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 ix
... position , the same exercise of the mind , and an additional guard over the feelings to conceal impatience and vexation at losses , must prove a very indifferent kind of recreation ; and it consequently follows that , to persons engaged ...
... position , the same exercise of the mind , and an additional guard over the feelings to conceal impatience and vexation at losses , must prove a very indifferent kind of recreation ; and it consequently follows that , to persons engaged ...
Side 24
... position of the players , would be to attempt an impossibility . It will not , however , be deemed complimentary to praise persons for qualities that they do not possess ; and even exaggerated commendation degenerates into irony and ...
... position of the players , would be to attempt an impossibility . It will not , however , be deemed complimentary to praise persons for qualities that they do not possess ; and even exaggerated commendation degenerates into irony and ...
Side 51
... position in which the striker stands , whilst in the act of playing , is also of essential impor- tance . A player whose posture is elegant , who strikes with ease and grace , and who is calm and col- lected , will uniformly attain a ...
... position in which the striker stands , whilst in the act of playing , is also of essential impor- tance . A player whose posture is elegant , who strikes with ease and grace , and who is calm and col- lected , will uniformly attain a ...
Side 58
... position , and he will soon perceive that " the angle of reflexion will be , in every case , equal to the angle of in- cidence , " or , in other words , he will see that the direction the ball acquires after contact , will be precisely ...
... position , and he will soon perceive that " the angle of reflexion will be , in every case , equal to the angle of in- cidence , " or , in other words , he will see that the direction the ball acquires after contact , will be precisely ...
Side 63
... positions which a ball can occupy , in which it will not present , at the same time , a winning hazard , a losing hazard , and a double or winning and losing hazard . THE VARIOUS GAMES . The following are those which are BILLIARDS . 63.
... positions which a ball can occupy , in which it will not present , at the same time , a winning hazard , a losing hazard , and a double or winning and losing hazard . THE VARIOUS GAMES . The following are those which are BILLIARDS . 63.
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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.