A queen, stripped of her glory of a day, Lady Hester Stanhope has expired, thesport of fate, at the moment the East is convulsed.
The famous bowman knew at once that Zagloba was making sport of him; and as he did not feel himself competent to overcome the old noble by wit, he inquired no further, and turned the conversation.
Michael has taught me so that I may venture boldly; if I do not, they will think that I am fleeing through fear, and will not take me on another expedition; and besides, Pan Zagloba will makesport of me.
But whether such was to be the result or not remained to be seen, and the boys were sure of plenty of sport in an all-day ramble through the woods.
Nellie displayed a natural, childish thoughtlessness by keeping up this sport for a half hour longer, when she came down to the ground, simply because she was tired of the amusement.
In fact, the youthful Watrous showed such an interest in the sport that he forgot the danger which always accompanies it.
They will necessarily remain impotent and helpless, hanging on to the skirts of society, the sport of times and seasons.
I suppose a man does not like to be told that directly he shows himself in a run the sport is all over and the hounds ought to be taken home.
He had not been near his property for the last ten years, and as he was addicted to no country sport there were ten weeks in the year which were terrible to him.
When Madame Max Goesler and Phineas had reached Harrington Hall they were able to give their own story of the day's sport to Lady Chiltern, as the remainder of the party had not as yet returned.
But let some one advance, and let him be indignant in his mind, that Patroclus should become a sport to Trojan dogs.
They now landed and hauled their boat up on to the beach; then they turned to the smaller boat which the Pasha had provided in malicious sport for our more complete mortification.
I guess Evie's some sport acting the way she's done," he declared with a lover's pride.
Sport of the kind would be worse than death to me with my hatred of seeing suffering: so, as he leaves the choice to me, I am thinking of going over to Paris.
I wonder they have the face to show themselves at a baseball game when they've done the best they could to bring the sport into disgrace.
And for that reason the sport lovers of the Windy City had turned out in force to see the Cubs once more make the Giants "their meat.
Between us stood a youth Savage and wild, who severed e'en in sport The joy and concord of our early youth.
We are inclined to think that in these days sport is overdone, and wish it could be followed without taking the hillman away from the work he would otherwise find, and which would render him a more useful member of society.
The marsh hog has disappeared; and its place is taken by the wild boar and domestic hog, which afford sport and food to the present population.
The fool of our early plays denoted a mere idiot or natural, or else a witty hireling retained to make sport for his masters.
This collection is entitled "The Wits, or Sport upon Sport, in select pieces of Drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue.
But in the hours after hours that I have watched this sport at the ferry side, I never heard an oath or the language of quarrel, or knew it provoke the least sign of ill feeling.
They could make sport and frolic of their trials, and often turn right sharp suffering into right round laughter against themselves.
The chief sport lay in floating along with the logs, cut from the overhanging timber up the stream, guiding them till they reached their destination, and then plunging them under water in the precise spot where they were to be secured.
Formerly water was not only my field of sport but my sofa and my bed.
It was constructed for the purposes not of sport but of war.
Once more frustrated the instigations of that demon, of whose malice a mysterious destiny had consigned me to be the sport and the prey.
I should have caught him cross-wise at the elbows; but, as I said, it was only for sport and desire to see new things that I rose at all.
It was Won-tolla, the Outlier, and he said never a word, but continued his horrible sport beside the dholes.
Still, it was for sport and not for food that I rose at the child's hands.
He gave it to me for nothing, and he gave me some bones and corn bread and milk; so Sport had a good dinner.
It's the only sport I'm not a muff at," said Willy dismally.
I give thee credit for excelling in manly sport and exercise--though I must not unduly countenance thy boat-racing since it leaves thee too little time for thy proper studies.
How long the day has been--and what glorious sport we have had.
Everybody spoke of the rare sport there was to be.
You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing.
Amateur sport is free from betting, but a good deal of outside betting goes on among the public, and it is possible that it might be worth someone's while to get at a player as the ruffians of the turf get at a race-horse.
My curiosity was thoroughly aroused, and scenting sport of a rare character I agreed to join the chase.
The pert little lads who idled about the hall began to make sport of me concerning my dress, and laughed greatly at their own wit.
