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Page 10
... allow , that on a more stiff clayey and wet soil damage would have been done ; but if it had , a proper application to the master of the hounds would have set all right , had I been disposed to make one . Now turnips really do suffer ...
... allow , that on a more stiff clayey and wet soil damage would have been done ; but if it had , a proper application to the master of the hounds would have set all right , had I been disposed to make one . Now turnips really do suffer ...
Page 16
... allow me to consider such a mhan a sportsman , unless he was one who angled , when , from some cause or other , he could not hunt . Shooting is unquestionably sporting ; and if a man shot because or when he could not hunt , I should par ...
... allow me to consider such a mhan a sportsman , unless he was one who angled , when , from some cause or other , he could not hunt . Shooting is unquestionably sporting ; and if a man shot because or when he could not hunt , I should par ...
Page 36
... allowing a portion of them may be erroneous , or supposing the whole to be so , their publication must be at all events harmless , for the reader can consult better authority , and in one case reject what he disapproves , and in the ...
... allowing a portion of them may be erroneous , or supposing the whole to be so , their publication must be at all events harmless , for the reader can consult better authority , and in one case reject what he disapproves , and in the ...
Page 45
... allow a good deal against your hunter ; but as you compliment me by asking my opinion of hunters , I will write something for you on that subject . " I did so to the following purport . Supposing a man to determine to become a regular ...
... allow a good deal against your hunter ; but as you compliment me by asking my opinion of hunters , I will write something for you on that subject . " I did so to the following purport . Supposing a man to determine to become a regular ...
Page 54
... allow such a race - horse as I allude to probably is in the best possible state and form he can be for great performance , but his work having neces- sarily been made a bore to him , renders it a bore to ride him . He is a machine wound ...
... allow such a race - horse as I allude to probably is in the best possible state and form he can be for great performance , but his work having neces- sarily been made a bore to him , renders it a bore to ride him . He is a machine wound ...
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