Chantrey was placed in the gravel-pit that you will remember just under the Hall. I was standing next to him, but hid from him by the bank formed by the pit. Knowing how keen a sportsman he was, I was amazed at seeing him running up to me without his... Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks - Page xxvedited by - 1857 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1871 - 630 pages
...gravel-pit that, you will remember, ia just under the Hall. I was standing next to him. but hidden from him by the bank formed by the pit. Knowing how...directions ; but when I saw him waving his Peruvian hat" (Chantrey loved to " get himself up" in a picturesque way when with a shooting party) " over his head,... | |
| 1871 - 632 pages
...just under the Hall. I was standing next to him. but hidden from him by the bank formed by the pi:. Knowing how keen a sportsman he was. I was amazed...passing us in all directions; but when I saw him -waving hi.>Peruvian hat" (Chantrey loved to " get himself up" in a picturesque way when with a shooting party)... | |
| Oswald Crawfurd - 1895 - 354 pages
...the Rev. Spencer Stanhope. " Chantrey," says the latter gentleman, "was standing in the gravel pit just under the Hall. I was standing next to him, but...keen a sportsman he was, I was amazed at seeing him run up without his gun, waving his hat over his head. 'Two cocks at one shot ! ' burst from him." The... | |
| Willmott Willmott-Dixon - 1901 - 394 pages
...got up ' for a regular day's sport among the bushes, the 'joyous countenance' and the Peruvian hat will both be recognised as very graphic features in...saw him waving his Peruvian hat over his head, and distinguished his joyous countenance, I knew that all was right. " Two COCKS AT ONE SHOT ! " burst... | |
| Anna Maria Wilhelmina Stirling - 1908 - 652 pages
..." Perhaps you would like to have my recollections of the day. Chantrey was placed in the gravel pit just under the hall. I was standing next to him, but...saw him waving his Peruvian hat over his head, and distinguished his joyous countenance, I knew that all was right. ' Two cocks at one shot I ' burst... | |
| Anna Maria Wilhelmina Stirling - 1912 - 730 pages
..." Perhaps you would like to have my recollections of the day. Chantrey was placed in the gravel pit just under the hall. I was standing next to him, but hid from him by the bank fprmed by the pit. Knowing how keen a sportsman he was, I was amazed at seeing him running up to me... | |
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