 | 1790 - 542 Seiten
...the gran»ieur of ancient hunting : — On notice being given that a wild bull would1 lit killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, and fomelimes to tile amount of an hundred horle, and iour or •five hundml foot, who Itood upon walls... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 506 Seiten
...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...and armed with guns, &c. fometimes to the amount of an hundred horfe, and four or five hundred foot, who ftood upon walls, or got into trees, while the... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - 1794 - 464 Seiten
...the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given, that a wild bull would be killed upon a certain •day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, C and aaJ ariv.cd-with guns, &c. foinothncs to the amount of anhundred Lorfc, and -four or five hundred... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1799 - 774 Seiten
...given, that a wild bull would be killed upon a certain day, the inhabitants of the neignl.ourhoocl came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. fometimes to...who flood upon walls or got into trees, while the horfcmen rode off" the bull from (he reft of the herd, until he flood at bay ; when a markfman difooontcd... | |
 | 1799 - 770 Seiten
...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 amount of a...who flood upon walls or got into trees, while the horfemi-n rode off" the bull from the reft of the herd, until he flood at bay; when a markfman dit... | |
 | John Fuller - 1799 - 702 Seiten
...the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given, that a wild bull would be killed upon a certain day, the inhabitants...neighbourhood came mounted, and armed with guns, &c. ibmetimes to the amount of a hundred horfe, and four or five hundred foot, who ftood upon walls, or... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 610 Seiten
...the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed upon a 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... | |
 | 1806 - 770 Seiten
...perhaps, the modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given, that a wild bull would be killed upon a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood came mounted, and armed wilh guns, &c. sometimes to the amount of a hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who stood... | |
 | George Culley - 1807 - 312 Seiten
...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, sometimes to the amount of an hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who stood upon walls or... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 564 Seiten
...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. sometimes to the amount of an hundred horse, and four or five hundred foot, who stood upon walls, or... | |
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... the Bull from the rest of the herd, until he stood at bay ; when a marksman dismounted and shot. At some of these huntings twenty or thirty... 
