On Horse races (1724) [ Practices ]
… them died in the stable when they came to be rubbed after the first heat. Here I fancied myself in the Circus Maximus at Rome, seeing the ancient games, and the racings of the chariots and horsemen; and in this warmth of my imagination I … on any particular day to see a race and so go home again directly. … "Here I fancied myself in the Circus Maximus at Rome, seeing the ancient games, and the racings of the chariots and horsemen; and in this warmth of my imagination I …
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