... Committee of Safety of the House Commons. That report showed that vast numbers assembled under pretence of digging potatoes, football meetings, Ac.,but really to demonstrate their strength, and prepare for the insurrection. The first monster-meeting of the ...

... Hle mightrclig, hemighlt delve, t he might run, lie might row, hle might knock out his eve at golf, or break his shins at football-all these sports he isas' permitted to share in proprin persona; but that oblique in eand reflective pleasure whiclr the ...

... incredibly short space of time-which, if it r -strikes the side of a vessel, a rock, or a pile, will bound it off like a foot-ball, without any injury to itself-which, if y, designedly upset, keel up, will right itself, without anv 9- danger to the boatmen ...

... ceremony over, two old bells in the steeple struck up the merriest peal they could; the rustics cheered lustily; the village football decorated with white ribbons, wan duly kicked by the bridegroom ay, and by the good old bishop, too, God bless him l—handfuls ...

... °there, too, which though not precisely epecifed, are clearly implied in the words other active sports, such as cricket, football, Ac. Another pleasing feature in the plan is the due provision of , tea, coffee, and other refreshments ; carefully excluding ...

... others, too, which, tholugi not precisely specified, ate ciearlh implied in the words 'other active sports,' such as l clc't football, &c. Another pleasing feature in the plan is l ! ?? strovisiolt of tea, coffee, and other refreshbmente; care- lil3y eahidinig ...

... stranger passing through it noon-time may whj number of young men and boys dressed in fustian engaged in the favourite sport of football; clusters women and young girls, all habited in gowns of blue cotton, with cloak drawn over the head in lieu a bonnet, and ...

... many millions, of being kicked by the beef-eating British like a foot-ball from one end of India to another, because they eat rice; and are therefore more suitable material for foot-balls. These speculations are ingenious, but are not quite so valuable ...

... the English yeomen, and the vital want of the Scotch, by which they frequently suffered in war), the old Scottish games of foot-ball and golf are actually prohibited, and the regular practice of archery is commanded in every parish. It is ordered that there ...

... commercial marine; but which would, on the contrary, if abandoned to Denmaik, become, together with Denmark, nothing more than a football for the great continental powers, who have an interest in watching over the straits of the Sound? . . . . . ' We will not ...

... an untimely end, un- n der very distressing circumstances. It appears that he had gone on Monday se'nnihlit. 'to Hoiloiri foot-ball, and on retnrning hionie after nightfall lie had become extremnelv e eeahaU sted. Search was marie for him next mornin and ...

... came to an untimely end, under very distressing circumstances. It appears that ho had gone on Monday se'enniglit to Hopkirk foot-ball, and on returning home, after nightfall, had become extremely exhausted. Search was made for him next morning and on Wednesday ...