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...schools, vocational schools, a commercial college, police training school, sports college, a construction sector vocational high school and a teacher ... ... pupil must have three complete outfits: school uniform, Scout uniform and sports kit, and in addition, school classes procure uniform costumes for fe... ...y the villages at least have football teams. The education system supports sports, even village schools have sport teachers, and in the cool season, i... ...rive for careers as sporting professionals, and internationally successful sportsmen become national heroes. Table 10 Perspectives of village communit... ...ero. Villagers take no part in them. In December, village schools organize sports events, and in 1984, a sport tournament between schools of all North... ...ded a procession of horse-drawn vehicles, election of the horse queen, and equestrian competitions at the city's sports stadium; the highlights were a...

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...dy replied that the boy had already been at the morning performance of the equestrians, but was most eager to go in the evening likewise. And go he di... ...cely clear of the place, when we heard “God save the Queen,” played by the equestrian band, the sig- nal that all was over. Our companion entertained ... ...l! other writers have been considered vulgar — and as a description of the sports and amusements of London in the ancient times, more curious than amu...

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...is flight inconceivably rapid; but the traveller appeared to be too keen a sportsman to be disconcerted by either. As it came first into 13 James Fen... ...hout your per- mission? Now, I have known a farmer in Pennsylvania order a sportsman off his farm with as little ceremony as I would order Benjamin to... ...aps, I had better offer to shoot for him. They have got up their Christmas sports, I find, in the bushes yonder, where you hear the laughter— though i... ...Hut would it have been decorous for the High Sheriff of —to mingle in such sports as these?” “Surely you did not think that I in- tended actually to f... ...evere frost, which the heat of the succeeding day served to dissipate, the equestrians were compelled to proceed singly along the margin of the road, ... ...usy in his 203 James Fenimore Cooper “camp,” at a short distance from the equestrians, turned his head with great indifference, and surveyed the part... ...ontain also.” With this consoling reflection, Marmaduke remounted, and the equestrians passed the sugar-camp, on their way to the promised landscape o... ...e manner of Richard; “this is not a country for 209 James Fenimore Cooper equestrian feats. Much prudence is requisite to journey through our rough p... ... be improved, old age will overtake me, and put an end to what you term my equestrian feats.” “Say not so, my child,” returned her father; “but if tho...

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...t shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse. Teachers, you must watch her: ... ...nutes John had given seemed very long, but at last wheels were heard; four equestrians galloped up the drive, and after them came two open carriages. ... ...th the departure and the return. Miss Ingram, as before, was the only lady equestrian; and, as before, Mr. Rochester galloped at her side; the two rod... ...ven here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sports- man or poacher might discover me. If a gust of wind swept the waste...

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... Vale to which erelong 305 We were transplanted;—there were we let loose For sports of wider range. Ere I had told Ten birth days, when among the moun... ...Such ministry, when ye, through many a year Haunting me thus among my boyish sports, 470 On caves and trees, upon the woods and hills, Impressed, upon... ...n the square Of our small market village, was the goal 35 Or centre of these sports; and when, returned After long absence, thither I repaired, Gone w... ...emes jostling each other, gawds And feast and dance, and public revelry, And sports and games (too grateful in themselves, Yet in themselves less grat... ...f justified; 415 Fierce, moody, patient, venturous, modest, shy; Mad at their sports like withered leaves in winds; Though doing wrong and suffering, a... ...at the trumpet puffs his cheeks, The silver collared Negro with his timbrel, Equestrians, tumblers, women, girls, and boys, Blue breeched, pink vested...

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... Such ministry, when Ye through many a year Haunting me thus among my boyish sports, On caves and trees, upon the woods and hills, Impress’d upon all ... ...oughts jostling each other, gawds And feast and dance and public revelry And sports and games—less pleasing in themselves 275 Than as they were a badg... ...e and hate; Fierce, moody, patient, venturous, modest, shy, 440 Mad at their sports like withered leaves in winds; Though doing wrong and suffering, a... ...at the trumpet puffs his cheeks, The silver collared negro with his timbrel, Equestrians, tumblers, women, girls, and boys, 680 Blue breeched, pink ve...

