The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Band 31John William Carleton 1854 |
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John William Carleton. " MY FRIEND GREEN " : OR A CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF A BASHFUL MAN . BY GREYBEARD . My friend Green and I were at school together - no matter how many years ago ; and I still entertain a vivid recollection of the ...
John William Carleton. " MY FRIEND GREEN " : OR A CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF A BASHFUL MAN . BY GREYBEARD . My friend Green and I were at school together - no matter how many years ago ; and I still entertain a vivid recollection of the ...
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... Green is taken away and punished , till the colour which had suffused his cheeks pervades the greater portion of his plump and sensitive frame . And here let me put in a word for the rising generation . Nothing is so cruel as to judge a ...
... Green is taken away and punished , till the colour which had suffused his cheeks pervades the greater portion of his plump and sensitive frame . And here let me put in a word for the rising generation . Nothing is so cruel as to judge a ...
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... Green was an especial favourite with the women . Even the master's wife , a fine lady whom we never saw , save when we were ill , and who then , like a stately apparition , just glided through the sick- chamber , and , leaving a ...
... Green was an especial favourite with the women . Even the master's wife , a fine lady whom we never saw , save when we were ill , and who then , like a stately apparition , just glided through the sick- chamber , and , leaving a ...
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... Green and I , however , did see one another pretty regularly during our first years of manhood . We were both living in London , where I was per- fecting an education prematurely cut short by certain irregularities at Oxford , on which ...
... Green and I , however , did see one another pretty regularly during our first years of manhood . We were both living in London , where I was per- fecting an education prematurely cut short by certain irregularities at Oxford , on which ...
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... Green unwittingly spoilt , from the difficulty he invariably experienced in " getting away " after he had screwed his courage up to the point of visiting intercourse ; and when he did take his departure , it was more in the fashion of ...
... Green unwittingly spoilt , from the difficulty he invariably experienced in " getting away " after he had screwed his courage up to the point of visiting intercourse ; and when he did take his departure , it was more in the fashion of ...
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Seite 358 - Of one that loved not wisely but too well ; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme ; of one whose hand, Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe ; of one whose subdued eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.
Seite 259 - You conceive that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well...
Seite 80 - ... the common gaol or house of correction (with or without hard labour), as to the justice or justices shall seem meet, for any term not exceeding two calendar months...
Seite 157 - ... betting with persons resorting thereto ; or for the purpose of any money or valuable thing being received by or on behalf of such owner...
Seite 239 - Stakes, to carry 71ba. extra ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31bs. ; Ditch Mile.
Seite 153 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Seite 117 - For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours. The hare in pastures or in plains is found, Emblem of human life ; who runs the round, And, after all his wandering ways are done, His circle fills, and ends where he begun, Just as the setting meets the rising sun.
Seite 461 - Like birds whose beauties languish, half concealed, Till mounted on the wing their glossy plumes Expanded, shine with azure, green, and gold, How blessings brighten as they take their flight ! 3.
Seite 157 - No house, office, room, or other place shall be opened, kept, or used for the purpose of the owner, occupier, or keeper thereof, or any person using the same, or any person procured or employed by or acting for or on behalf of such owner, occupier, or keeper, or person using the same, or of any person having the care or management or in any manner conducting the business thereof betting with persons resorting thereto...
Seite 446 - Approach : behold this marble. Know ye not The features? Hath not oft his faithful tongue Told you the fashion of your own estate, The secrets of your bosom?