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" O'er all let cleanliness preside, no scraps Bestrew the pavement, and no half-picked bones, To kindle fierce debate, or to disgust That nicer sense, on which the sportsman's hope, And all his future triumphs must depend. Soon as the growling pack with... "
A treatise on the breeding, training and management of horses [by W. Flint]. - Page 111
by William Flint - 1815 - 144 pages
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The Chace: A Poem

William Somerville - Hunting - 1773 - 258 pages
...ftate, Gracefully plain, let each apartment rife. O'er all let cleanlinefs prefide, no fcraps Beftrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones, To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft 151 That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope, And all his future triumphs rnuft depend....
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 65-66

John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 480 pages
...clothe the tatter'd wretch Who shrinks beneath the blast, to feed the poor Pinch'd with afflictire want. For use, not state, Gracefully plain, let each...scraps Bestrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones I50 To kindle fierce debate, or to disgust That nicer sense on which the sportsman's Hope And all his...
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Thoughts Upon Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

Peter Beckford - Fox hunting - 1782 - 390 pages
...recommends cleanlinefs in the following lines.— " O'er all let cleanlinefs prefide, no fcraps Beftrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones, To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope, And all his future triumphs muft depend. Soon...
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Cynegetica; Or, Essays on Sporting: Consisting of Observations on Hare ...

William Blane - Hare hunting - 1788 - 316 pages
...lay. Gracefully plain, let each apartment rife. O'er all let cleanlinefs prefide, no fcraps Beftrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones, To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope And all his future triumphs muft depend. Soon...
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The chace. A poem. embellished with prints

William Somervile - 1800 - 216 pages
...Gracefully plain, let each apartment rife. O'er all let cleanlinefs prefide, no fcraps 149 Beftrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones, • To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope, And all his future triumphs muft depend. Soon...
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The poetical works of William Somervile, with the life of the author. Cooke's ed

William Somervile - 1802 - 316 pages
...ftate, Gracefully plain, let each apartment rife. 0' r ail let cleanlinefs preCtie, no fcraps Bcftiew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope, And all his future triumphs, muft depend....
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 9

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1817 - 610 pages
...ruddy dawn, its courts On cither hand wide opening to receive The sun's all-cheering r;iys — • i - for use not state ; Gracefully plain let each apartment...cleanliness preside; no scraps Bestrew the pavement, and no balf-pick'd bones To kindle fierce debate.'' If a stream of running water also could be carried through...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 9

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1817 - 608 pages
...ruddy dawn, its courts On either hand wide opening to receive The sun's all-cheering rays — —— -- for use not state ; •Gracefully plain let each apartment...rise; O'er- all let cleanliness preside; no scraps Bestnew the pavement, and no half-;pick'd bones To kiudJe fierce debate." If .a stream of running water...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 9

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1817 - 614 pages
...dawn, its courts On either hand wide opening to receive The sun's all-cheering rays — • — • for use not state ; Gracefully plain let each apartment rise; O'er. all J«t cleanliness preside; no scraps Bestrew the pavement, and no half-pick'd bones To kindle fierce...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...clodic the tatter'd wretch, Who shrinks bcneadi die blast, to feed the poor, Pinch'd widi afflictive l so wish, but want the power tu do ' Oh say, what...that boundless chanty ? P. Of debts and taxes, wi bone* To kindle fierce debate, or to disgust That nicer sense, on which the sportsman's hope, And all...
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