. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD 155 sympath)', as to how the struggle between death and the invalid was getting on in the sick chamber—alternately (as they chanced to be Whig or Tory) jubilant or depressed as the bulletins were issued ; tremulous with anxiety even in their cups as to which way the political cat would jump. No\\^ the road runs over Putney Heath, where our ancestors (who had drunk three bottles over night and. A Duel on Putney Heath. transmitted the blessings of gout to a distant po
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD 155 sympath)', as to how the struggle between death and the invalid was getting on in the sick chamber—alternately (as they chanced to be Whig or Tory) jubilant or depressed as the bulletins were issued ; tremulous with anxiety even in their cups as to which way the political cat would jump. No\\^ the road runs over Putney Heath, where our ancestors (who had drunk three bottles over night and. A Duel on Putney Heath. transmitted the blessings of gout to a distant posterity^) showed, in a humorous age, so little lack of humour as to appear early on a frosty next morning to be skewered by a blackleg parading as a boon companion in the presence of sharps for seconds. The preliminary nego- tiations have been well described by the late Lord Beaconsfield, and should be commended to our cousins in F'rance and on whatever other barbaric shores the code of the duello still ridiculously Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949. [London] : Hodder and Stoughton
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