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...uted her Queen of the May, and drew her to the place appointed for the rural sports. A hogshead of ale was abroach under an oak, and a fire was blazin... ...pace before the trees to roast the fat deer which the foresters brought. The sports commenced; and, after an agreeable series of bowling, coiling, pit... ...thers and saints that were to be,—pious proficients in the ecclesiastic art equestrian, who rode the conscience of King Henry with double curb bridle... ...leasant sights of leaf and flower: Ye pleasant sounds of bird and bee: Ye sports of deer in sylvan bower: Ye feasts beneath the greenwood tree: ...

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...rraces, children pad- dling about in long striped robes, interrupted their sports or labours to come and stare; and the consul, in his cool domed cham... ...l stirrups are deuc- edly short; the clumsy leathers cut the shins of some equestrians abominably; you sit over your horse as it were on a tower, from... ...e anti-flea contrivance, preferring the friskiness of those animals to the sports of such a greasy grinning wag as my friend at Ramleh. In the morning...

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..., and on the ramparts, he saw the Spartans, some of them engaged in active sports, and others in combing their long hair. He rode back to the king, an... ...ays of their law, and thought them old-fashioned. They joined in the Greek sports, played games naked in the theatre, joined in riotous processions, c... ...e fond of pleasure, no one could hope to please them who did not give them sports and entertainments. When any person wished to be elected to any publ... ...iscontented, their cry was that they wanted panem ac Circenses, ‘bread and sports’, the only things they cared for. In most places where there has bee... ...ators, and seats for the vestal virgins. Next above were galleries for the equestrian order, the great mass of those who considered themselves as of g... ...for ever!’ When the Emperor had seated himself and given the sig- nal, the sports began. Sometimes a rope-dancing elephant would begin the entertainme...

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...h breed, are admirably adapted to the tastes of the higher classes, who as equestrians have become very expert. The missionaries and chiefs never thin... ...th a forgotten heathen observance. Many pleasant, and, seemingly, innocent sports and pas- times, are likewise interdicted. In old times, there were s... ...s. In this proposition, I gladly acquiesced; though Peter, who was a great sportsman, put on a long face. The muskets and ammunition were forth- with ...

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...uth, like myself, could not at once rush into all the hardihood of country sports with impunity. But my bed, though coarse and hard, was dry and clean... ...the coast. But mistake me not. The evil of angling, with which I class all sports, as they are called, which have the sufferings of animals for their ... ...ind acquitted me of having taken delight in aught but the theory of field- sports, I did not think myself called upon stubbornly to advo- cate a pract... ...rt to our minds, or so easily are we taught to assimilate success in field-sports with ideas of pleasure, and with the praise due to address and agili... ...are whether the compliment would be agreeable to such a condemner of field-sports. 69 Sir W alter Scott He understood me at once, and reminded me of ... ...liers may sometimes cast their eyes to that part of the person of the fair equestrians whom they chance occasionally to escort; and if they will conce...

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...ato ordains that old men should be present at the exer- cises, dances, and sports of young people, that they may re- joice in others for the activity ... ...s arms, horses, spears, clubs, tennis, swimming, and races; and of all the sports leave to us old men cards and dice.”—Cicero, De Senec., c. 16.] the ... ...— Horace, Sat., i. I, 24.] They who banish serious imaginations from their sports, do, says one, like him who dares not adore the statue of a saint, i... ...[“Let him go out, he said, if he has any sense of shame, and rise from the equestrian cushion, whose estate does not sat- isfy the law.”—Juvenal, iii.... ...tious affectation of constancy, no talk of their future condition; amongst sports, feastings, wit, and mirth, common and indifferent discourses, music... ...ons so simple and ridiculous that— nothing could hardly be so gross in the sports of little chil- dren. Yet had fortune never so little favoured the d...

