Excerpt from In Scarlet and Silk: Or Recollections of Hunting and Steeplechase Riding Englishman a real and strongly-rooted love of it for its own sake. When, however, by means of the Rack, thumbscrews, Acts of Parliament, Police-court summonses, and other deadly weapons, the kill-joys of the world have finally succeeded in eliminating all such feelings from our breasts, surely then even the most sanguine and most patriotic amongst Us must begin to look anxiously for the advent of the aboriginal gentleman from New Zealand ...
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Excerpt from In Scarlet and Silk: Or Recollections of Hunting and Steeplechase Riding Englishman a real and strongly-rooted love of it for its own sake. When, however, by means of the Rack, thumbscrews, Acts of Parliament, Police-court summonses, and other deadly weapons, the kill-joys of the world have finally succeeded in eliminating all such feelings from our breasts, surely then even the most sanguine and most patriotic amongst Us must begin to look anxiously for the advent of the aboriginal gentleman from New Zealand whom Macaulay has forewarned us shall one day indulge in the cheap, though draughty, entertainment Of sitting on the ruins of London Bridge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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