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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. III. A CHOKER. Mr. Scott's noble friend ? for, like most rustics, he has one noble acquaintance, whom he dignifies with that title when he is coming it strong ? Mr. Scott's noble friend, Lord Lionel Lazytongs, son of the Marquis of Fender and Fireirons, says that when Lady Lazytongs' maid calls him on a hunting morning, and he halloos out to know what sort of a day it is, the invariable answer he gets is, A bad morning and very cold. The question seems superfluous; for few men, let alone a tender delicate maid, are capable of forming an opinion whether the weather is favourable for hunting or not. We never ask any questions, but somehow there are certain indications that give us an idea as to what sort of a day it is before we get to the finishing touch of the toilette. One's razors give the first indication of a raw ungenial atmosphere; and an eye into the fields or towards the road shows how the country people are clad. If the carters have their duffle coats on, and the poor turnip pullers their thick shawls wrapped across their breasts, it is a sure sign of a raw unkindly atmosphere?an atmosphere warranting the warm-backed waistcoat, if not the lambswool and fleecy-hosiery also. The November of 1846, to which season the following adventures of our friend Mr. Scott are confined, was the worst hunting November that perhaps ever was known. It was more like a bad March than the glorious, sloppy, burning scent sort of weather peculiar to that month. November is generally the freshest, greenest spot on memory's hunting waste, but the one in question will be remembered more as a nasty, harsh, windy, mutton-broth, cold-in-the-head, shivering-shaking sort of affair, than for the sterling qualities associated?in a sportsman's mind at least -with November's exis...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217144568 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021714456X |
| Weight | 0.65 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 194 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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