Richard Francis
Richard Francis
Richard Franciswas an English cricketer who played for Hampshire in the last quarter of the 18th century when its matches were organised by the Hambledon Club. He is known to have been a Surrey man by birth and he had played for Surrey teams before moving to Hampshire. He made 47 known appearances in significant or first-class matches from 1773 until 1793. It is possible he had a brother who made one appearance for Hampshire in 1775...
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The major lifting has been done. Now it's just a question of holding it together.
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The country's better growth prospects are largely a result of significant and sustained improvement in domestic security that has, in turn, led to renewed domestic confidence and double-digit growth in private investment.
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SOAR changed the debate. Developers will still develop. But we said they should develop within these lines. And that is what has happened. When I drive through Ventura County, it is still awfully pretty.
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The officers (in Slidell) haven't been home since it happened,
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Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.
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One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.
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I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
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Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.
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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.
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Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
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If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place.
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How melancholy a thing is success. Whilst failure inspirits a man, attainment reads the sad prosy lesson that all our glories "Are shadows, not substantial things." Truly said the sayer, "disappointment is the salt of life" a salutary bitter which strengthens the mind for fresh exertion, and gives a double value to the prize.
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The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.
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Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.