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  1. A TALL SWIM.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 20 January 1849 p 1 Article
    ... quoth Ben Pump. It lias often and most truly been said that truth is stranger than fiction, and many ... friends, he often related his adventures in Africa; he was asked why these incidents which he was ... Africa. Those who have been* there know what a white squall is, and those who have not, I would not ... 1404 words
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  2. THE MYSTERIESTOF ROOKWOOD HOUSE. (From the Nation.)
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 2 August 1856 p 1 Article
    ... adventure and difficulty, of error and sharao, into which her previous misfortune and her beauty had, ... grew more weak, moro eccentric, and, it is said, moro imbecile. Strange stories were told of his last ... Stories were told of a death-bed marriage; of a death- bed will; but how much of all this was truth, and ... 1256 words
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  3. ADVERTISEMENTS OF "THE TIMES."
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 13 March 1847 p 1 Article
    ... North fole, to any part in India, to Australia, to Africa, tr to China, he can, by the aid of one ... blessed with affluence.! The ac- count which Puff gives of his fictitious misfor- tunes. «o little ... the borrowed aid of a popular fiction was 3 happy thought :- -? . .To Tire BROTHBSS CHEEHYDLB, or ... 1331 words
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  4. My Transmogrifications.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 2 July 1853 p 1 Article
    ... father took ou Henry, and left me nt home, or when he threaten« to sell my pony, br give him to my ... must ridiculous forms-I tisA novd-i, and the most pathetic stories in the magaiihes. " I ... sincerity, was ob ; ïiûus ftotn tho character of the object of. roy i «nice. She wa« a beautiful, ... 2083 words
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  5. English Extracts.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 1 September 1849 p 1 Article
    ... put In for six month's, while I was thero for only two.-Doth gentlemen seemed to enjoy the character ... abuuuds with stories of the privations and wirtchednes* of many a long-eared Midas of the Sacramento. ... man did-but with no judgment, Sir. Ma- zeppa came nbreast of me-I could see his rider was cool and ... 2246 words
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  6. Advertising
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 16 July 1853 p 3 Advertising
    ... - Peter Simple, * Gilbert Gurney, Jacob Faithful, tho Buccaneer, Adventure* of Mr. Lettliury, Tlrà ... Rrefo.i, Tho Path Finder,' Ben Brace, Stories of Waterloo, Ked - Hover, Jucquclliiio of Holland, ... Pitt-strect, near tho Theatre, down tho gato way. HENRY FERRIS. N.R-Maize purchased in nny quantity. G1 EORGE ... 5624 words
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  7. Advertising
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 14 August 1852 p 4 Advertising
    ... HENRY FERRIS, 201. Pltt-itreet, Two doors from the Theatre. , N.B.-10 Tons leaf tobacco.and stems. ... what ii and hal been is as brilliant in character, as glorious in description and tis captivating in detail, at that winch the genius of fiction ever created.*'- Obs ervtr. "These historical memoirs by ... 5354 words
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  8. THE STORY OF A PALETOT.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 25 October 1851 p 4 Article
    ... THE STORY OF A PALETOT. Another of those domestick delinquencies which "have so often rendered the gay hotels and s[?]lling ing: boudoirs of Paris more celebrated In the anuals nal* of crime than the most mysterious cave of robbers rvsr found unionist the Appenines, and peopled hy the sombre brain ... 1180 words
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  9. MR BLANK'S BALL ADVENTURE.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 24 July 1858 p 4 Article
    ... MR BLANK'S BALL ADVENTURE. Mr Blank is a wealthy merchant, residing in Philadelphia. phia. Mr Blank is a member of the upper crust society. He occupies a four-story residence in Walnut-street, with Venetian blinds and marble trimmings, and carries a style of watch-fob and a shirt ruffio that tell ... 1139 words
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  10. Miscellaneous Extracts.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 24 May 1851 p 1 Article
    ... " There's a gentleman hete who gives him an excellent character, and says that his object is that of ... - Wetkly Dispatch. Yankee Stories about Jenny Lind.-A placard lo the following effect, has been posted ... Jenny Lind stories is as follows :- An inquisitive Mri Jones forced her way into a select party ... 1367 words
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  11. English Extracts.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 14 August 1852 p 1 Article
    ... the adventure once moi -only once innre; if lie succeeds, lie will hui band the reiources it ... 1782 words
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  12. THE RAID OF THE ABORIGINES. [CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.]
