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Page 315 - If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Page 209 - wolves, a harras of horses, a rag of colts, a stud of mares, a pace of asses, a baren of mules, a team of oxen, a drove of kine, a flock of sheep, a tribe of goats, a skulk of foxes, a cete of badgers, a richess of martins, a
Page 208 - Her Majesty is well, and excellently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback, and continues the sport long.
Page 150 - although they are invisible from the earth, there can be no doubt that they are perpetually hunting in circles within sight of each other. Thus, should one bird discover some object upon the surface of the earth below, his sudden pounce would be at once observed and imitated by every vulture in succession. Should one vulture
Page 210 - recommendable games that you can use on horseback, for it becometh a prince best of any man to be a fair and good horseman. Use therefore to ride and danton great and courageous horses, and especially use such games on horseback as may teach you to handle your
Page 59 - I'm quite prepared to marry again, But there'd be the deuce to pay in the Lords If I fell in love with one of my wards ! Which rather tries my temper, for I'm
Page 210 - therefore to ride and danton great and courageous horses, and especially use such games on horseback as may teach you to handle your arms thereon, such as the tilt, the ring, and low riding for handling
Page 210 - As for hawking I condemn it not, but I must praise it more sparingly, because it neither resembleth the wars so
Page 208 - Thomas Engaine held lands in Pitchley, in the county of Northampton, by service of finding at his own cost certain dogs for the destruction of wolves and foxes in the counties of Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Essex and Buckingham.
Page 150 - the earth perceive a body, or even should he notice the buzzards collecting at a given point, he would at once become aware of {a prey; his rush towards the spot would act like a telegraphic signal to