 | Edmund Burke - 1794 - 610 pages
...great lovers of this fport ; and Tanagra, a city of Boeoiia, the Ifle of Rhodes, Chalcis in Euhcea, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous...had fome method of preparing the birds for battle. Cock -fighting was an inftitution partly religious, and partly political at Athens, and was continued... | |
 | 1776 - 646 pages
...great lovers of this fport ; and Tanagra J, a city of Bceotia, the Jile of Rhodes, Chaléis in Euboea, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous and magnanimous race of chicken, The. kingdom of Perfia was probably included in the laft, from whence, as we have already... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 pages
...great Lovers of this Sport, and Tanagra, a City of Bceotia; the Ifle of Rhodes, Chalcis in Euboea, and the Country of Media, were famous for their generous...Inftitution partly religious, and partly political at * I wi(h this ingenious Gentleman's Diffuafions againft our barbarous Sport may be found cogent enough... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1779 - 734 pages
...great lovers of this fport; and Tanagra, a city of Bceotia, the lile of Rhodes, Chaléis in Eu-. bœa, and the country of Media, were -famous for their generous...magnanimous race of chickens. — It appears they had.fome method of preparing the birds for battle. Cock-fighting was an inllitution partiy religious,... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - 1786 - 502 pages
...lovers of this Iport ; and" Tanagra [«], a city of Boeotia, the Ids of Rhodes, Chalcis in Euboea, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous and magnanimous race of chicken. The kingdom of Per li a was • probably included in the laft, from whence, as we have already... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...great lover» of cock-fighting ; and Tanagra a city in Boeotia, the illc of Rhodes, Chalcia in Euboea, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous and magnanimous race of chickens. The kingdom of Perfia was probably included in the laft, from whence this kind of poultry was firft... | |
 | 1799 - 422 pages
...Tamagra, a city of Baelotia, the ifle of Rhodes Chaléis, in Euiaea, and the country of Media, ч ere famous for their generous and magnanimous race of chickens. It appears they had iome method of preparing the birds tor battle. Cock fighting was an inftitutioivpartly political, at... | |
 | 1805 - 608 pages
...great lovers of this sport ; and Tanagru) a city of Bœotia, the Isle of Rhodes, Chalas, in Eubu ;i, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous...magnanimous race of chickens. — It appears they had some method of preparing the birds for battle. Cock-fighiing was an institution partly religious, and... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...great Lovers of this Sport, and Tanagra, a city of Boeotia ; the Isle of Rhodes, Chalcis in Euboea, and the Country of Media, were famous for their generous...magnanimous Race of Chickens. — It appears they had some Method of preparing the Birds for Battle J. Cock-fighting was an Institution partly religious,... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 pages
...great Lovers of this Sport, and Tanagra, a city of Boeotia ; the Isle of Rhodes, Chalcis in Euboea, and the Country of Media, were famous for their generous...magnanimous Race of Chickens. — It appears they had some Method of preparing the Birds for Battle £• Cocfcrfighting was an Institution partly religious,... | |
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Chaleis in Euboea, and the country of Media, were famous for their generous and magnanimous race of chickens. 
