Random ReminiscencesE. Arnold, 1902 - 305 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... Stage burglars and real ones- Criminal lines of business ' - Card - sharping - An old American ' sport ' - The road to wealth - Millionaires at play - Mr . Lowenfeld · 189-215 CHAPTER XII - PAGE Music - halls - The variety.
... Stage burglars and real ones- Criminal lines of business ' - Card - sharping - An old American ' sport ' - The road to wealth - Millionaires at play - Mr . Lowenfeld · 189-215 CHAPTER XII - PAGE Music - halls - The variety.
Pàgina 36
... play . There have been , of course , rare but conspicuous instances of men who have excelled in their Triposes as well as in the sports ; but as a rule , in my time , the reading men confined their exercise to a long walk or a pull on ...
... play . There have been , of course , rare but conspicuous instances of men who have excelled in their Triposes as well as in the sports ; but as a rule , in my time , the reading men confined their exercise to a long walk or a pull on ...
Pàgina 41
... the Cambridge way of playing differed from the Monte Carlo game . I think it was in case of an après . But I know that the odds were well in favour of the bank . In my time the play was I very high . I once saw a boy of one.
... the Cambridge way of playing differed from the Monte Carlo game . I think it was in case of an après . But I know that the odds were well in favour of the bank . In my time the play was I very high . I once saw a boy of one.
Pàgina 42
... play was expected to be high , Roddie Muggridge ( the son of Lord Muggridge ) shared a bank with Hugh . They declared a bank of a hundred pounds , fifty each , and play began . But , by some extraordinary chance , on this particular ...
... play was expected to be high , Roddie Muggridge ( the son of Lord Muggridge ) shared a bank with Hugh . They declared a bank of a hundred pounds , fifty each , and play began . But , by some extraordinary chance , on this particular ...
Pàgina 56
... play of Fédora ' at the Haymarket Theatre ) , while a timekeeper recorded in monotonous tones each minute as it passed . At the back of the cart two eager reporters were writing in their notebooks at lightning speed . " The cheering was ...
... play of Fédora ' at the Haymarket Theatre ) , while a timekeeper recorded in monotonous tones each minute as it passed . At the back of the cart two eager reporters were writing in their notebooks at lightning speed . " The cheering was ...
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Pàgina 224 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Pàgina 9 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 14 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour," which has long been a scarce book.
Pàgina 7 - Limited to 350 copies, of which 200 are for the use of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, leaving 150 for sale.
Pàgina 225 - With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow ; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd — " I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
Pàgina 23 - SYMBOLIC EDUCATION : A COMMENTARY ON FROEBEL'S "MOTHER PLAY.
Pàgina 266 - WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come...
Pàgina 5 - After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair more Americano. There were strangers in the room, and he was expostulated with for his uncouthness, but in vain. ' Do put down your feet!' pleaded his host. ' Why should I?' retorted Tennyson. 'I'm very comfortable as I am.' 'Every one's staring at you,' said another. 'Let 'em stare,' replied the poet, placidly. 'Alfred,' said my father, 'people will think you're Longfellow.
Pàgina 196 - I'll have his blood, his blood, his blood! (Raving) Death and vengeance, am I become his sport? He's pleased, and smiles to see me rage the more! But he shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman!
Pàgina 81 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.