... brings me to the wrinkle I promised you ; the world , do ye see Master Pettatt , is a kind of handicap race , that we all run ; now a handicap is a race where horses ought to be ( for they seldom are ) weighted according to their ...
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... " thy words , Ned . , may be prophetic ; but no ! it shall never come to that , though Burnham wood should come to Dunsinnane . " " " Pettatt ! " cried he , on his valet answering his bell , 8 SCREWS . " bring me the brandy , " B 4.
... " thy words , Ned . , may be prophetic ; but no ! it shall never come to that , though Burnham wood should come to Dunsinnane . " " " Pettatt ! " cried he , on his valet answering his bell , 8 SCREWS . " bring me the brandy , " B 4.
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Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen Harry Hieover. 8 SCREWS . " bring me the brandy , " - the heavy salver , on which was engraved the arms of the family with its crystal companions , and the stimulating liquor made its ap- pearance ; he ...
Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen Harry Hieover. 8 SCREWS . " bring me the brandy , " - the heavy salver , on which was engraved the arms of the family with its crystal companions , and the stimulating liquor made its ap- pearance ; he ...
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... was going on , though he never said any thing to me about it . " 66 Right , " said Jaques ; " and I'll tell you more ; she is meant to win again . This brings her to the CONVICTION AND CONSEQUENCES . 23 great stake she is engaged.
... was going on , though he never said any thing to me about it . " 66 Right , " said Jaques ; " and I'll tell you more ; she is meant to win again . This brings her to the CONVICTION AND CONSEQUENCES . 23 great stake she is engaged.
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