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... piece of ground expressly for the amusement of their ca leisure hours, which might be devoted to quoits, prison, te bars, foot-ball, or cricket. If the, corporat6 funds were, da as they ought to be, at the disposal of the burgesses at large, there would ...
... shock which 'would crush its e- any common boat to pieces, leaves no more impression up- ton her, than a blow does upon a football. Her keel co. stem and stern post, are formed of one piece of-timber, thi steam-bent, and so contrived, that if she were ...
... sports than those which are accompanied with torture to any living being. We would see them amused with foot races, cricket, football, trap, qunits, fives, prison-bars, and a variety of other healthy and cheering pastimes; neither would we forget aquatic ...
... Peact ot~the Io egtin'cmeedte' game of football, 'and 'the pleiig.*ann himself has, ben a- tnon o jinin hq~ir. 'lt~Freli terigbteous'or , ~ pnordud toth creit of th ~edGete Ima'heradhis Ahead too. -The, football niatohe4 o - -were at length suppressedi- ...
... same authority does not ex- tend to New Preston and Fishwick End, as I was witness to from 50 to 100 persons in the act of football play during the whole of last Sunday, without attending to any place of worship whatsoever. Fisimirk, Jan. 14th, 1831. S ...
... home. The then Duke of Buccleugh and the Earl of Home hadl some wager on the respec- tive merits of their tenants at the football, a game played to this day with great spirit on both si'des of the border. It was a peaceable imitation of the clan contests ...
... Court. I have, perhaps, treated this anonymous letter with too much attention. I know well that religion is used as a ot mere football in election times, and that-many men whose religion cannot be discerned by the closest inspection for I 'years of still life ...
... before any l material damage liad been ione. f DEATII JY FIGni-oNti.-At Gorton, o1 Saturday week, some boys assembled to play football, lhichl was followed by a fight between two lads, both d about sixteen years of age, naned Hlibbert and lorsfaill. Thev had ...
... for Lisbon. du By the 12th Ricbard ll, c. 6, it was enacted that. servants am and artificers ?? all playing at tennis, or football, and e other'ga'ies, called quoits, dice, casting of the stone, kailes, and other such importune games, and ?? bear no bucklers ...
... countryc we should make a point, if possible, of providing themY with accommodations for occasional amueeta r tet, trap, quoits, football, swimming, and otlier sports Frenchmen, when in their own country especially, are 0 .rgenerally found so be more sober and ...
... Of appropriating some open pieces of land in the outskirts to such innocent amusements of the working classes as tennis, football, quoits, and other games and athletic exercises,-all under such regulations and re- strictions as the Common Council may ...
... a shock which ItsI would crush any common beat to pieces, leaves so mere spe, ipession upon her, than a blow does upon a football. tisa Her keel stem and stern-pest arc ETermed of one piece of our timber, steaim-bient, and so contrived, that if she were ...