Sentences with phrase «of pack hounds»
At the turn of the 20th century there were several breeds of pack hounds in Germany, but with the exception of the Deutsche Bracke, they are all virtually extinct.
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In a famous scene in The Brothers Karamazov by the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 81), the story is told of a general who deliberately sets a pack of hounds on a boy who had accidentally injured one of them.
Even now, running helter - skelter with no visible means of protection from the onslaught of offers from movies, television, records, jigsaw puzzles, animal food, countless other commercial interests and the pack of agentry ten - percenters who latch onto instant celebrities like ticks on a hound, Riggs is a wonder to observe.
«The club had tennis courts, a polo field, a racetrack, baseball diamond, trapsfor live pigeon shooting, boats, bathhouses and a pack of hounds.
You'll need a pack of hounds too.
«As the independence of members of the House of Commons has decreased under the system of party discipline — it is known as «whipping» by analogy with the fox hunting practice of whipping pack of hounds into order for the pursuit — so both the quality and reputation of MPs has declined, rendering them even less likely to behave independently.
Services include «political strategy and messaging» and media training — including «how to handle being doorstepped by a pack of news hounds».
David Cameron has promised a free vote on a government amendment that would make it legal to kill foxes for pest control and for them to be flushed out by a full pack of hounds.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term whipper - in as, «a huntsman's assistant who keeps the hounds from straying by driving them back with the whip into the main body of the pack».
«Chief whip» is suitably 19th century when ordering around a pack of hounds but, by all accounts, she'll be herding cats, and picky ones at that.
McBride arrived in Florida with his pack of hounds.
Fay Wray, another Kong holdover, screams on the sidelines, and a pack of baying hounds provides additional menace.
A few days later, Bobby sees an opportunity to purchase the coveted bike himself when the old man with failing eyesight offers to pay Bobby a dollar a day for reading the newspaper out loud and watching for «Low Men» — a debased pack of strangers Ted believes are hounding him.
Legends regarding the «hounds of hell» have existed since Greek mythology, but I wasn't entirely sure what their baying would sound like until the 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S arrived: Punch the throttle, and there's a pack of them right behind you, and the sound is both exhilarating and a little terrifying.
Like most sighthounds, Kangaroo Hounds are pack animals that enjoy the company of other dogs.
The American Foxhound may have been derived from a pack of English Foxhounds taken from Britain to America by Robert Brooke in 1650, but some authorities say that the first mention of hound Importations to America appears in the diary of one of De Soto's men.
Packs of Basset Hounds were used to drive small prey such as rabbit and hare from dense undercover and into open areas where hunters could take over.
Because of this tendency to «speak» however, pack hounds can be noisy as pets, and inclined to bark and howl.
In the UK there are still many packs of working hounds, and here you will see hounds much as they looked in the history books.
Basset Hounds get along well with other animals, are capable of hunting in a pack, and are friendly with strangers.
Beagle dog breeds (facts of the hunting dog, dog training tips) One of the most amiable hounds, the beagle was bred as a pack hunter and needs companionship, whether human or canine.
One of the most amiable hounds, the beagle was bred as a pack hunter and needs companionship, whether human or canine.
They do not do well as house pets due to their ancestry of being outdoor pack hounds.
A hairless terrier and an ancient North African hound are looking to run with the pack of dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club.
It is one of the closest dogs to the original ancestors of the hound breeds and is the smallest breed found among the British pack hounds.
It wasn't until the mid 1800s that today's Beagles were refined by Parson Honeywood, who formed a beautiful pack from a type of hound known as the North Country type.
Some of the otter hounds went to private owners while others were integrated into the mink hunting packs.
In tune with his sighthound ancestry, he is a silent tracker; when working in diverse terrain, he may be accompanied by a pack of hounds that direct the hunters to the quarry by announcing their progress with sweet music.
The sport of pack hunting with Basset Hounds continues to this day in France and England.
Originally the dogs worked in packs, leading to the development of a highly social hound that generally gets along with other dogs.
There are instances of packs of hounds in England before the time of the Romans and they are thought to be the beginning of both sight and scent hounds.
During the 14th century, Comte de Foix kept a pack of these hounds and Henry IV of France kept a pack of his own during the 16th and early 17th century.
History and Facts: A descendant of French scenthounds, this breed dates back to the 16th century when it was used as a pack hound to hunt small game.
m at our Sanctuary in East Sussex when a pack of uncontrolled Fox hounds in full cry ran through the Sanctuary in pursuit of a fox and a deer forcing our resident cats who live freely in the grounds to flee for their lives.
Packs of the merry little hound have been in the United States since the Revolutionary War.
Queen Elizabeth I succumbed to their charms and owned an entire pack of tiny nine inch tall hounds.
A hairless terrier and an ancient North African hound are ready to run with the pack of dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club.
Beagles are of course «pack hounds» and therefore share some of the characteristics of this interesting sub-set of dogs Life with a beagle is unlikely to be a very quiet one.
The Grand Bleu de Gascogne is an imposing large dog, a typical hunting pack hound of the oldest type, with a lean and muscular body, long legs, slightly domed head, long drop ears, and drooping lips.
Sounds like you have quite the pack of hounds on your hands hope they are all feeling 100 % by now.
Multiplayer is fun too, and we love nothing more than setting a pack of hounds on our hapless rivals.
With a few friends in tow (either two new AI compatriots or other human players via local co-op or online multiplayer), you'll track down packs of carnivores and truly enormous behemoths on land and sea, set traps and hound them down.
We are told that these scattergun releases are due to «publisher request» Now Harmonix have been hounding SCEE to release these since the first pack in January, do we really believe that after * five months * of trying to get SCEE to release the first of these tracks they decided themselves to release on Friday instead of Wednesday?