Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volum 27Baily Bros., 1875 |
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Pàgina 6
... never before had he listened to a chorus so rich and so musical as that of those deep- mouthed hounds . Tom Franks , too , was in his element . Mak'th a man's heart fairly dance , doth that meusic , ' said he , as the thunder rolled in ...
... never before had he listened to a chorus so rich and so musical as that of those deep- mouthed hounds . Tom Franks , too , was in his element . Mak'th a man's heart fairly dance , doth that meusic , ' said he , as the thunder rolled in ...
Pàgina 8
... never have fallen to the lot of Venus , nor the Greeks have gloried in the fall of Troy . In scaling the rugged heights , lissome and accustomed as Frank and Tom were to such places , they found their master in Parson Davy ; for ...
... never have fallen to the lot of Venus , nor the Greeks have gloried in the fall of Troy . In scaling the rugged heights , lissome and accustomed as Frank and Tom were to such places , they found their master in Parson Davy ; for ...
Pàgina 9
... never having carried a watch , used the moor for his dial and the tors for the figures , in- dicating at once the position of the sun and the time of day . Nor was the acute and observant moorman often wrong in his calculation . ' After ...
... never having carried a watch , used the moor for his dial and the tors for the figures , in- dicating at once the position of the sun and the time of day . Nor was the acute and observant moorman often wrong in his calculation . ' After ...
Pàgina 11
... never was out , and Brand never scored ! William Beldham was the foremost professional of Budd's day . He died about seven years since , ninety - six years of age . Beldham also , without either leggings or gloves , scored 72 against ...
... never was out , and Brand never scored ! William Beldham was the foremost professional of Budd's day . He died about seven years since , ninety - six years of age . Beldham also , without either leggings or gloves , scored 72 against ...
Pàgina 14
... never but on two occasions could find a witness to the ball being thrown 100 yards both ways - once when thrown by Arnold of Cambridge , and once by Mr. W. G. Grace . The oft - quoted throw of 125 yards by Mr. Fawcett of Brighton ...
... never but on two occasions could find a witness to the ball being thrown 100 yards both ways - once when thrown by Arnold of Cambridge , and once by Mr. W. G. Grace . The oft - quoted throw of 125 yards by Mr. Fawcett of Brighton ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 358 - 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 344 - 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 283 - 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!