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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...