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... nag to the fixture ; if the wind should be at east , with a brisk sleet , crowned by a blank , " you will go home a wiser if not a happier man . " Omne ignotum pro 66 magnifico " is a maxim that by no means applies THE NEW YEAR . 5.
... nag to the fixture ; if the wind should be at east , with a brisk sleet , crowned by a blank , " you will go home a wiser if not a happier man . " Omne ignotum pro 66 magnifico " is a maxim that by no means applies THE NEW YEAR . 5.
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... means for social intercourse , and liberal in its promotion of the interests of the town with which it is associated . Its autumnal matches are the ideal of aquatic galas ; and its Regatta balls , " with streamers waving in the wind ...
... means for social intercourse , and liberal in its promotion of the interests of the town with which it is associated . Its autumnal matches are the ideal of aquatic galas ; and its Regatta balls , " with streamers waving in the wind ...
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... means a necessary corollary of the former . Constituted as the social system was at the period , fox - hunting , in its relation to the condition of rural life generally , was not , perhaps , per se bad ; but as a recreative resource it ...
... means a necessary corollary of the former . Constituted as the social system was at the period , fox - hunting , in its relation to the condition of rural life generally , was not , perhaps , per se bad ; but as a recreative resource it ...
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... mean is , that the popular characteristic is as strongly marked , if not more so , than ever . We will take cricket , for example . Last summer that fine manly game might be seen in all its various phases , from the " pride , pomp , and ...
... mean is , that the popular characteristic is as strongly marked , if not more so , than ever . We will take cricket , for example . Last summer that fine manly game might be seen in all its various phases , from the " pride , pomp , and ...
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... means to attach to a great national sport . I think the chase might be a little more exclusive , with advantage to itself . Money is certainly no criterion of character ; nevertheless there is a sort of conventional respectability ...
... means to attach to a great national sport . I think the chase might be a little more exclusive , with advantage to itself . Money is certainly no criterion of character ; nevertheless there is a sort of conventional respectability ...
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