The Cricket Field; Or, The History and the Science of the Game of CricketLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - 267 Seiten |
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... sights and shows of the Londoners , " and the " May - games and recreations of the country - folk . " More mi- nutely still , Burton speaks of " rope dancers , cock- fights , " and other sports common both to town and country ; still ...
... sights and shows of the Londoners , " and the " May - games and recreations of the country - folk . " More mi- nutely still , Burton speaks of " rope dancers , cock- fights , " and other sports common both to town and country ; still ...
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... sight , nor , as players say , " see as much of the game , " as if you hold up your head , and look well at the bowler . 5thly . All stand easy , and hold the bat lightly , yet firmly , in their hands . However rigid your muscles , you ...
... sight , nor , as players say , " see as much of the game , " as if you hold up your head , and look well at the bowler . 5thly . All stand easy , and hold the bat lightly , yet firmly , in their hands . However rigid your muscles , you ...
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... sight whether the level of the eye remains the same as with a composed and easy hitter ; or , unsteady and changing , as with the wriggling and the clumsy player . Whether a ball undulates in the air , or whether there is an equal ...
... sight whether the level of the eye remains the same as with a composed and easy hitter ; or , unsteady and changing , as with the wriggling and the clumsy player . Whether a ball undulates in the air , or whether there is an equal ...
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... sight is sud- denly raised or depressed . The same law of sight shows the disadvantage of men who stand at guard very low , and then suddenly raise themselves as the ball is coming . The same law of sight explains the disadvantage of ...
... sight is sud- denly raised or depressed . The same law of sight shows the disadvantage of men who stand at guard very low , and then suddenly raise themselves as the ball is coming . The same law of sight explains the disadvantage of ...
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... Sight of a ball also depends on a habit of un- divided attention both before and after delivery , and very much on health . A yellow bilious eye bespeaks a short innings : so , be very careful what you eat and drink when engaged to play ...
... Sight of a ball also depends on a habit of un- divided attention both before and after delivery , and very much on health . A yellow bilious eye bespeaks a short innings : so , be very careful what you eat and drink when engaged to play ...
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Seite 229 - And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.