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... equally dear to his friend T upman; and the desire of earning fame in the sports of the field, the air, and the water was uppermost in the breast of ... ...idea—wine shop again—pen and ink—back again—cut and slash—noble time, Sir. Sportsman, sir ?’abruptly turning to Mr. Winkle. [* A remarkable instance o... ... gentleman; ‘I have dropped my whip.’ ‘Winkle,’ said Mr. Snodgrass, as the equestrian came trot ting up on the tall horse, with his hat over his ears... ...him, clapping their tiny hands, and dragging him out, to join their joyous sports. The convict thought on the many times he had shrunk from his father... ... and hazardous subsistence by making marks of themselves for inexperienced sportsmen. ‘Only to start the game,’ re plied Mr. Wardle, laughing. ‘To wh... ...like to see it.’ ‘I, sir,’ replied Mr. Pickwick, ‘am delighted to view any sports which may be safely indulged in, and in which the impotent effects o...

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...s, and whom the irresistible influence of Alma would have engaged in field sports from morning till night. But the character of Edward Waverley was re... ... intuition, and the chief care of his precep- tor was to prevent him, as a sportsman would phrase it, from overrunning his game, that is, from acquiri... ...ed to counterbal- ance these propensities, by engaging his nephew in field sports, which had been the chief pleasure of his own youthful days. But alt... ... and his head fully stocked with knowledge, his nephew would take to field sports and country business. He had often, he said, himself regretted that ... ...ake his acknowledgements at Waverley-Honour. A congenial passion for field sports, and a general coincidence in political opinions, cemented his frien... ... have liked to have shown you the true points of the praelium equestre, or equestrian combat, whilk their cowardice has postponed, and which I hold to...

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... he had apart from the rest of the school, who were pursuing their various sports—quite lonely, and almost happy. If people would but leave children t... ...uxhall, I have found, from my own experience, to be one of the most dismal sports ever entered into by a bachelor. 56 V anity Fair – V olume One The ... ...s prodigious amongst the young men of the regiment. He was famous in field-sports, famous at a song, famous on parade; free with his money, which was ... ...re Achilles was not yet born; nor the Pimlico arch raised; nor the hideous equestrian monster which pervades it and the neighbourhood; and so they dro...

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...t looks; “Dick can ride the horse.” But Archibald was too great a lover of equestrian exercise. “I’m afraid to trust anybody on this horse,” said he w... ...he is as long, as genteel, and as dreary, as that deadly-lively place, and sports, by way of ornament, her papa’s hatchment, as it were, as every tent...

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...the halls and bowers of an ancient feudal castle. The Prior mingled in the sports of the field with more than due eagerness, and was allowed to posses... ...rned. Surely no tongue is so rich in the vari- ous phrases which the field-sports demand, or furnishes means to the experienced woodman so well to exp... ...n employed with all the art of which the age was capable, to represent the sports of hunting and hawking. The bed was adorned with the same rich tapes... ...r.” “But, Isaac,” said the Pilgrim, smiling, “dost thou know that in these sports, the arms and steed of the knight who is unhorsed are forfeit to his... ...tors are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence.” Prince John, though not yet a monarch, had in Wald... ...om a state of violent emotion and high exci- tation to the stillness of an equestrian statue, “Sir Disinherited Knight,” said Prince John, “since that...

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...m and their chief magistrates consules, namely, coun- selors), or else the equestrian Neptune, for the altar is kept covered in the circus maximus at ... ... it, he alleges an inscription upon one of the copper quoits used in those sports, upon which the name of Lycurgus continued uneffaced to his time. Bu... ... soil, bringing up of children, and worship of the gods. Festival days and sports, and the secure and peaceful interchange of friendly visits and hosp... ...association, as also his exact regulations for their meals, exercises, and sports, argue Numa no more than an ordinary lawgiver. Numa left the whole m... ... or the man that threw it, or the masters of the games who appointed these sports, were, according to the strictest and best reason, to be accounted t... ... long labor and pains in learning, his deliberation in en- tering into the sports of other children, his easy submission to everybody, as if he had no... ...ed and exasperated them one against another. At length when the senate and equestrian order concerted mea- sures together, and openly manifested their... ...ousand swordsmen, and had always about him a com- pany of young men of the equestrian class ready for all occa- sions, whom he styled his Anti-Senate....

