... she should run the next day against any gelding in the world, for double the sum : my master immediately accepted the challenge, and told him, that he would the next day produce a gelding that should... The British Essayists;: Adventurer - Page 238by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
| 1753 - 750 pages
...that (hould beat her. But what was my ailonr/hment and indignation, when I di£_overed that he moil cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for this match upon the fpot ; and to lacrifice my life at the very moment in which cvejy nerve ihould be fti-ained in his... | |
| 1773 - 394 pages
...gelding that mould beat her: but what was my aftonifhment and indignation, when I difcovered that he moft cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for this match upon the fpot; and to facrifice my life at the very moment, in which every nerve mould be ftrained in his fervica... | |
| 1793 - 310 pages
...mould beat her : but what was my aftonifhment ** and indignation, when I difcovered that he. mofl 44 cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for " this match upon the fpot ; and to facrifice my life " at the very moment in which every nerve fhould be *' {trained in... | |
| 1803 - 240 pages
...produce a gcluing " that should beat her: but what was my astonish" ment when I discovered that he most cruelly and " fraudulently intended to qualify me...would be in vain to resist, I suffered " myself to be boutid : the operation was performed, " and I was instantly mounted and spurred on to the " goal. Injured... | |
| Thomas Hornby Morland - 1810 - 192 pages
...that should beat her. But what was my astonishment and indignation, when I discovered that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for...match upon the spot, and to sacrifice my life at the moment in which every nerve should be strained in his service. As I knew it would be in vain to resist,... | |
| 1823 - 324 pages
...gelding that should beat her: but what was my astonishment and indignation when I discovered that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for...very moment in which every nerve should be strained iu bis service ! " As I knew it would be in vain to resist, I suffered myself to be bound; the operation... | |
| 1839 - 890 pages
...that should beat him : but what was my astonishment and indignation when I discovered that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for...performed ; and I was instantly mounted and spurred to the goal. Injured as I was, the love of glory was still superior to the desire of revenge. I determined... | |
| James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 616 pages
...that should teat him : but what was my astonishment and indignation when I discovered that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for...performed ; and I was instantly mounted and spurred to the goal. Injured as I was, the love of glory was still superior to the desire of revenge. I determined... | |
| Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1848 - 1102 pages
...that should beat her : but what was my astonishment and indignation, when I discovered that he most cruelly and fraudulently intended to qualify me for...and I was instantly mounted, and spurred on to the gaol. Injured as I was, the love of glory was still superior to the desire of revenge : I determined... | |
| John Philip Hore - 1886 - 452 pages
...should beat her ; but what was my astonishment and indignation, when I discovered that he most carefully and fraudulently intended to qualify me for this match upon the spot ; and to sacrifice my life at the moment, in which every nerve should be strained in his service. As I knew it would be in vain to resist,... | |
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