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Of all the places of amusement where gentlemen and ladies are entertained, I
have not been yet to visit Newmarket. This, I am told, is a large field; where upon
certain occasions three or four horses are brought together, then set a running,
and ...
Of all the places of amusement where gentlemen and ladies are entertained, I
have not been yet to visit Newmarket. This, I am told, is a large field; where upon
certain occasions three or four horses are brought together, then set a running,
and ...
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From the description of this princely amusement, now transcribed, and from the
great veneration I have for the characters of its principal promoters, I make no
doubt but I shall look upon an horse-race with becoming reverence, pre-disposed
as ...
From the description of this princely amusement, now transcribed, and from the
great veneration I have for the characters of its principal promoters, I make no
doubt but I shall look upon an horse-race with becoming reverence, pre-disposed
as ...
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Their usual amusement in this solitude was fishing: their mother had taught them
all the secrets of the art; she showed them which were the most likely places to
throw out the line, what baits were most proper for the various seasons, and the ...
Their usual amusement in this solitude was fishing: their mother had taught them
all the secrets of the art; she showed them which were the most likely places to
throw out the line, what baits were most proper for the various seasons, and the ...
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... it was clothed with verdure; this was a fine, unembarrassed road for Noah to fly
from his wicked children; he therefore did fly from them, and took a journey of two
thousand miles for his own amusement; therefore Noah and Fohi are the same.
... it was clothed with verdure; this was a fine, unembarrassed road for Noah to fly
from his wicked children; he therefore did fly from them, and took a journey of two
thousand miles for his own amusement; therefore Noah and Fohi are the same.
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Writers are unpardonable who convert our amusement into labor, and divest
knowledge of one of its most pleasing allurements. The ancients have
represented History under the figure of a woman, easy, graceful, and inviting ; but
we have ...
Writers are unpardonable who convert our amusement into labor, and divest
knowledge of one of its most pleasing allurements. The ancients have
represented History under the figure of a woman, easy, graceful, and inviting ; but
we have ...
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