The Dog and the Sportsman: Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases, Etc., Etc., of Dogs, and an Account of the Different Kinds of Game, with Their Habits. Also Hints to Shooters, with Various Useful Recipes, Etc., EtcLea & Blanchard, 1845 - 223 páginas |
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... less distinguished , who , it may be asked , has read that delightful book , " The Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon , " can fail to be struck with its numerous anecdotes , illustrative of his amiable fondness for dogs ? How interesting his ...
... less distinguished , who , it may be asked , has read that delightful book , " The Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon , " can fail to be struck with its numerous anecdotes , illustrative of his amiable fondness for dogs ? How interesting his ...
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... less apt to occur among animals in their wild state , because there the favours of the female are fought for with mortal fierceness , and are generally engrossed by the most spirited and powerful . Hence no striking and general ...
... less apt to occur among animals in their wild state , because there the favours of the female are fought for with mortal fierceness , and are generally engrossed by the most spirited and powerful . Hence no striking and general ...
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... less attrac- tive and bountiful , and far less congenial to these charm- ing inhabitants of our woods and waters . But , to return to the water - dog , There is one now ( Leo ) at Maxwell's Point , on the Gunpowder River , in Maryland ...
... less attrac- tive and bountiful , and far less congenial to these charm- ing inhabitants of our woods and waters . But , to return to the water - dog , There is one now ( Leo ) at Maxwell's Point , on the Gunpowder River , in Maryland ...
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... less pursuers . Advanced as England is in science , in art , and in arms , the accomplishments of the well - bred Englishman are no where more conspicuous than in his enjoyment of field sports , and the magnificence of all the ...
... less pursuers . Advanced as England is in science , in art , and in arms , the accomplishments of the well - bred Englishman are no where more conspicuous than in his enjoyment of field sports , and the magnificence of all the ...
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... less than $ 70 or $ 80 ; coming under a bill of lading as merchandise . M. Martinez del Campo tells me , he has an uncle in Spain , who is a great sheep - raiser ; and that in a letter he had from him some time ago , speak- ing of his ...
... less than $ 70 or $ 80 ; coming under a bill of lading as merchandise . M. Martinez del Campo tells me , he has an uncle in Spain , who is a great sheep - raiser ; and that in a letter he had from him some time ago , speak- ing of his ...
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The Dog and the Sportsman - Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases ... John Stuart Skinner,John George Wood Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
The Dog and the Sportsman: Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases ... John Stuart Skinner,Frederick Thomas Hodgson Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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Página 43 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 39 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone, Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth: While man, vain insect!