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A History of the County of Middlesex
… 'cards, dice, vain plays, interludes, and other idle pastimes,' speaks of horse-racing as 'yielding goodly … I, 10, 13. a Nimrod, The Turf, 8. Ibid. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes (ed. 1903), 36. Anatomy of Melancholy, (Ed. 1893) ii, 174. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes (ed. 1903), 36. Ibid. The Turf, 11; London Past and …
A Survey of London
… Sports and pastimes of old time Sports and pastimes of old time vsed in this Citie. Of sports and pastimes in this Citie, euerie thing hath his time, a time to …
Old and New London
… of fashion, being superseded by pigeonshooting, and other pastimes equally cruel. In the seventeenth century the place … seen pursuing, with considerable eagerness, the different pastimes in which their fancy leads them to indulge. There …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… to put out of his head by great feastings and such like pastimes. The fall of that prince is look'd for speedily, if …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… and that the coming of Lent will give some truce unto the pastimes of his court, which during his said majestie's … hath added but little unto the splendor of the said pastimes; and is mearly considered here but as through a …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… sad miscarriages relating to alehouses and unlawful pastimes, dishonourable to God, and an occasion of the …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… My last unto your honour was of the 19/9 instant. The pastimes in this court in the duke of Modena's behalf have …