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... device for killing the time of the pursuers as well as the animal pursued . There is not a man perhaps in existence who now makes fox - hunting the whole and sole object of his being ; within the present century , THE NEW YEAR . 7.
... device for killing the time of the pursuers as well as the animal pursued . There is not a man perhaps in existence who now makes fox - hunting the whole and sole object of his being ; within the present century , THE NEW YEAR . 7.
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... whole thing , and of course making the run exactly their ten minutes longer than the reality . It must be want of “ heart ” -mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear ...
... whole thing , and of course making the run exactly their ten minutes longer than the reality . It must be want of “ heart ” -mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear ...
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... whole thing from end to end , assured He had had two falls , and I did hear tumbled off once ; but he never let the old mare go , and was up and at it again like a good one . He made his play at first , and having once got on good terms ...
... whole thing from end to end , assured He had had two falls , and I did hear tumbled off once ; but he never let the old mare go , and was up and at it again like a good one . He made his play at first , and having once got on good terms ...
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... whole routine of an university education was not then , as now , deemed so essential for a gentleman of his position ; and he readily obtained his father's consent to his quitting Oxford , and accepting a company in the Nottinghamshire ...
... whole routine of an university education was not then , as now , deemed so essential for a gentleman of his position ; and he readily obtained his father's consent to his quitting Oxford , and accepting a company in the Nottinghamshire ...
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... whole country . The old gentleman used to say , on coming out after this , that he was one of the field . " There were four kennels - Annes- ley , Colwick , Edwalton , and Wiverton . The South Nottinghamshire country , hunted by Mr ...
... whole country . The old gentleman used to say , on coming out after this , that he was one of the field . " There were four kennels - Annes- ley , Colwick , Edwalton , and Wiverton . The South Nottinghamshire country , hunted by Mr ...
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