| Nimrod - 1850 - 322 páginas
...means to be!" "Only Dick Christian*," answers Lord Forester, " and it 's nothing new to him." " But he'll be drowned," exclaims Lord Kinnaird. "I shouldn't...observes Mr. William Coke. But the pace is too good to inquire. The fox does his best to escape: he threads hedgerows, tries the out-buildings of a farm house,... | |
| Nimrod - 1851 - 80 páginas
...he means to be!" "Only Dick Christian," t answers Lord Forester, "and it's nothing new to him." "But he'll be drowned," exclaims Lord Kinnaird. " I shouldn't...observes Mr. William Coke. But the pace is too good to inquire. The fox does his best to escape : he threads hedgerows, tries the out-buildings of a farm... | |
| Nimrod - 1853 - 342 páginas
...he means to be!" "Only Dick Christian," f answers Lord Forester, "and it's nothing new to him." "But he'll be drowned," exclaims Lord Kinnaird. " I shouldn't...wonder," observes Mr. William Coke. But the pace is too g<jpd to inquire. The fox does his best to escape : he threads hedgerows, tries the out-buildings •... | |
| Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 460 páginas
...— ' I shouldn't wonder,' observes Mr. William Coke ; ' but the pace is too good to inquire.' " * The Dick Christian, whose probable fate gave so little...brooks ; but Irish horses and riders face them with the most perfect indifference. At the great horse fairs of Ballinasloe, the parish pound, six feet in height,... | |
| Edmund Yates - 1865 - 338 páginas
...Dick Christian" (a celebrated rough-rider), answers Lord Forester; "and it's nothing new to him!" "But he'll be drowned!" exclaims Lord Kinnaird. "I shouldn't...observes Mr. William Coke; "but the pace is too good to inquire." In addition to huntsmen's whips, you will require two or three helpers in your stable, at... | |
| Nimrod - 1898 - 402 páginas
...steeple-chase from Rolleston. He is paid 15s. per day for riding gentlemen's young horses with hounds. shouldn't wonder," observes Mr. William Coke. But the pace is too good to inquire. The fox does his best to escape : he threads hedgerows, tries the out-buildings of a farm-house,... | |
| Nimrod - 1901 - 184 páginas
...for riding gentlemen's young horses with hounds. Lord Forester, ' and it 's nothing new to him.' 'But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't...observes Mr. William Coke. But the pace is too good to inquire. The fox does his best to escape : he threads hedgerows, tries the out-buildings of a farm-house,... | |
| 1842 - 574 páginas
...to be !' — ' Only Dick Christian,' answers Lord Forester, 'and it is nothing new to him.' — 'But he'll be drowned !' exclaims Lord Kinnaird.— ' I...brooks ; but Irish horses and riders face them with the most perfect indifference. At the great horse fairs of Ballinasloe, the parish pound, six feet in height,... | |
| 1842 - 576 páginas
...be ! " — " Only Dick Christian," answers Lord Forester, " and it is nothing new to him." — " But he'll be drowned !" exclaims Lord Kinnaird. — "...; but the pace is too good to enquire." ' * *' The Chase, the Turf, and the Road, p. 56. The great mistake of The Dick Christian, whose probable fate... | |
| S. Warrand - 1842 - 614 páginas
...• —«Only Dirk Christian, » answers Lord Forester, « and it is nothing new to him « — «But he'll be drowned!" exclaims Lord Kinnaird.— «I...William Coke; but the pace is too good to enquire. »' ('J The Dick Christian, whose probable fate gave so little concern, is a celebrated rough-rider,... | |
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