 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 734 ページ
...Jîttle doubt but in two or three turns they would m»ke аи at. tack. ' The mode of killing them wai perhaps the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On nmice btiog givr.n that a wild bill woulu be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 506 ページ
...leave them, not chufing to provoke them further ; for there is little doubt but in two or three turns they would make an attack. The mode of killing them...notice being given, that a wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. fometimes... | |
 | 1796 - 512 ページ
...nearer, till they come within a few yards, when molt people think it prudent to leave them, nqt choofing to provoke them further, as it is probable, that in...notice being given, that a wild bull would be killed upen a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns» &.C. fometimes... | |
 | 1796 - 524 ページ
...yards, when moft people think it prudent to leave them, not choofing to provoke them further, as it it probable, that. in a few turns more they would make...ancient hunting. On notice being given, that a wild buil would be killed upon a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1799 - 774 ページ
...would make an attack, SIS The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the modern remains of the granJeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given, that a...killed upon a certain day, the inhabitants of the neignl.ourhoocl came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. fometimes to the amount of a hundred horfe,... | |
 | 1799 - 770 ページ
...that in a few turns more they would make an attack. Tie ' The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting....given, that a wild bull would be killed upon a certain flay, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, an J armed with guns, &c. fometimes to the... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 610 ページ
...good beef; from whence it may be fairly supposed that, in proper situations, they would feed well. ' The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the only modern...certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came in great numbers, both horse and foot; the horsemen rode off the bull from the rest of the herd until... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 ページ
...nearer, till they come within a few yards, when most people think it prudent to leave them, not choosing to provoke them further, as it is probable that in...notice being given that a wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood assembled, sometimes to the number of a hundred... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 564 ページ
...to leave them, not chusing to provoke them further ; for there is little doubt but in two or three turns more they would make an attack. The mode of...notice being given that a wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. sometimes... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1808 - 602 ページ
...advancing nearer, till they come within a few yards, when most people think it prudent to leave them. " The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the only modern...certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came in great numbers, both horse and foot : the horsemen rode off the bull from the rest of the herd until... | |
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The mode of killing them was, perhaps, the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild Bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. 
