| 单词 | sporting man |
| 例句 | Then pointedly she turned away and addressed herself to the more sporting man on her left. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My French grandfather was a biggish wheel of sorts in French football and an undiscriminating sporting man. Is France in the grip of an existential crisis? 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z But the most sporting man to ever inhabit the Oval Office is only inactive by his own standards. George H. W. Bush's Sporting Life 2010-03-25T21:40:00Z But his father had to accept the fact that Darwin disliked the idea of being a doctor, and fearing that he would degenerate into an idle sporting man, proposed that he should become a clergyman! Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z If I were a sporting man, I know which horse I would back. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The explorers spoke of his "filthy greasy skin," but the scientific sporting man of New York now imitates the Yahgan, even though vaseline gathers during a swim any flotsam that comes handy by. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Here too may be seen in all his glory that peculiar type of Andalusian, the "Majo," a curious blend of the English "masher" the "sporting man" and the "troubadour"! Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z At the Ferry, he was backed by a local sporting man, in a match with George Donaldson—a single fall—for two pounds; and, to the surprise of a crowd of anxious onlookers, won gallantly. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z You ought to visit his, or some other sporting man's stable here, just to note the difference between that sort of thing with us and with you. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z This was a person with the appearance of a rather dissipated sporting man, who tooled tandem through the village, and pulled up at the ruins in broad daylight. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z He could whip any man in West Point in his day, and a New York sporting man offered to back him for a career. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The story also goes on to relate how, on the same occasion a sporting man, intending to go to the races, by some mistake found himself on the wrong boat, bound for the camp-meeting. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations The sporting man had his own idea of dress, even as to-day he has a piquant idea in clothes, and who shall say he has not the right? English Costume Not know him!" cries master; "why, hang it, Blewitt! he knows you; as every sporting man in England does, I should think. International Short Stories English Accordingly, I appeared there, one dull November afternoon, in the garb of a certain Western sporting man, who, for a consideration, allowed me the temporary use of his name and credentials. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories Sir Nicholas is known all through the West of Ireland, as a sporting man, and is held in high esteem. The Landleaguers I said to myself, “There is another sporting man.” The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit "They're off!" hoarsely chuckled a sporting man next to me, with a wilted collar, and Moszkowski's "Nations" welled up from the vicinity of the piano, two young women exploiting their fingers in its delivery. Melomaniacs There is not a sporting man in the country who could peruse these volumes without deriving a considerable amount of pleasure and profit from their pages. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition And here comes Captain Tiago, dressed like the sporting man, in a canton flannel shirt, woollen trousers, and a jipijapa hat. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere He added with great conviction that as a sporting man he would lay long odds on Sir Malcolm's innocence, and that between Miss Peterkin and himself he didn't believe a word of the current scandals. Simon As I looked at him as I preached, I thought to myself, “That man is a sporting man, and Deacon Young has been fishing to-day.” The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit He looked the very picture of an ex-overseer under a cloud, or an itinerant sporting man, anxious for something to turn up. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It cost him a chunk of money, out of his own pocket, but like most Irishmen, he was a sporting man himself. The Golden Judge Yet he was a first-rate sporting man, a shrewd trafficker, and at times an energetic tiller of the soil. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Yes, he has won more money than any sporting man in the country. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi He turned out to be a travelling man who was also a sporting man. The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit "I've a cousin, you see, who is a great sporting man, and thus I'm 'in with a stable,' and get put up to tips," he said. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 I accordingly appeared there, one dull November afternoon, in the garb of a certain western sporting man, who, for a consideration, allowed me the temporary use of his name and credentials. The Staircase At The Heart's Delight 1894 To the sporting man, the gentleman, the man who loves the game, the prize goes now in competition with Gobblers and Plodders. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak It is said of me that I have won more money than any sporting man in this country. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi This process revealed the headquarters of the traffic, for a sporting man, rejoicing in the sobriquet of "Wavey," came up from Fort Benton, in Montana, and paid the fines of the white men. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Her father was a rough sporting man, but her mother was a lady born and bred. Wild Bill's Last Trail “The most particular of all,” replied the sporting man. