The Little Boy's Own Book of Sports and Pastimes: Illustrated with Numerous EngravingsDavid Bogue, 1855 - 222 Seiten |
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... frequently break , or conquer , fifty or a hundred others ; where this game is much played , a taw that has become a conqueror of a considerable number , is very much prized , and the owner will not play it against any but those which ...
... frequently break , or conquer , fifty or a hundred others ; where this game is much played , a taw that has become a conqueror of a considerable number , is very much prized , and the owner will not play it against any but those which ...
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... frequently called , in English , " Bandy - ball . " Goff , according to the present modification of the game , is performed with a bat , the handle of which is straight , and usually made of ash , about four feet and a half in length ...
... frequently called , in English , " Bandy - ball . " Goff , according to the present modification of the game , is performed with a bat , the handle of which is straight , and usually made of ash , about four feet and a half in length ...
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... frequently applied to a spendthrift , " He is making ducks and drakes of his money . " It is played by skimming , or what boys call shying , bits of slate or flat stones along the surface of a river or pond . If the thing thrown touches ...
... frequently applied to a spendthrift , " He is making ducks and drakes of his money . " It is played by skimming , or what boys call shying , bits of slate or flat stones along the surface of a river or pond . If the thing thrown touches ...
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... frequently exercised themselves in the practice of this pastine . The denomination " Mall , " given to this game , is evidently derived from the mallet or wooden hammer used by the players to strike the ball . It will be perceived that ...
... frequently exercised themselves in the practice of this pastine . The denomination " Mall , " given to this game , is evidently derived from the mallet or wooden hammer used by the players to strike the ball . It will be perceived that ...
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... frequently played by the parlour fire - side , in holiday time : -an individual seats himself on a wooden bottle which is placed sideways upon the floor , and endeavours , with a burning candle , which he holds in his right hand , to ...
... frequently played by the parlour fire - side , in holiday time : -an individual seats himself on a wooden bottle which is placed sideways upon the floor , and endeavours , with a burning candle , which he holds in his right hand , to ...
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amusement Angler angling bait ball Barbel beak bird BIRD-LIME bite blue body bottle bottom bowl breed cage called Canary candle Carp Chub cock colour Croydon Canal Dace dewlap distance ears fanciers Fancy pigeons fancy rabbits fastened feat feathers feed fingers fish float Fly-fishing frequently give glass green drake grey ground ground-bait Gudgeon hair half head hemp-seed holes hook hutches inches Jacobine keep latter light marble move nest party pastime Perch performed person phosphorescent phosphorus piece pigeon play player plumage ponds popping crease Pouter quill readers red worms right hand ring river Thames rivers Roach shell shew side sing sport strike striker string tail taken Tench thread three or four throw touch trap trick Trout Tumblers Turbit turn wicket wicket-keeper wings wire wood yards yellow young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 217 - Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends at his birth and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honour, and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth. In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir.
Seite 130 - The full-grown condor measures, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, from...
Seite 56 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall at any time be found fishing against the provisions of this act...
Seite 217 - Twas whispered in heaven, twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed.
Seite 217 - Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning, and heard in the thunder ; 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends at his birth and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honour, and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth.
Seite 18 - I have been informed, that a pastime called stool-ball is practised to this day in the northern parts of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing at a distance, tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool; and this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning one to the game for every stroke of the ball ,if, on the contrary, it should be...
Seite 31 - They place certain bones — the leg-bones of animals — under the soles of their feet, by tying them round their ankles ; and then, taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against the ice, and are carried on with a velocity equal to the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a crossbow.
Seite 171 - Cement the figure to the plane part of the hemisphere ; and, iu whatever position it is placed, when left to itself, it will rise upright. In this manner were constructed those small figures, called Prussians, sold at Paris : they were formed into battalions, and being made to fall down, by drawing a rod over them, they immediately started up again as soon as it was removed. We think, that the figure of a beau, or master of the ceremonies, is much more appropriate for this trick, than that of a soldier...
Seite 32 - ... end, and it will rise with a rotatory motion, high enough for him to beat it away as it falls, in the same manner as he would a ball. There are various methods of playing the game of cat, but we shall only notice the two that follow.
Seite 45 - ... 34. If any person stop the ball with his hat, the ball shall be considered as dead, and the opposite party shall add five notches to their score ; if any be run, they are to have five in all. 35. If the ball be struck, the striker may guard his wicket either with his bat, or his body.