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… on the Thames. Thus Strutt writes, in his "Sports and Pastimes," published in 1800:"A society, generally known by …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… fact that the King of England, continuing his sports and pastimes, could easily, with three or four hundred thousand …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… these parts of passing that holiday and its eve in various pastimes, especially in drinking. On hearing of the plot the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… half on the eve of St. Peter. (See Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 361.) The cresset was a large lanthorn fixed at …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… because they are either forbidden or slighted. He has few pastimes, rarely sees the Infanta and then only furtively. …