The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, ...: Goats, sheep, wild and domestic cattle, &cW.H. Lizars, ... S. Highley, ... London; and W. Curry jun. & Company Dublin., 1836 - 270 ページ |
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222 ページ - Dark is his hide on either side, but the blood within doth boil, And the dun hide glows, as if on fire, as he paws to the turmoil: His eyes are jet, and they are set in crystal rings of snow; But now they stare with one red glare of brass upon the foe. Upon the forehead of the bull the horns stand close and near; From out the broad and wrinkled skull like daggers, they appear...
262 ページ - God, by whom all things were made ; and without whom was not any thing made that was made.
222 ページ - Once more, once more! In dust and gore to ruin must thou reel! In vain, in vain thou tearest the sand with furious heel! In vain, in vain, thou noble beast ! — I see, I see thee stagger ! Now keen and cold thy neck must hold the stern alcayde's dagger!
220 ページ - Alhamra's gate; In gowns of black with silver laced within the tented ring, Eight Moors to fight the bull are placed in presence of the King. Eight Moorish lords of...
221 ページ - Then to his lady's grace he turned, and she to him did throw A scarf from out her balcony was whiter than the snow.
4 ページ - Being representations of new, rare, or otherwise remarkable subjects of the ANIMAL KINGDOM, Drawn and Coloured after Nature, with historical and descriptive details ; By JAMES WILSON, ESQUIRE, FRSE, MWS, &c.
221 ページ - Gazul, turn," the people cry — the third comes up behind, Low to the sand his head holds he, his nostrils snuff the wind ; The mountaineers that lead the steers, without stand whispering low, " Now thinks this proud alcayde to stun Harpado so?
220 ページ - He hath summonded all the Moorish lords, from the hills and plains around ; From vega and sierra, from Betis and Xenil, They have come with helm and cuirass of gold and twisted steel. 'Tis the holy Baptist's feast they hold in royalty and state...
230 ページ - There is still another place, built in the form of a Theatre, which serves for the baiting of Bulls and Bears ; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs; but not without great...
230 ページ - And, which is the greater shame, I have seen persons of rank and family, of both sexes,* following this bulling business. I can say no more of it, but only to set forth the antiquity thereof as tradition goes. William, Earl of Warren, the first lord of this town, in the time of King John, standing upon his castle-walls in Stamford, saw two bulls fighting for a cow in a meadow under the same. A butcher of the town, owner of one of the bulls, set a great mastiff dog...