Thirty Years of ShikarW. Blackwood & Sons, 1895 - 373 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 51
Página 2
... hours of leisure , during which sporting reminiscences may afford a wholesome relief from the mysterious murder of the sensation novel or the intrigue of the French yellow - back , or the miscellaneous crimes of other branches of ...
... hours of leisure , during which sporting reminiscences may afford a wholesome relief from the mysterious murder of the sensation novel or the intrigue of the French yellow - back , or the miscellaneous crimes of other branches of ...
Página 3
... hours by the clepsydra or Alfred's candles ; and , sooth to say , I have never cared to keep my memory in practice by recounting the bags made , or chances missed . Sufficient and very keen was the joy of pursuing the quarry , but ...
... hours by the clepsydra or Alfred's candles ; and , sooth to say , I have never cared to keep my memory in practice by recounting the bags made , or chances missed . Sufficient and very keen was the joy of pursuing the quarry , but ...
Página 7
... hours , when most of us had to get on to the roof to extinguish a fire that was burning merrily round the chimney - stack . Sat- isfied with this new form of house - warming , we retired to our couches for a couple of hours ' DAYS OF ...
... hours , when most of us had to get on to the roof to extinguish a fire that was burning merrily round the chimney - stack . Sat- isfied with this new form of house - warming , we retired to our couches for a couple of hours ' DAYS OF ...
Página 8
... hours against the mutineers . He is gone . Lives there yet , I wonder , the man ( an indigo - planter ) who lent me a mount one day at Dumdum ? And if he survives , has he yet fully repented the wrong he did me by that loan ? I had my ...
... hours against the mutineers . He is gone . Lives there yet , I wonder , the man ( an indigo - planter ) who lent me a mount one day at Dumdum ? And if he survives , has he yet fully repented the wrong he did me by that loan ? I had my ...
Página 27
... hour and a half or so ; and birds that were roused in one part of it would generally , if the gunner permitted , settle in another . In later years I fancy the snarers have spoiled this and other jheels round the Ben- gal metropolis by ...
... hour and a half or so ; and birds that were roused in one part of it would generally , if the gunner permitted , settle in another . In later years I fancy the snarers have spoiled this and other jheels round the Ben- gal metropolis by ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Anglo-Indian animal attack Author bear beast beat beaters Bengal bird Blackwood boar British brought buffalo bullet bungalow Byjinauth Calcutta camp chance charge Cheap Edition close cloth cover creature Crown 8vo Demy Deoghur district elephant expedition Fcap feet fired forest George Yule grass ground hand head hill Hindoo horse hour howdah hunt Illustrations India Indian jheel jungle Khooda Buksh killed light Lucknow machan mahout matter ment miles mukna murder mutiny native Nepal never night nullah occasion Oudh Paharis panther pig-sticking Portrait Post 8vo Professor pundas Purneah reason regiment ride river rode sahib Santhal Santhal rebellion Santhalia Scotland seen sepoys shikari shooting shot snipe sort sowars spear splendid sport sportsman spot swamp Tasmania Tasmanian Terai Thackwell things Third Edition tiger tiger-shooting tigress tion tree tusker University of Edinburgh village vols wild William Blackwood wounded yards Yule
Pasajes populares
Página 29 - STORMONTH. Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Including a very Copious Selection of Scientific Terms. For Use in Schools and Colleges, and as a Book of General Reference. By the Rev. JAMES STORMONTH. The Pronunciation carefully Revised by the Rev. PH PHELP, MA Cantab. Ninth Edition, Revised throughout. Crown 8vo, pp. 800. 7s. 6d. Dictionary of the English Language, Pronouncing, Etymological, and Explanatory.
Página 21 - Crown Svo, 5s. Belief in God. Fourth Edition. Crown Svo, 3s. Inspiration ; and other Sermons. Second Edition, Enlarged . Crown Svo, 5s. Church and Creed. Third Edition. Crown Svo, 4s. 6d. The Future of Religion, and other Essays. Second Edition. Crown Svo, 3s.
Página 20 - MA, Professor of Logic in the University of Aberdeen. Third Edition, revised. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. Characteristics of English Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley. New Edition, revised. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d.
Página 18 - Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century. Crown 8vo, 4s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Spain in the Sixteenth Century. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Sermons, and Review of the
Página 24 - Enlarged. 3s. 6d. Advanced Text-Book of Geology, Descriptive and Industrial. With Engravings, and Glossary of Scientific Terms. Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 7s. 6d.
Página 9 - Crown 8vo, 6s. 6d. The Elegies of Sextus Propertius. Translated into English Verse, with Life of the Poet, and Illustrative Notes. Crown 8vo, 7s.
Página 30 - TULLOCH. Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century. By JOHN TULLOCH, DD, Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews ; and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. Second Edition. 2 vols.
Página 5 - Cottages, &C. With Plans for Improving the Dwellings of the Poor in Large Towns. With 34 Plates. Royal 8vo, 7s. Picturesque Lodges. A Series of Designs for Gate Lodges, Park Entrances, Keepers', Gardeners', Bailiffs', Grooms', Upper and Under Servants' Lodges, and other Rural Residences.
Página 2 - ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH READERS. EDITED BY THE REV. W. LUCAS COLLINS, MA Complete in 28 Vols. crown 8vo, cloth, price 2s. 6d. each. And may also be had in 14 Volumes, strongly and neatly bound, with calf or vellum back, £3, 10s.
Página 28 - STEPHENS. The Book of the Farm ; detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, Field-Worker, and Cattle-man. Illustrated with numerous Portraits of Animals and Engravings of Implements, and Plans of Farm Buildings. Fourth Edition. Revised, and in great part Rewritten by JAMES MACDONALD, FRSE, Secretary, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.