 | Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 420 lehte
...of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool; and this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning one... | |
 | 1839 - 272 lehte
...of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing at a distance, tosses the ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent... | |
 | William Clarke - 1849 - 646 lehte
...the players taking his place before it. while his antagonist standing at a distanee, tosses a hall with the intention of striking the stool ; it is the...reckoning one to the game for every stroke of the hall ; if, on the contrary, it should be MINOE SPOETS. mi»ed by the hand, and touch the stool, the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 348 lehte
...proper definition of the game. It has been played in the north of England in our time, consisting in setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning... | |
 | Every little boy - 1864 - 400 lehte
...practised in the following manner : — A stool being set upon the ground, one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...with the intention of striking the stool. It is the former player's business to prevent this, by breaking it away with the hand, reckoning one to the game... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 532 lehte
...of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 532 lehte
...of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent by beating it away with the hand, reckoning... | |
 | John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson - 1873 - 344 lehte
...North of England. It consists in simply setting a stool on the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent, by beating it away with the hand, reckoning... | |
 | John Harland - 1873 - 332 lehte
...North of England. It consists in simply setting a stool on the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool ; and this it is the business of the former to prevent, by beating it away with the hand, reckoning... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1873 - 302 lehte
...of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing...tosses a ball with the intention of striking the stool; and this it is the business of the former to prevent, by beating it away with the hand, reckoning one... | |
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I have been informed, that a pastime called stool-ball is practised to this day in the northern parts of England, which consists in simply setting a stool upon the ground, and one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing... 
