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Exlradl of a Letter from Verjailles, Fanuary 12. ~ “We cannot yet forelce when the Definitive Treaty will be-ready

... greateft Concourfe of People upon the Ice near the Great-Bridge ever known in the Memory of Man, and Variety of Skaiting, Foot-Ball, &c. Several elegant Boaths were ereCted on the Ice, for the Sale of Lia quors, C.ree, Tea, &#c. The Evening concloded with ...

Published: Monday 31 January 1763
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 425 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

matintapi

... Anfwer from the Boy, and the Noife dill continuing, he looked out of his H-1-m--mock, and perceived the Tiger playing at Foot-Ball with Q2atniao's Head. The Caufe was this: The poor Boy had by fome Accident, the preceding' Evening, cut his Neck, which ...

Published: Monday 20 February 1764
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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ismissesstiglig

... /lank ; 14 1. ':thcir hutubli 'efts, was up in Court. with er-. _ fo.r Plai - end full Cot. • 4 . ay as foe youn; playing at Football 311 Lichfield, two of them met totether and kicked, by which Means .one bad his Leg brbltc. D;ED.)-A few Days !ince, after ...

Published: Monday 08 April 1771
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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fIIfIMINGUAM, Moipy, Feb

... Concourfe of People affembled at Swanfwell Pool, near that City, where, befides the Drollery of playing at Cricket and kicking a Football, a large Sheep was roafted whole upon tbe Ice, to the n o (mall Diverfion of the Speaators. Lalt Week, two Men, who a fliort ...

Published: Monday 05 February 1776
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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CITY HEREFORD. March

... Mayor and Juftices of the said City hereby give notice, that if any person or persons shall found playing at tennis, fives, football, coyting, or any other unlawful game, in any street, back-lane, high road, field, or meadow, within the Liberties the said ...

Published: Thursday 18 March 1784
Newspaper: Hereford Journal
County: Herefordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 594 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

C V H £ O March lOih, 1784. KREAS hath been too much the practice oerfons play unlawful the Lord's

... Liberties The Mayor and Juftices the City do hereby give notice, that any or per ions fhal'l found playing tennis, fives, football, corting, or any oilier anlawful game, any (Leer, back-lane, highroad, field, 01 meadow, the the City, the Lore, day, or ...

Published: Thursday 25 March 1784
Newspaper: Hereford Journal
County: Herefordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 873 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HEREFORDSHIRE. be Let, and entered upon immediately, a MetTuage and Farm, late the occupation of John Lewis, ..

... and Juftires of the faid City hereby give notice, that if any perfon or perfons fhall be found playing at tennis, fives, football, coyting, or at»y other unlawful game, in any ftrcet, back-lane, high road, field, or meadow, within the Liberties of the ...

Published: Thursday 01 April 1784
Newspaper: Hereford Journal
County: Herefordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 954 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LONDON, SATURDAY, February 9

... laft a melancholy accident happened on Hampton Court Green: as Quarter-mafter Colllon, of the 16th Light Horfe, was kicking foot-ball, he tripped up, and falling with his breaft on a lump of ice or congealed fnow, was killed dead on the fpot. It is remarkable ...

Published: Monday 11 February 1799
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
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ANCIENT BRITISH MANNERS

... .—For the Great :--horfemanfliip, tilts and tournaments. Common people: boxing, wreftling, leaping, running, quoits, &c. Football was a great favourite and hand-ball, by perfocs of rank, on horl'eback as well as on foot, for great fums. Miracles, myfterics ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1799
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 890 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OLLA PODRIDA

... thirty years ! The Jkipping-ropc, tambourine, and even the martial cymbal, arc giving way to the more feminine delights ni foot-ball; a fportive in fir ument now kicking about the molt falhicnable drawingrooms for a morning cxercife I The Gallic- ii\g-mafitr ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1800
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Seventeen young were convicted before che Magiftrates, at Stockport, Chethire, of laving at foot-ball on the ..

... Seventeen young were convicted before che Magiftrates, at Stockport, Chethire, of laving at foot-ball on the Sabbath-day, and fined in the fum of 3s. 4d. each. Laft Tharfday, a perfon who had been fhooting having left his gun, which was loaded, in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1803
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 246 | Page: 3 | Tags: none