The Quarterly Review, Volume 139William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1875 |
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Page 170
... hawk- ing , by reason of the trouble and expense of keeping and breeding the hawk , and the difficulty and management of her in the field , is in a great measure disused ; especially since sportsmen are arrived to such perfection in ...
... hawk- ing , by reason of the trouble and expense of keeping and breeding the hawk , and the difficulty and management of her in the field , is in a great measure disused ; especially since sportsmen are arrived to such perfection in ...
Page 171
... hawks , and thereby trespassing on the lands belonging to the monks who resided therein . ' In the celebrated Bayeux tapestry Harold is represented em- barking for Normandy with a hawk ‡ on his fist and a dog under his arm , while he ...
... hawks , and thereby trespassing on the lands belonging to the monks who resided therein . ' In the celebrated Bayeux tapestry Harold is represented em- barking for Normandy with a hawk ‡ on his fist and a dog under his arm , while he ...
Page 172
... hawks , falcons , and eagles , in his own woods , with heronries also . ' 6 But , in spite of these concessions , we ... hawk , he shall answer the value thereof to the owner , and suffer two years ' imprisonment ; and in case he ...
... hawks , falcons , and eagles , in his own woods , with heronries also . ' 6 But , in spite of these concessions , we ... hawk , he shall answer the value thereof to the owner , and suffer two years ' imprisonment ; and in case he ...
Page 173
... hawks to his Majesty , to obtain for his friend Walter le Madena the liberty of exporting a hundredweight of cheese , and Nicholas the Dane was bound to give the King a hawk every time he came to England in return for permission to ...
... hawks to his Majesty , to obtain for his friend Walter le Madena the liberty of exporting a hundredweight of cheese , and Nicholas the Dane was bound to give the King a hawk every time he came to England in return for permission to ...
Page 174
... hawks subsequently played an im- portant part as a substitute for the coin of the realm . Then , ' he says , ' the tenants of knights ' fees answered to their lords by military services , and the tenants of socage lands and demesnes in ...
... hawks subsequently played an im- portant part as a substitute for the coin of the realm . Then , ' he says , ' the tenants of knights ' fees answered to their lords by military services , and the tenants of socage lands and demesnes in ...
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