 | Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...better practised to the ice, and hind to their shoes, bones, as the legs of some beasts, and hold ntakes in their hands, headed with sharp iron, which sometimes...with speed, as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine. Sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another)... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...tusks to be made bacon ; or else some lusty bulls or huge bears, are baited with dogs. Sport upon Ice. When that great moor which washeth Moor-fields, at...with speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine : sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against ano»... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...tusks to be made bacon; or else some lusty bulls or huge bears, are baited with dogs. Sport upon Ice. When that great moor which washeth Moor-fields, at...sometimes they strike against the ice ; and these men g» on with speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine : sometimes two... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...as the legs of some beasts, and hold stakes in their hands headed with sharp iron, which some* times they strike against the ice ; and these men go on...with speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine : sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 524 pages
...tusks to be made bacon ; or else sonje Insty bulls or huge bears, are baited with dogs. Sport upon Ice. When that great moor which washeth Moor-fields, at...with speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine : sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 550 pages
...tusks to be made bacon ; or else some lusty bulls or huge bears, are baited with dogs. Sport upon Ice, When that great moor which washeth Moor-fields, at...they strike against the ice ; and these men go on wffh speed as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine : sometimes two men set... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 422 pages
...fields, at, the north wall of the city, is frozen over, great companies of young men go to sport upon the ice, and bind to their shoes bones, as the legs...with speed, as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine; sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another,... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 834 pages
...ice, and bind to their shoes bones, as the legs of some beasts, and hold stakes in their hands, beaded with sharp iron, which sometimes they strike against...with speed, as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine; sometimes t\vo men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another,... | |
 | J S. F - 1827 - 434 pages
...Moorfields, at the north wall of the city, is frozen over, great companies of young men go to sport upon the ice, and bind to their shoes bones, as the legs...with speed, as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine ; sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another,... | |
 | 1828 - 424 pages
...Moorfields, at the north wall of the city, is frozen over, great companies of young men go to sport upon the ice, and bind to their shoes bones, as the legs...with speed, as doth a bird in the air, or darts shot from some warlike engine ; sometimes two men set themselves at a distance, and run one against another,... | |
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Some are better practised to the Ice, and bind to their Shoes Bones, as the Legs of some Beasts, and hold Stakes in their Hands, headed with sharp Iron, which sometimes they strike against the Ice; and these Men go on with Speed, as doth a Bird in the... 
