... if he were taken once, then what shift, with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing, and tumbling, he would work to wind himself from them, and when he was loose, to shake his ears twice or thrice, with the blood and the slaver about his phisnomy,... Moral and political dialogues - Page 187de Richard Hurd - 1811Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 568 pages
...was a sport very pleasant to see the bear, with his pink eyes leering after his enemies, approach; the nimbleness and wait of the dog to take his advantage;...the force and experience of the bear again to avoid his assaults if he were bitten in one place, how he would pinch in another to get free; that if he... | |
| Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 564 pages
...wait of the dog to take his advantage; and the force and experience of the bear again to avoid his assaults if he were bitten in one place, how he would pinch in another to get free; that if he were taken once, then by what shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, with tossing,... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1911 - 188 pages
...spacious and large, where thousands might stand and behold with good contentment, their BEARBAITING and bull-baiting (tempered with other merry disports)...he would work to wind himself away ; and, when he was loose, to shake his ears with the blood and slaver about his phisnomy, was a pittance of good relief.... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1911 - 196 pages
...large, where thousands might stand and behold with good contentment, their BEARBAITING and bull-bailing (tempered with other merry disports) were exhibited...he would work to wind himself away ; and, when he was loose, to shake his ears with the blood and slaver about his phisnomy, was a pittance of good relief.... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1911 - 190 pages
...gymnastic discipline ; without which he could not have formed, or at least have supported, his republic ? For it was a sport alone, of these beasts, continueth...he would work to wind himself away ; and, when he was loose, to shake his ears with the blood and slaver about his phisnomy, was a pittance of good relief.... | |
| Peter Hampson Ditchfield - 1917 - 398 pages
...bear with his pinkey eyes leering after his enemy's approach ; the nimbleness and wait of the dogs to take his advantage, and the force and experience...one place, how he would pinch in another to get free ; but if he were taken once, then what shift with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing and tumbling,... | |
| Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 pages
...beasts : to see the bear with his pink eyes leering after his enemy's approach, the nimbleness and watch of the dog to take his advantage, and the force and...one place, how he would pinch in another to get free : that if he were taken once, then what shift, with biting, with clawing, with roaring, tossing and... | |
| 1926 - 560 pages
...pleasant to see the bear, his pink eyes learing after his enemies, approach; the nimbleness and wit of the dog to take his advantage; and the force and experience of the bear again to avoid his assaults : if he were bitten in one place, how he would pinch in another to get free; that if he... | |
| John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1926 - 510 pages
...should be inclined to alter the punctuation of the passage of Laneham, quoted on p. 267, and read: 'If he were bitten in one place, how he would pinch in another to get free that ; if he were taken once,' etc. GCMS Of recent years students of English literature have been indebted... | |
| 1851 - 648 pages
...was a sport very pleasant to see the bear, with his pink eyes leering after his enemies' approach ; the nimbleness and wait of the dog to take his advantage,...the force and experience of the bear again to avoid his assaults. If he were bitten in one place, how he would pinch in another to get free ; that if he... | |
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