The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games, and PastimesJohn George Wood Frederick Warne and Company, 1891 - 816 sider |
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Side 240
... GLASS TO ANOTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING EITHER THE EGG OR THE GLASSES . Place two wine - glasses touching each other and in a direct line from you , and in the one nearer to you must be placed an egg with its smaller end down- wards . Then ...
... GLASS TO ANOTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING EITHER THE EGG OR THE GLASSES . Place two wine - glasses touching each other and in a direct line from you , and in the one nearer to you must be placed an egg with its smaller end down- wards . Then ...
Side 241
... glass of water ; then mounting on the table , dip the pen- knife in the water and withdraw the glass : a drop of water will soon fall on the paper , and on that very spot place the shilling . You then strike the ceiling with your fist ...
... glass of water ; then mounting on the table , dip the pen- knife in the water and withdraw the glass : a drop of water will soon fall on the paper , and on that very spot place the shilling . You then strike the ceiling with your fist ...
Side 289
... glass , and begged the ladies to sit quiet . At the bottom of the hill , the off- horse came into collision with a lamp - post , and was killed on the spot ; but the occupants of the carriage received only a sudden jerk , and were ...
... glass , and begged the ladies to sit quiet . At the bottom of the hill , the off- horse came into collision with a lamp - post , and was killed on the spot ; but the occupants of the carriage received only a sudden jerk , and were ...
Side 356
... glass and crockery , fragments of which are generally flung into the river , and will inflict most dangerous wounds if trodden on . If the bed of the stream should be in the least muddy , look out for mussels , which lie imbedded almost ...
... glass and crockery , fragments of which are generally flung into the river , and will inflict most dangerous wounds if trodden on . If the bed of the stream should be in the least muddy , look out for mussels , which lie imbedded almost ...
Side 383
... glass or two of the former wine , or of good sound port , after dinner . When the training is continued for any length of time , and the previous habits of the party have accustomed the stomach to it , I have found the occasional use of ...
... glass or two of the former wine , or of good sound port , after dinner . When the training is continued for any length of time , and the previous habits of the party have accustomed the stomach to it , I have found the occasional use of ...
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Side 625 - These simple machines are the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw.
Side 61 - ... the right and left courts. On each side of the net, at a distance of 21 feet from it, and parallel with it, are drawn the service lines.
Side 766 - Italian player oi some eminence. Walker says this may be classed as the most brilliant and critical opening known, and recommends the student to play it at every opportunity ; he also throws out the warning that an incorrect move may irrecoverably lose the game. The defence is most difficult to discover in actual play.
Side 48 - In all match games, lines connecting the liome and first bases, and the home and third bases, and also the lines of the striker's and pitcher's positions, shall be marked by the use of chalk or other suitable material, so as to be distinctly seen by the umpire. The...
Side 765 - WHITE. BLACK. 1. P. tO K. 4. i. P. tO K. 4. 2. P. to KB 4. 2. P. takes P. 3. K. Kt. to B. 3- 3- P. to K. Kt. 4. 4. KB to QB 4. 4. K. Kt. P. advances.
Side 7 - 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.
Side 650 - I can take it into another room and there fire spirits of wine with it. If while it is electrifying I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail, I receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders.
Side 66 - ... decide similarly for the second game. The partner of the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third; the partner of the player who served in the second game shall serve in the fourth, and so on in the same order in all the subsequent games of a set.
Side 5 - 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.