The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.John William Carleton 1869 |
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... Arab population , and drove some even in the towns to acts of violence and despair , singularly oblivious that of late years , with that impar- tiality with which Providence metes to all countries and nations alike their climatic ...
... Arab population , and drove some even in the towns to acts of violence and despair , singularly oblivious that of late years , with that impar- tiality with which Providence metes to all countries and nations alike their climatic ...
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... Arab tribes located within or nomadic on the frontiers , that were to be expected from his sagacious perspicuity and judgment . With that gracious and encouraging demeanour to native and European , which , by concession and suavity ...
... Arab tribes located within or nomadic on the frontiers , that were to be expected from his sagacious perspicuity and judgment . With that gracious and encouraging demeanour to native and European , which , by concession and suavity ...
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... Arab Cavalry stood out in strongest relief - endurance without detriment , of great and sudden extremes of heat and cold ; capability of protracted exertion and fatigue , combined with long privation of water and food . It was the ready ...
... Arab Cavalry stood out in strongest relief - endurance without detriment , of great and sudden extremes of heat and cold ; capability of protracted exertion and fatigue , combined with long privation of water and food . It was the ready ...
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... Arab tribes , and of reverses . New reinforcements were expedited from France ; entire regiments took the route for Algeria ; and when each had accomplished its turn of duty they returned to France , and their places were supplied by ...
... Arab tribes , and of reverses . New reinforcements were expedited from France ; entire regiments took the route for Algeria ; and when each had accomplished its turn of duty they returned to France , and their places were supplied by ...
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... Arab onslaughts , and the ever - harassing service of the front , were horses bred and born in France ; and that of the num- ber imported which remained definitively in Algeria , very many not only supported well the fatigues of several ...
... Arab onslaughts , and the ever - harassing service of the front , were horses bred and born in France ; and that of the num- ber imported which remained definitively in Algeria , very many not only supported well the fatigues of several ...
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Страница 379 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Страница 280 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Страница 14 - He shall have chariots easier than air. Which I will have invented; and thyself That art the messenger shall ride before him, On a horse cut out of an entire diamond, That shall be made to go with golden wheels, I know not how yet.
Страница 186 - But here my heart began to bleed ; and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait. He was sitting upon the ground, upon a little straw, in the furthest corner of his dungeon, which was alternately his chair and bed...
Страница 261 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Страница 279 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Страница 461 - Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And she shall have music wherever she goes.
Страница 405 - A drop of patience : but, alas, to make me A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up...
Страница 69 - Is she not more than painting can express, Or youthful poets fancy when they love ! " Does she not come, like wisdom, or good fortune, " Replete with blessings, giving wealth and honour?
Страница 100 - Salisbury on the other, and thus the duke brought the king from Flint to Chester, where he was delivered to the duke of Gloucester's sonne, and to the earle of Arundel's sonne, that loved him but a little, for he had put their fathers to death, who led him strait to the castle*.