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Page iv
... hunt ; and numbers of these are widely different from the real hunting man . The two are about on a par with the man who sails on the sea and the sailor . I If all men who hunt were really hunting men , not a line of advice on the ...
... hunt ; and numbers of these are widely different from the real hunting man . The two are about on a par with the man who sails on the sea and the sailor . I If all men who hunt were really hunting men , not a line of advice on the ...
Page vii
Harry Hieover. PREFACE . vii him seek other pursuits and give up hunting , for he will find no real enjoyment in it ... hunting riders , the horses also a fair description of hunter ; they are taking a rather spreading , but perfectly ...
Harry Hieover. PREFACE . vii him seek other pursuits and give up hunting , for he will find no real enjoyment in it ... hunting riders , the horses also a fair description of hunter ; they are taking a rather spreading , but perfectly ...
Page xv
... Hunter . Amount of Work that may be expected of him . Discipline of old and young Hunters CHAP . III . 41 Harry Hieover's Visit to a Stud . The Model Stud - groom , Remarks on different Hunters . Racing , Steeple - chasing , and Hunting ...
... Hunter . Amount of Work that may be expected of him . Discipline of old and young Hunters CHAP . III . 41 Harry Hieover's Visit to a Stud . The Model Stud - groom , Remarks on different Hunters . Racing , Steeple - chasing , and Hunting ...
Page 3
... hunter let me tell her the homely truth : the man who affirms how far more lovely is the " drooping lily " than " the ... hunting field for ever . On however precarious a footing an author may stand , and most precarious that footing is ...
... hunter let me tell her the homely truth : the man who affirms how far more lovely is the " drooping lily " than " the ... hunting field for ever . On however precarious a footing an author may stand , and most precarious that footing is ...
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... hunters in the stable ; but Philosophy uses me most scurvily in this par- ticular , and will not bring a particle of ... hunting and sporting pursuits , like everything else in this warring world , have some enemies , there are two great ...
... hunters in the stable ; but Philosophy uses me most scurvily in this par- ticular , and will not bring a particle of ... hunting and sporting pursuits , like everything else in this warring world , have some enemies , there are two great ...
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