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" Hook, so fastened to a stake that it will turn round ; with this the Bull circulates to watch his Enemy ; which is a Mastiff Dog (commonly used to the Sport) with a short nose, that his teeth may take the better hold. This Dog, if right, will creep upon... "
Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Page 140
by Derbyshire Archaeological Society - 1906
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 348 pages
...neck, fastened to a thick rope about three, four, or five yards long, h'.ing to a hook, so fasten'd to a stake that it will turn round ; with this the...possible, get the bull by the nose, which the bull as carefully strives to defend, by laying it close to the ground, where his horns are also ready to...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 3

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 346 pages
...his neck, fastened to a thick rope about three, four, or five yards long, hung to a hook, so fasten'd to a stake that it will turn round ; with this the...possible, get the bull by the nose, which the bull as carefully strives to defend, by laying it close to the ground, where his; horns are also ready to...
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Researches Into the History of the British Dog: From Ancient Laws ..., Volume 2

George Richard Jesse - 1866 - 486 pages
...bull, which is by having a collar about his neck, fastened to a thick rope about three, four, or five yards long, hung to a hook, so fastened to a stake...possible, get the bull by the nose ; which the bull as carefully strives to defend, by laying it close to the ground, where his horns are also ready to...
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Praise of the Dog...

1902 - 262 pages
...Bull, which is, by having a Collar about his Neck, fastened to a thick Rope about Three, Four, or Five Yards long, hung to a Hook, so fastened to a stake...possible, get the Bull by the Nose ; which the Bull as carefully strives to defend, by laying it close to the Ground, where his Horns are also ready to...
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Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings ...

Joseph Quincy Adams - 1917 - 648 pages
...Husbandry and Trade,1 gives a vivid account of the baiting of the bull. He says : The bull takes great care to watch his enemy, which is a mastiff dog (commonly...possible, get the bull by the nose; which the bull as carefully strives to defend by laying it close to the ground, where his horns are also ready to...
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Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings ...

Joseph Quincy Adams - 1917 - 560 pages
...Husbandry and Trade,1 gives a vivid account of the baiting of the bull. He says : The bull takes great care to watch his enemy, which is a mastiff dog (commonly...possible, get the bull by the nose; which the bull as carefully strives to defend by laying it close to the ground, where his horns are also ready to...
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Glimpses of Ben Jonson's London ...

Nicolaas Zwager - 1926 - 276 pages
...bull, which is, by having a collar about his neck, fastened to a thick rope about three, four or five yards long, hung to a hook, so fastened to a stake...possible, get the bull by the nose, which the bull as carefully strives to defend, by laying it close to the ground, where his horns are also ready to...
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