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life He was viewed with interest, and often with extraordinary regard, by every sporting man in the House. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography I was surprised to see you back- capping my game, for I could see you were a sporting man. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Whether the man hunts the woman or the woman the man, at least it should be a splendid pagan hunt; but Shaw is not a sporting man. George Bernard Shaw It is a thoroughbred–a regular racer, which a sporting man was taking through to the Pacific coast on speculation. Wild Bill's Last Trail A rather sporting man than otherwise was Mr Jones. Can You Forgive Her? "It ought to be a pretty even break," muttered Melvin, his interest obviously that of a sporting man who would travel a thousand miles to see a fight for a champion's belt. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch When the ladies left the room Chiltern and the new-corner—who was not a sporting man, and therefore did not understand the question—became lost in the mazes of Trumpeton Wood. Phineas Redux I am not a sporting man myself; and, though I may look on fox-hunting as one of the less deadly sins involved in "sport," I know nothing about it. Studies in Early Victorian Literature All right, I 'm sporting man enough to bet five thousand on your making good. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune He was a captain in the army and a Member of Parliament; it was as a sporting man, however, that he was best known. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Badger Brush was a very rich sporting man, whose tastes were horsey, but whose heart was in the right place. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 I have never known a more simple, kind-hearted, agreeable, and lovable gentleman than this broken-down sporting man and gambler. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm "Five to one that Burley hits at the first fire," cried a sporting man. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia To hear you talk about dogs, and lame horses, and club suppers, anybody would suppose you were a sporting man! Polly Oliver's Problem So far as Mrs. Wilder was concerned, Hartley was to her what a sitting hen would be to a sporting man. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery The sporting man rose to the suggestion with a commendable promptness and warmth."I don't care a blank if it wasn't a bet," he said, heartily. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 In the discussion of the sporting temperament, it has appeared that the sense of an animistic propensity in material things and events is what affords the spiritual basis of the sporting man's gambling habit. Theory of the Leisure Class I have one client, a sporting man, who would be very likely to take it up if we could agree upon terms. Beyond the City It was like a sporting man who, thriving in middle age, endeavors to live down his shady past. Fanny Herself There were very few books lying about, but costly riding-whips, spurs, rifles, cartridge-boxes, and all the paraphernalia of a fashionable sporting man, were here in abundance. The Count's Millions Sir Richard Jebb, when he went to Cambridge, was asked, "Do you mean to be a sporting man or a reading man?" The Book of Delight and Other Papers The gifts and exploits of Ulysses are scarcely second to those of Achilles, either in their substantial furtherance of the game or in the �clat which they give the astute sporting man among his associates. Theory of the Leisure Class One fat, red-faced juror, who had a dyed mustache and looked like a sporting man, would have laughed outright had not the Judge checked him with a stern look. The Under Dog He was not what was called a sporting man, and therefore could not have secretly accumulated debts while appearing rich. The Living Link He was a sporting man, and had the misfortune to lose; that, I think, is the worst that can be said of him. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Hinks was a sporting man in his way, with that taste for checks in costume and tight trousers which is, under Providence, so mysteriously and invariably associated with equestrian proclivities. The History of Mr. Polly The sporting man's sense of luck and chance, or of fortuitous necessity, is an inarticulate or inchoate animism. Theory of the Leisure Class I wonder," said Spargo, "if there's any old sporting man there who could remember—things. The Middle Temple Murder At other times he was equally well known as a sporting man, with tendencies somewhat fast. From Jest to Earnest The attorney had never been a sporting man himself, but he had always been, as it were, on that side. The American Senator At any rate he has been thoroughly disgraced," continued Mr. Jawstock, "as a sporting man. The Duke's Children He had the reputation of being a sporting man, of easy morality, fond of his glass and of good living. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land And I suppose it is not certain that every man in a tall white hat is a politician, or a railway magnate, or a sporting man. Their Pilgrimage Not know him!" cries master; "why, hang it, Blewitt! he knows YOU; as every sporting man in England does, I should think. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush There was one of the goldfields commissioners, a Mr. Knightley, a very keen, cool hand; he was a great sporting man, and a dead shot, like Mr. Hamilton. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields One of the passengers was a big, stout, hearty man—a good-hearted, sporting man and a racehorse-owner, according to his brands. Joe Wilson and His Mates The sporting man was interested at once, and went out and joined the Bushmen. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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