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...ch I saw this infant-hermit shun every attempt I made to engage him in the sports natural to our age. I can remember his father bewailing his disposit... ... Sir Walter Scott ish, and feeble-minded boy, those who encountered him in sports or military exercise, now complained that, when heated by the strife... ...ength, however, as the black-cocks towards the end of the season, when, in sportsman’s language, they are said to flock or crowd, attracted together b... ... so numerous the impediments which the nature of the road presented to the equestrian mode of travelling, that far from being retarded by the slowness...

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...ok in seeing her son thus happily engaged in the enjoyment of those active sports so invigorating to his tender frame, yet so sel- dom exercised for w... ...ess of the dewy evening; and, look- ing towards the lane, I saw a solitary equestrian coming up. Inclining to dusk as it was, I knew him at a glance: ... ...eers and laughter of Mr. Huntingdon and my uncle, who, leaving the prudent sportsman to entertain the ladies with his medical discussions, sallied for... ... work, which, however, wanted but a few touches to the finishing, when the sportsmen passed the window on their return from the stables. It was partly... ...of the country. We took a long ramble, and re-entered the park just as the sports- men were returning from their expedition. Toil-spent and travel-sta... ...ot and I are going to beat you all. I declare, we old ‘uns are the keenest sportsmen of the lot!’ ‘I’ll show you what I can do to-day, however,’ said ...

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...f opinion, that to keep a mean in such things was best; he assisted at the sports and dances usual in his own country, and was always ready and eager ... .... And indeed, if, as Xenophon says, in conversation good men even in their sports 78 V olume Two and at their wine let fall many sayings that are wor... ... time when the daughters of the Sabines came to Rome, to see the shows and sports there, and were violently seized upon by the most distinguished and ... ...st over the barbarians, but as though his contests with them were but mere sports and ex- ercises of the chase, did his utmost with this training and ... ... drinking, and ill-regulated in his habits. On his having succeeded in the sports, many were eager for the honor of his company at banquets in celebra... ...nights and the people. But Caius joined three hundred ordinary citizens of equestrian rank with the sena- tors, who were three hundred likewise in num... ...ed his supplication to the people. However, first of all, almost the whole equestrian order changed their dress with him, and no less than twenty thou...

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...summit of the Capitoline Hill. They stood awhile to contemplate the bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. The moonlight glistened upon traces o... ... years ago, the princely occupants had been accustomed to gaze down at the sports, business, and popular assemblages of the piazza. And, beyond all qu...

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... he had apart from the rest of the school, who were pursuing their various sports—quite lonely, and almost happy. If people would but leave children t... ...uxhall, I have found, from my own experience, to be one of the most dismal sports ever entered into by a bachelor. 56 V anity Fair The two couples we... ...s prodigious amongst the young men of the regiment. He was famous in field-sports, famous at a song, famous on parade; free with his money, which was ... ...re Achilles was not yet born; nor the Pimlico arch raised; nor the hideous equestrian monster which pervades it and the neighbourhood; and so they dro... ...k cherry- brandy and pay their respects to the ladies, or, more modest and sportsmanlike, divest themselves of their mud-boots, ex- change their hacks...

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...ght have come from making an elaborate and leisurely toilet, to sit for an equestrian portrait at old John Willet’s gate. It must not be supposed that... ... vainly sought to pierce, of the shrill cries of children at their evening sports, the distant hum and tur moil of the town, the cheerful country bre... ...ed to console and comfort her, and talked of their former life and his old sports and freedom: little dreaming that every word he uttered only increas...

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...ath archery, in discussing which reference had been made to Laud’s book of sports, and the growing idea that the Na- tional Gallery should be opened o... ...ittle T an- kard Yard,’ he said on day, having caught his victim under the equestrian statue in front of the Exchange. ‘What is the good of my coming ...

