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 Seiten |
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... young persons a politeness and gentleness of manner equally becoming and agreeable . -There is some truth in all of these argu- ments . On the other hand , it is undeniable that any game which requires the same sedentary position , the ...
... young persons a politeness and gentleness of manner equally becoming and agreeable . -There is some truth in all of these argu- ments . On the other hand , it is undeniable that any game which requires the same sedentary position , the ...
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... young lady remarkable for no- thing but good looks , something courteous may be said upon the influence of natural loveliness ; to a middle - aged lady , a short tale of a romantic and pathetic nature ; to a person of a lively turn , an ...
... young lady remarkable for no- thing but good looks , something courteous may be said upon the influence of natural loveliness ; to a middle - aged lady , a short tale of a romantic and pathetic nature ; to a person of a lively turn , an ...
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... young lady blushes as she approaches the fatal word ! casts her eyes round the circle ! stammers , and delivers herself more quickly of it than of any other word ! and is now easy when she has got rid of it . But the party guesses the ...
... young lady blushes as she approaches the fatal word ! casts her eyes round the circle ! stammers , and delivers herself more quickly of it than of any other word ! and is now easy when she has got rid of it . But the party guesses the ...
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... young lady be on the stool , the reason assigned may be that her heart is hard ; that her eyes , if they are good , are guilty without her knowledge ; that the Graces have delivered her to the tribunal of love , to expiate the torments ...
... young lady be on the stool , the reason assigned may be that her heart is hard ; that her eyes , if they are good , are guilty without her knowledge ; that the Graces have delivered her to the tribunal of love , to expiate the torments ...
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... young persons the art of capturing the Graces by the charms of the mind . If you wish to rally a young man on his con- ceit , foppishness , or indiscretion , you may say he is on the stool because he could not see whilst con- sulting ...
... young persons the art of capturing the Graces by the charms of the mind . If you wish to rally a young man on his con- ceit , foppishness , or indiscretion , you may say he is on the stool because he could not see whilst con- sulting ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advantage adversary adversary's ball angle antagonist archer arrow attack ball is struck bishop bishop's pawn bisque bowler bowling called carambole castle centre chase chess colour court cushion dedans deliver the ball distance double wicket doubled Pawn Draughts draw drawn English Draughts equal false move feet force forfeit four fourth square gallery gives check ground half-court hand hazard side inches j'adoube king king's bishop's knight lady latter LAWS OF CRICKET length Lord's Cricket Ground losing hazard mark match move nock object ball odds party pass penthouse person piece placed PLATE play player popping crease queen quoit racket rebound reckoned red ball return crease rook says score shooting stand stone strike the ball striker hole string stroke or point stump taken third square thirty touch umpire W.-Queen wall wicket keeper winning hazard yards
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Seite 307 - 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...
Seite 224 - 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.
Seite 227 - 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.
Seite 305 - ... 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.
Seite 304 - ... children following it with great devotion. And thus being reared up, with handkerchiefs and flags...
Seite 307 - 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 thce with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Seite 303 - ... painted with variable colours, with two or three hundred men, women and children following it with great devotion. And thus...
Seite 307 - 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.
Seite 309 - 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.
Seite 223 - 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.