Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volumen60Baily Bros., 1893 |
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Página 360 - ... trace the progress of useful and ornamental arts, to describe the rise of religious sects and the changes of literary taste, to portray the manners of successive generations, and not to pass by .with neglect even the revolutions which have taken place in dress, furniture, repasts, and public amusements. I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history, if I can succeed in placing before the Knglish of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their...
Página 388 - To work for the preservation of the large game of this country, and, so far as possible, to further legislation for that purpose, and to assist in enforcing the existing laws.
Página 92 - Which is its life and soul, it takes All shapes of thought, all hues of heart, Nor feels, itself, one throb it wakes — How like a gem its light may smile O'er the dark path, by mortals trod, Itself as mean a worm, the while, As crawls along the sullying sod — What sensibility may fall From its false lip, what plans to bless, While home, friends, kindred, country, all, Lie waste beneath its selfishness...
Página 398 - Edinbro' to London, or from London to Edinbro', or any place on that road, let them repair to Mr. John Baillie's, at the Coach and Horses, at the Head of...
Página 396 - All that are desirous to pass from London to York, or from York to London, or any other place on that road, Let them Repair to the Black Swan in Houlbourn in London, and to the Black Swan in Coney Street, in York.
Página 99 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Página 24 - Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light. Played round every subject, and shone as it played — Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade...
Página 294 - Post-Office, goes on to say, that " besides the excellent arrangement of conveying men and letters on horseback, there is of late such an admirable commodiousness, both for men and women to travel from London to the principal towns...
Página 297 - ... broad-headed nails, tracing out the panels ; in the upper tier of which were four oval windows, with heavy, red wooden frames, or leathern curtains. Upon the doors also were displayed, in large characters, the names of the places whence the coach started, and whither it went, stated in quaint and antique language.
Página 24 - The orator— dramatist — minstrel, — who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all ! ' Whose mind was an essence, compounded with art From the finest and best of all other men's powers — Who ruled, like a wizard, the world of the heart, And could call up its sunshine, or bring down its showers 'Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light.