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Old and New London
… of the convent in other days amused themselves at the game of bowls. The memory of the spot is still preserved in … tennis, dice, cards, tables, nine-holes, or any other game hereafter to be invented." We cannot turn our backs on …
Old and New London
… The spot was out of the line which any one carrying dead game could have taken, and the position in which the bird lay …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of Harpenden, which takes its name probably from the game; 12 Cold Harbour, a mile to the north of Harpenden; and … Grondwyn, and others were fined for using an unlawful game, to wit, bowling (Westm. D. and C. Ct. R. 14049). …
Survey of London
… keep your word," she said, "and we will play the merriest game on him. That he may be the better deceived I will …
Old and New London
… these two scenes that words cannot paint." "Cocks of the game are yet cherished," says Stow, "by divers men for their …
Magna Britannia
… supper, by Tintoret; St. Jerome, by Salvator Rosa; game, with Antwerp in the distance, by Fitt; the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… evening I went to Archbishop's Ground and had a pleasant game in spite of the wet evening. The Brighton Railway [space …