Games and Sports: Being an Appendix to Manly Exercises and Exercises for Ladies, Containing the Various In-door Games and Sports, the Out-of-door Games and Sports, Those of the Seasons, &cT. Hurst, 1837 - 388 sider |
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Side 10
... mystifying the hapless individual . A wag will pass himself off for a foreigner , a German , or a Turk , or of any other nation , and thus draw out the person who believes all that is told him . Another will pretend to be deaf , 10 VI.
... mystifying the hapless individual . A wag will pass himself off for a foreigner , a German , or a Turk , or of any other nation , and thus draw out the person who believes all that is told him . Another will pretend to be deaf , 10 VI.
Side 44
... drawn a straight line from one cushion to another , the space within which is called the baulk ; and within the baulk is described a ring , or semi- circle , of eleven inches radius , termed the striking servitua point . This baulk and ...
... drawn a straight line from one cushion to another , the space within which is called the baulk ; and within the baulk is described a ring , or semi- circle , of eleven inches radius , termed the striking servitua point . This baulk and ...
Side 48
... drawn a couple of inches backwards , slightly depressed towards the cloth , then gradually elevated to its former parallel , and lastly forced against the ball , so as to drive it onwards with more or less velo- city , as occasion may ...
... drawn a couple of inches backwards , slightly depressed towards the cloth , then gradually elevated to its former parallel , and lastly forced against the ball , so as to drive it onwards with more or less velo- city , as occasion may ...
Side 58
... draw a line with the cue from his ball to the particular part of the cushion he in- tends to strike , and then complete the angle by a corresponding one in the contrary direction , in order to ascertain with precision ( provided the bed ...
... draw a line with the cue from his ball to the particular part of the cushion he in- tends to strike , and then complete the angle by a corresponding one in the contrary direction , in order to ascertain with precision ( provided the bed ...
Side 84
... drawn from a bag , handed to the players by the marker . It is also played with two balls only ; the balls to be used in rotation by each of the players . The first way is most in vogue . 2. The white ball leads off , or commences the ...
... drawn from a bag , handed to the players by the marker . It is also played with two balls only ; the balls to be used in rotation by each of the players . The first way is most in vogue . 2. The white ball leads off , or commences the ...
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Games and Sports: Being an Appendix to Manly Exercises and Exercises for ... Donald Walker Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1837 |
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Side 315 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Side 228 - CREASE must be in a line with the stumps ; six feet eight inches in length ; the stumps in the centre ; with a return crease at each end towards the bowler at right angles. V. The POPPING CREASE must be four feet from the wicket, and parallel to it ; unlimited in length, but not shorter than the bowling crease.
Side 231 - Or, if with any part of his person he stop the ball, which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it.
Side 313 - ... blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast.
Side 312 - ... children following it with great devotion. And thus being reared up, with handkerchiefs and flags...
Side 311 - ... painted with variable colours, with two or three hundred men, women and children following it with great devotion. And thus...
Side 317 - Harvest-Home; their last load of Corn they Crown with Flowers, having besides an Image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres, this they keep moving about, while Men and Women, Men and Maid Servants, riding through the Streets in the Cart, shout as loud as they can, till they arrive at the Barn.
Side 316 - Dee, close by the picturesque old bridge that stretches across the river from the quaint little city of Chester. I had already been carried back into former days by the antiquities of that venerable place ; the examination of which is equal to turning over the pages of a black letter volume, or gazing on the pictures in Froissart.
Side 227 - The BAT must not exceed four inches and one quarter in the widest part ; it must not be more than thirty-eight inches in length.
Side 235 - When there shall be more than four players on a side, there shall be no bounds. All hits, byes, and overthrows shall then be allowed.