...the same manner : for, in those days, " it was thought sufficient for noblemen to winde their horn, and to carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people." This diversion was, among the old English, the pride of the rich, and the privilege of the poor ; no...

...the clergy; and when* " it was enough for noblemen's sons to wind their horn, and carry their hawke fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people;" it is no wonder that our old peers produced no larger, nor more elegant compositions, than the inscription...

...In those days [temp. Henry VI.) it was thought sufficient for Noblemen's sons to wind their horn and carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people. See C'axton's Life in BiographiaBritannica." . " Bolton Village and Castell is 4 miles from Midleham....

...Secretary of his KING, " It is enough for NOBLEMEN'S Sons to wind their Horn and carry their Haiiik fair, and leave Study and Learning to the Children of mean People." And that a Writer upon Agricultural Subjects at that period recommends to Gentlemen who knew not Tiow...

...a dog under his arm. In those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. Indeed, this diversion was in such high esteem among the great all over Europe, that...

...take more than three draughts of beer from his horn, lest he should get drunk and neglect his duty. la the reign of James the First, Sir Thomas Monson is said to have given a thousand pounds for a cast of hawks ; and such was their value in general, that it was...

...criterion of nobility. In those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their Hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. The object for which these birds were trained was the pursuit of the hare, the partridge,...

...criterion of nobility. In those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their Hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. . ; The object for which these birds were trained was the pursuit of the hare, the partridge,...

...secretary of Henry V III., ' it is enough for the sons of the nobility to wind their horn, and cany their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people,' We have young patricians of the present day who act up to the spirit of this diction...

...according to an old writer, 'quite sufficient for noblemen to winde their horn, and to carry their hawke fair; and leave study and learning to the children of mean people.' " Knowing the good squire's hobby, therefore, I have not been surprised at finding that, among the...