Nimrod's Northern Tour: Descriptive of the Principal Hunts in Scotland and the North of England; With the Table-Talk of Distinguished Sporting ... Celebrated Amateur Dragsmen (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Nimrod, Nimrod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330700201 ISBN 13: 9781330700204

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Nimrod's Northern Tour: Descriptive of the Principal Hunts in Scotland and the North of England; With the Table-Talk of Distinguished Sporting Characters, and Anecdotes of Masters of Hounds, Crack Riders, and Celebrated Amateur Dragsmen

There must be something forcibly striking to any person on his first landing in England, after a long sojourn in France, and perhaps nothing more so at least such is my own case - than the absence of that violent gesticulation which accompanies speech on this side the water; and which, on very interesting topics, is carried to such a pitch as to justify the extravagant encomium of a Latin writer on some eminent professors of the pantomimic art - namely, that in each of their eloquent hands, there was a tongue.

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Excerpt from Nimrod's Northern Tour: Descriptive of the Principal Hunts in Scotland and the North of England; With the Table-Talk of Distinguished Sporting Characters, and Anecdotes of Masters of Hounds, Crack Riders, and Celebrated Amateur Dragsmen

The promises of authors, like lovers' vows, are not always to be depended upon; but I feel confident that the cause of my not having fulfilled mine by the earlier appearance of a recapitulation of what I saw on my Northern Tour, will be duly appreciated by your readers, to whom it has already been made known. Some persons, however, have asked me, why I did not commence it whilst in Scotland? to whom I had an answer at hand. In the first place, I might as well think of sleeping in a whirlwind as to write any thing to please myself unless in retirement and privacy; and consequently, as unless I please myself, I should despair of pleasing others, I did not attempt to do so. I am not one of those who imagine that precipitancy in publishing is any indication of genius. I should rather say of ignorance, and I would sooner own that I had to combat with a mind tardy in producing its stores, than offer them to the world in a rude unfinished state.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

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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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330700201
• ISBN 13: 9781330700204
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
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