Bentley's Miscellany, Volumen26Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Richard Bentley, 1849 |
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... race at Newmarket . He observes in general a peculiar disposition to seclusion and exclusion on the part of the privi- leged classes , -a drawing down of blinds and a drawing up of glasses , -walls , and veils , and plain clothes , and ...
... race at Newmarket . He observes in general a peculiar disposition to seclusion and exclusion on the part of the privi- leged classes , -a drawing down of blinds and a drawing up of glasses , -walls , and veils , and plain clothes , and ...
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... racing - man ; whose name , since the manful part he took in political life , has been as familiar to our eyes and ... race during his short but brilliant course on the turf ; and having as sincere an admiration for the brave honesty ...
... racing - man ; whose name , since the manful part he took in political life , has been as familiar to our eyes and ... race during his short but brilliant course on the turf ; and having as sincere an admiration for the brave honesty ...
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... race - horses , stepping like a troop of old Franconi's , bearing a tulip - bed aloft - so brilliantly shone the silken jackets of the riders in the sun , -the observed of a hundred thousand eyes , Lord George Bentinck , as steward of ...
... race - horses , stepping like a troop of old Franconi's , bearing a tulip - bed aloft - so brilliantly shone the silken jackets of the riders in the sun , -the observed of a hundred thousand eyes , Lord George Bentinck , as steward of ...
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... racing - suit , and " weighing , " with his saddle on his arm , in true professional style , he rode a match against Lord Maidstone , riding a horse of his own , some- thing by Bay Middleton , when he acquitted himself equally credit ...
... racing - suit , and " weighing , " with his saddle on his arm , in true professional style , he rode a match against Lord Maidstone , riding a horse of his own , some- thing by Bay Middleton , when he acquitted himself equally credit ...
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... race time outdoes itself in pleasantness and gaiety . There is none of the Newmarket intensity of turf business , though no lack of betting , God knows ! but every one seems disposed to enjoy himself ; eating , drinking , lounging on ...
... race time outdoes itself in pleasantness and gaiety . There is none of the Newmarket intensity of turf business , though no lack of betting , God knows ! but every one seems disposed to enjoy himself ; eating , drinking , lounging on ...
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