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...d neither sticks nor stones could dislodge it. La V arenne and a number of sports- men gathered around the tree and tried to drive away the magpie. Im... ...sents. Let us leave them on their journey, and admire the Providence which sports with the thoughts of men and disposes of states. What would have sai... ...n which Rose was riding broke down. He took a horse; but, not being a good equestrian, was very soon pitched into a hole full of mud. While there M. d...

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...be roughly comprised under government, warfare, religious observances, and sports. At an earlier, but not the earliest, stage of barbarism, the leisur... ... of, these employments are government, warfare, religious observances, and sports. These four lines of activity govern the scheme of life of the upper... ... the community will allow. Indeed, where the scheme is well developed even sports are accounted doubt- fully legitimate for the members of the highest... ... exempt from these vulgar employ- ments and are reserved for war, hunting, sports, and devout observances. A very nice discrimination is ordinarily sh... ...s only in employments that are not classed as industrial, — war, politics, sports, learn- ing, and the priestly office. The only notable exceptions ar... ...beautiful seat or posture is also decided by English usage, as well as the equestrian gait. T o show how fortuitous may some- times be the circumstanc...

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...rld. Now this assertion is well illustrated by what occurred respecting an equestrian statue in the metropolis, with re spect to which a legend exist... ...n Mr. Dickens officiated as Chairman at the annual dinner of the Dramatic, Equestrian, and Musical Fund, at Willis’s Rooms, where he made the followin... ...m you that I am going to propose “Prosperity to the Dramatic, Musical, and Equestrian Sick Fund Association,” and, fur ther, that I should be going t... ...ask no more. I beg to propose to you to drink “Prosperity to the Dramatic, Equestrian, and Musical Sick Fund Association.” [Mr. Dickens, in proposing ... ...116 certain of winning in some race. And here he would remark that aquatic sports never entailed a moment’s cruelty, or a moment’s pain, upon any livi...

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...t one of those ge- nial fellows, half boys themselves, who can join in the sports con amore; I should only make a mountebank of myself if I tried, and... ...Ray with her inseparable Janet, meaning to study village groups and rustic sports. The other ladies walked in the cool to meet them at the Acton’s far... ... The winter was of the description least favourable to collec- tive boyish sports, as there was no snow and very little frost. The Christmas holidays ... ...ace, and are nobody un- less you go in for all that stuff of athletics and sports. I hate it all, and don’t want to waste my time.” “I don’t think you... ...eral melee, in which Jock danced successively with Cinderella and the fair equestrian of Banbury Cross, and lost sight of Fatima, till, just as he was... ...with me for garrison?” “O nonsense, my dear. Y ou must go and catch up the sportsmen.” “Not when I can get my Mother Carey all to myself. You go and l...

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... the dog-kennel, where he was placed under the huntsman, and made what the sportsmen term whipper-in. For this place likewise the sweetness of his voi... ...”—“I see, sir,” says Adams, “you have smote one par- tridge;” to which the sportsman made no reply, but proceeded to charge his piece. Whilst the gun ... ...d amuse himself with reading.”—”I may as well repose myself too,” said the sportsman, “for I have been out this whole afternoon, and the devil a bird ... ...ir kind assister, ran dripping across the meadow, calling to their brother sports- men to stop their horses; but they heard them not. The hounds were ... ...owerful than pity; nor could she prevail on Joseph, who had been himself a sportsman in his youth, to attempt anything contrary to the laws of hunt- i... ...ne,” says he, “I would wage a shilling that the pedestrian outstripped the equestrian travellers; but, as I intend to take the company of a pipe, pera...

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...vation of them, dilated on the beauty of the ride and his fair companion’s equestrian skill. “Y ou should start a travelling circus,” Willoughby rejoi... ...ighest:—at that which in my blindness I took for the highest. You know the sportsman’s instinct, Laetitia; he is not tempted by the stationary object.... ... the more men of that class, the greater our influence. He excels in manly sports, because he won’t be excelled in anything, but as men don’t comprehe... ...un likewise and they grow as deferential as my footman, as harmless as the sportsman whose gun has burst. Ah! my fair Middleton, am I pretending to te...