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... lives ) , and well he did his duty in every thing ; and well he did his duty when , sub rosâ , he managed a pack of fox - hounds . Young Roberts lived , albeit that was nearer his Christian than surname . Thus far I satisfy the ...
... lives ) , and well he did his duty in every thing ; and well he did his duty when , sub rosâ , he managed a pack of fox - hounds . Young Roberts lived , albeit that was nearer his Christian than surname . Thus far I satisfy the ...
Page xiv
... to the fashionable and sporting world . He is gone , but his memory will live long after the Author of these pages will have been forgotten . H. H .. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. The Chase : its Pleasures . Xiv INTRODUCTION .
... to the fashionable and sporting world . He is gone , but his memory will live long after the Author of these pages will have been forgotten . H. H .. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. The Chase : its Pleasures . Xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... live ; in fact , without the great the little could not live , for do away with the great , the poor would become slaves here , or pretty much the same thing , to other nations : if , there- fore , every noble and man of wealth could be ...
... live ; in fact , without the great the little could not live , for do away with the great , the poor would become slaves here , or pretty much the same thing , to other nations : if , there- fore , every noble and man of wealth could be ...
Page 17
... lives for ever in the re- collections of sportsmen , while their regrets are as undying as those recollections . The mere shooter will of course be regretted by his friends as a man , if he deserved such regrets ; but when he dies , it ...
... lives for ever in the re- collections of sportsmen , while their regrets are as undying as those recollections . The mere shooter will of course be regretted by his friends as a man , if he deserved such regrets ; but when he dies , it ...
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... live in the memory of all who have witnessed it . Enthusiastic as I am in my love of fox - hunting , candour obliges me to confess , I have among men as masters of fox- hounds , but of less high standing in society , seen acts and heard ...
... live in the memory of all who have witnessed it . Enthusiastic as I am in my love of fox - hunting , candour obliges me to confess , I have among men as masters of fox- hounds , but of less high standing in society , seen acts and heard ...
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