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 29
... remain silent , if she is willing to pay the postage . The postage is fixed by the gentleman , generally of course a salute . If the postage is paid , the gentleman , who makes no disclosures , forfeits ; and , if not , it is most ...
... remain silent , if she is willing to pay the postage . The postage is fixed by the gentleman , generally of course a salute . If the postage is paid , the gentleman , who makes no disclosures , forfeits ; and , if not , it is most ...
Side 50
... remain intently on it , until the stroke is com- pleted ; for the less frequently the eye wanders from ball to ball , the more correct will be the stroke . Two glances alone are sufficient , and the last of these , namely , from the ...
... remain intently on it , until the stroke is com- pleted ; for the less frequently the eye wanders from ball to ball , the more correct will be the stroke . Two glances alone are sufficient , and the last of these , namely , from the ...
Side 63
... remain for his next stroke - this he will in every instance be able to accomplish , by varying the action of the cue , and using more or less strength and fulness as occasion may re- quire ; and , secondly , when the third ball is ...
... remain for his next stroke - this he will in every instance be able to accomplish , by varying the action of the cue , and using more or less strength and fulness as occasion may re- quire ; and , secondly , when the third ball is ...
Side 85
... remain on whatever part of the table it stop ; but the ball pocketed must be put on the place it formerly occupied , and the next player plays on . may 9. The player who first loses his three lives is I BILLIARDS . 85.
... remain on whatever part of the table it stop ; but the ball pocketed must be put on the place it formerly occupied , and the next player plays on . may 9. The player who first loses his three lives is I BILLIARDS . 85.
Side 107
... remain opposed to one , the moves must not exceed twenty on each side ; and if there are three kings to two , the moves must not exceed forty . 9. By - standers are not to say or do anything that can be construed into the slightest ...
... remain opposed to one , the moves must not exceed twenty on each side ; and if there are three kings to two , the moves must not exceed forty . 9. By - standers are not to say or do anything that can be construed into the slightest ...
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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.