hare and hounds

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You never saw anything so cheerful and spontaneous as their gait; schoolboys do not look more eagerly at hare and hounds; and you would have thought it impossible to tire such willing marchers.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

The familiar hare and hounds pattern of nightmare.

From Shock Treatment by Mullen, Stanley

Never were there such hills for hare and hounds.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Little William screamed with delight at the hare and hounds made out of a handkerchief and a black necktie, and called for the same stories over and over again.

From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold

We always got up our games of hare and hounds in first-rate style.

From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by Thomas, William I.