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... Duke of Buccleuch --- Lord Elcho and the fisherman toll- keeper - A thaw - Nimrod meets the Duke's hounds at Rutherford , and after a short run they kill their fox near Dryburgh Abbey - Sir Walter Scott - Melrose Abbey- The Duke's old ...
... Duke of Buccleuch --- Lord Elcho and the fisherman toll- keeper - A thaw - Nimrod meets the Duke's hounds at Rutherford , and after a short run they kill their fox near Dryburgh Abbey - Sir Walter Scott - Melrose Abbey- The Duke's old ...
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... Duke ; " it is a sportsman I am sure . " It was Musters ; to whom his Grace immediately made an offer of a mount so long as he remained in Scotland , but which that celebrated sportsman declined , having no hunting clothes at command ...
... Duke ; " it is a sportsman I am sure . " It was Musters ; to whom his Grace immediately made an offer of a mount so long as he remained in Scotland , but which that celebrated sportsman declined , having no hunting clothes at command ...
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... duke's hounds met this day at a place called Rutherford , distant from Kelso about four miles ; but I have very little to say of sport . The ground was hard and slippery , the country bad , and the fox worse than all , for although he ...
... duke's hounds met this day at a place called Rutherford , distant from Kelso about four miles ; but I have very little to say of sport . The ground was hard and slippery , the country bad , and the fox worse than all , for although he ...
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... duke another season , and for this reason : -towards the end of a severe day , he , for the first time in his life ... duke's hounds at Kelso - NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE . 13.
... duke another season , and for this reason : -towards the end of a severe day , he , for the first time in his life ... duke's hounds at Kelso - NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE . 13.
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... duke's , and Captain Spottiswoode were , as usual , where they ought to have been . The duke himself was not out . In the first place the fixture was a long distance from Bow - wood , where he was at that time residing ; and , secondly ...
... duke's , and Captain Spottiswoode were , as usual , where they ought to have been . The duke himself was not out . In the first place the fixture was a long distance from Bow - wood , where he was at that time residing ; and , secondly ...
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Página 266 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 91 - The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins Remorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Página 13 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Página 480 - But of this no more, but that it is observed, that the old or very great Pikes have in them more of state than goodness; the smaller or middle-sized Pikes, being by the most and choicest palates observed to be the best meat; and contrary, the Eel is observed to be the better for age and bigness.
Página 89 - B met me at the nursery-door, and led me back again. You must not go in again, my dearest. They have just been giving the child other things to try to drive out the malady; and some pustules seem to promise on his breast. I made no doubt...
Página 84 - A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky proclaim it a Hunting Morning...
Página 396 - The proper method of improving the form of animals, consists in selecting a well-formed female, proportionally larger than the male. The improvement depends on this principle, that the power of the female to supply her offspring with nourishment is in proportion to her size, and to the power of nourishing herself from the excellence of her constitution. The size of the foetus...
Página 380 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the " Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.
Página 479 - On the contrary, those fish that live near the bottom of the water have a low standard of respiration, a high degree of muscular irritability, and less necessity for oxygen ; they sustain life long after they are taken out of the water, and their flesh remains good for several days.
Página 382 - Congenial passions souls together bind, And ev'ry calling mingles with its kind ; Soldier unites with soldier, swain with swain, The mariner with him that roves the main.