 | Richard Lawrence (veterinary surgeon.) - Dogs - 1816 - 550 pages
...remarked in Mr. Roland White's letter to Sir Robert Sidney, wherein he observed, that "her majesty is well and excellently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback, and enjoys the •port long." The stag was originally subdued by the aim and strength of man alone. When... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...herself with following the hounds. " Her majesty," says a courtier writing to Sir Robert Sidney, " is well, and excellently disposed to hunting, for...she is on horseback, and continues the sport long." Fitzstephen describing the sports of the citizens of London in bis time, says, "Every Friday in Lent,... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Dogs - 1829 - 590 pages
...the 12th, AD 1600, that " her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth, who was then in Jier seventy-seventh year,) is well, and excellently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback, and enjoys the sport long." It is said that this queen was rapturously fond of hunting, and frequently... | |
 | Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 386 pages
...the ladies often joined the hunting parties. Queen Elizabeth was extremely fond of the chase. r'Hei majesty," says a courtier, in a letter dated the 12th...and continues the sport long." When she visited Lord Montecute at Cowdrey, in Sussex, we are told that " Her highness tooke horse and rode into the park... | |
 | Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 372 pages
...fond of the chase. " Her majesty," says a courtier, in a letter dated the 12th of September, 1000 — when she had just entered the seventyseventh year...and continues the sport long." When she visited Lord Montecute at Cowdrey, in Sussex, we are told that " Her highness tooke horse and rode into the park... | |
 | Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 414 pages
...courtier in a letter dated the 12th of September, 1600 — when she had just entered the seventy -seventh year of her age — " is well and excellently disposed...and continues the sport long." When she visited Lord Montecute at Cowdrey, in Sussex, we are told that " Her highness tooke horse and rode into the park... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...Rowland White, in a letter to Sir Robert Sidney, dated Sept. 12, AD 1600, "is well and exceedingly disposed to hunting; for every second day she is on horseback, and continues the sport long." It must be borne in mind that the virgin queen had at this time just entered her seventy-seventh year,... | |
 | Horace Smith - Games - 1832 - 382 pages
...a letter dated the 13th of September, 1 GOO — when she had just entered the tncitiy* seventh vear of her age — " is well and excellently disposed...sport long." When she visited Lord Monte, cute at Oowdrey, in Sussex, we are told that " Her highness tooke horse and rode into the park at eight o'clock... | |
 | Richard Lawrence - Dogs - 1833 - 558 pages
...remarked in Mr. Roland White's letter to Sir Robert Sidney, wherein he observed, that " her majesty is well and excellently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback, and enjoys the sport long." The stag was originally subdued by the aim and strength of man alone. When... | |
 | Games - 1835 - 182 pages
...their own inclosures or parks. Queen Elizabeth was very fond of the chace, and is said to have been "disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback, and continues the sport long." Engraved from Strutt's Costumes. The annexed drawing shows the hunting dresses of the fifteenth century.... | |
| |
Her majesty," says a courtier, writing to Sir Robert Sidney, " is well and excellently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on horseback and continues the sport long. 