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 11 January 1845 p 4 Article
    ... THE RAID OF THE ABORIGINES. [CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.] Oh! brightly above the tree tops shone the sun, When the gallant adventurers gaily march'd on; For fast to the ... he's remarkably sore. My story is told, and my harp is unstrung, Farewell to the heroes whose deeds ... 1649 words
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  13. THREE DAYS WITH MR. FITZ ROY'S HOUNDS.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 23 September 1848 p 2 Article
    ... of Nimrod, that son of Cusli, so well drscribed .in sacred story, ns '* a mighty hunter before the ... which had distinguished the day, nothing . remained for the riders, but to retrace their weary way to ... escaped-thc thorny bramble! which beset the adventurous equestrian!, yet h his rlpírincr manifeste'] ... 1312 words
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  14. BELL'S LIFE IN SYDNEY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1850. California Travel.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 5 October 1850 p 2 Article
    ... BELL'S LIFE IN \.\ SYDNEY. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1850./ California .t. i -? . o"'---* ? ' y ^''California Travel. "A A story I'll tell you, good folk. Of the wonders met In my travels." -The late Mr. ... to harass the feelings of .the "wives, and daughters of those whose adventurous spirit has led them ... 1147 words
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  15. THE YANKEE CRICKETERS SKINNED ALIVE.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 21 January 1860 p 3 Article
    ... baro-fnccd story-telling as han been practised on tho public at large in regard to the groat cricket ... tho hall, and no doubt its discovery will form the;future object of many adventurous expeditions. ... 1197 words
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  16. Wainwright, the Artist.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 7 April 1849 p 1 Article
    ... Wainwright, the Artist. A colonial character connected with this extraordinary traordinsry being ... character. As an artist he attained much excellence. He died suddenly in a fit of apoplexy, at. her Majesty's ... did, the genial side of the character ; and, instead of disliking the rake in tho critic, thought it ... 1318 words
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  17. A Night Adventure on the Surry Hills.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 26 October 1850 p 3 Article
    ... A Night Adventure on the Surry Hills. [BY SPRING-HEEL'S JACK.] We once knew a young gentleman who was .passionately fond of flowers. wera. Whether he loved -.them for their own sakes, or for the sake of any body else. we cannot precisely say but as he 1 .wax young and sonsitlve, wo may fairly ... 1045 words
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  18. A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 1 August 1857 p 1 Article
    ... A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. An English adventure given food for gossip in Paris during the week, and, as all's well that ends well; we are to record it. A few years ago a young Englsh nobleman, just fresh from college, raw and J inexperienced, fill desperately in love With the Jiiindry-maid Of tho cas- ... 1230 words
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  19. REVIEW.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 22 November 1856 p 1 Article
    ... and adventure of tho most thrilling description, and ono "of a character to take it entirely out of ... REVIEW. BE VIEW. THE QUADROON; OR, A. LOVER'S ADVENTURE IN ' LOUISIANA, BY CAPT MAYNE REID, in 3 vols. Capt. Mayne Reid has written a '? short preface to his work; wo give it for-tho'purpose of in. ... 2047 words
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  20. SPORTING SKETCHES. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A "BAGMAN;" OR ADVENTURES OF A FOX.
    Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 26 August 1848 p 1 Article
    ... "'fl . Memoirs of HU Umbrella," "This History uf King Charles's Spaniel," or ;.'The. Adventure uf a ... 3507 words
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