Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volum 27Baily Bros., 1875 |
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Pàgina 12
... morning saw them both at Lord's , soon followed by a third , who proposed to hold the stakes . " Yes , ' thought Budd , but who is to hold you ? ' So he proposed to put the money on the stool , and the runner first in could help himself ...
... morning saw them both at Lord's , soon followed by a third , who proposed to hold the stakes . " Yes , ' thought Budd , but who is to hold you ? ' So he proposed to put the money on the stool , and the runner first in could help himself ...
Pàgina 15
... morning : you know to whom . " Impossible ! Had you only spoken to me , this should not have ‹ " been . " " Yes ; but I must otherwise have fought the brother ; and that " " was not in my way . However , the lady and I parted at the ...
... morning : you know to whom . " Impossible ! Had you only spoken to me , this should not have ‹ " been . " " Yes ; but I must otherwise have fought the brother ; and that " " was not in my way . However , the lady and I parted at the ...
Pàgina 16
... morning of his execution . In ' the afternoon , while sitting alone , with what feelings you may imagine , in my house , No. 29 , Alpha Road , near Lord's , the servant ' announced Mr. Vicary . Vicary was the master of Coldbath ' Fields ...
... morning of his execution . In ' the afternoon , while sitting alone , with what feelings you may imagine , in my house , No. 29 , Alpha Road , near Lord's , the servant ' announced Mr. Vicary . Vicary was the master of Coldbath ' Fields ...
Pàgina 20
... morning , to his horror and consternation , beneath the clump of gigantic firs that crowned the highest point in the park , lay a fat buck , gored to death . Tom examined him well : it was no dog , for he was not torn , but stabbed , as ...
... morning , to his horror and consternation , beneath the clump of gigantic firs that crowned the highest point in the park , lay a fat buck , gored to death . Tom examined him well : it was no dog , for he was not torn , but stabbed , as ...
Pàgina 21
... morning's potation wore off , it was with leaden eye and trembling limb that he plodded his way to the Hall to ask the house - steward to write and acquaint his absent master with the facts . A week or so elapsed ere an answer was ...
... morning's potation wore off , it was with leaden eye and trembling limb that he plodded his way to the Hall to ask the house - steward to write and acquaint his absent master with the facts . A week or so elapsed ere an answer was ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 356 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Pàgina 342 - The antlered monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But ere his fleet career he took, The dew-drops from his flanks he shook; Like crested leader proud and high...
Pàgina 281 - AND WITHAM. — A System of Figure Skating. Being the Theory and Practice of the Art as developed in England, with a Glance at its Origin and History.
Pàgina 100 - Paley was ardently attached to this amusement; so much so, that when the Bishop of Durham inquired of him, when one of his most important works would be finished, he said, with great simplicity and good humour, " My Lord, I shall work steadily at it when the fly-fishing season is over," as if this were ab*siness of his life.
Pàgina 138 - The server shall not serve until the striker-out is ready. If the latter attempt to return the service, he shall be deemed to be ready.
Pàgina 219 - ... good man be ? — By the side of a spring, on the breast of Helvellyn, Under the twigs of a young birch tree ! The oak that in summer was sweet to hear, And rustled its leaves in the fall of the year, And whistled and roared in the winter alone, Is gone, — and the birch in its stead is grown. — The Knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust ; — His soul is with the saints, I trust.
Pàgina 136 - I have seen a quintain set upon Cornhill, by the Leadenhall, where the attendants on the lords of merry disports have run, and made great pastime; for he that hit not the broad end of the quintain was...
Pàgina 136 - Hence it is clear, that the ring was put in the place of the quintain. The excellency of the pastime was to ride at full speed, and thrust the point of the lance through the ring, which was supported in a case or sheath, by the means of two springs, but might be readily drawn out by the force of the stroke, and remain upon the top of the lance.
Pàgina 139 - Vantage ' is then introduced, and a player, in order to score game, must win two points in succession, viz., vantage and game ; otherwise though he may have won vantage, if he should lose the next stroke the score returns to deuce.
Pàgina 46 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was!