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But I freely admit that the best of my fun
I owe it to horse and hound.


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When you sleep in your cloak there 's no lodging to pay.

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In the choice of a horse and a wife, a man must please himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.

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For everything created
In the bounds of earth and sky
Has such longing to be mated,
It must couple or must die.


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Ah, better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace alone.


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We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

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Most men have a sunny spot to which they look back in their existence, as most have an impossible future, to attain which all their energies are exerted, and their resources employed. The difference between these visionary scenes is this, that they think a good deal of the latter, but talk a good deal of the former.

George Whyte-Melville

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George Whyte-Melville

George Whyte-Melville

Born: June 19, 1821
Died: December 5, 1878 (aged 57)
Bio: George John Whyte-Melville was a Scottish novelist of the sporting-field and a poet.
Known for:
  1. Sarchedon (1871)
  2. Kate Coventry
  3. Katerfelto (1857)
  4. Riding recollections (1875)
  5. General Bounce (1855)

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