The Hand-book of Games: Comprising New Or Carefully Revised Treatises on Whist, Piquet, Ecarté, Lansquenet, Boston, Quadrille, Cribbage, and Other Card Games; Faro, Rouge Et Noir, Hazard, Roulette; Backgammon, Draughts; Billiards, Bagatelle, Amercan Bowls, Etc., EtcH.G. Bohn Bell & Daldy, 1867 - 617 pages |
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... cards , are Breef Cards . Corner - bend . Middle - bend ( or Kingston - bridge ) . " Of breef cards there are two sorts : one is a card longer than the rest ; the other is a card broader than the rest . " The long sort are such as three ...
... cards , are Breef Cards . Corner - bend . Middle - bend ( or Kingston - bridge ) . " Of breef cards there are two sorts : one is a card longer than the rest ; the other is a card broader than the rest . " The long sort are such as three ...
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... cards so artfully , that you would believe they were splitting them , when at the same time they will not displace a single card from its order . " Now to cut the cards , a bend is prepared for you to cut to ; the middle is best , and ...
... cards so artfully , that you would believe they were splitting them , when at the same time they will not displace a single card from its order . " Now to cut the cards , a bend is prepared for you to cut to ; the middle is best , and ...
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... cards of a suit in his hand , and one thirteenth card remaining ; B has only two small cards of A's suit ; C has queen and two other small cards of that suit ; D has king , knave , and one small card of the same suit . A and B have won ...
... cards of a suit in his hand , and one thirteenth card remaining ; B has only two small cards of A's suit ; C has queen and two other small cards of that suit ; D has king , knave , and one small card of the same suit . A and B have won ...
Page 59
... cards of the same suit , you being strong in trumps , may pass it , because it is an equal wager that your partner has a better card in that suit than the third hand ; if not , by your strength in trumps , you need not fear making that ...
... cards of the same suit , you being strong in trumps , may pass it , because it is an equal wager that your partner has a better card in that suit than the third hand ; if not , by your strength in trumps , you need not fear making that ...
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... cards of the same suit , you being strong in trumps , may pass it , because it is an equal wager that your partner has a better card in that suit than the third hand ; if not , by your strength in trumps , you need not fear making that ...
... cards of the same suit , you being strong in trumps , may pass it , because it is an equal wager that your partner has a better card in that suit than the third hand ; if not , by your strength in trumps , you need not fear making that ...
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advantage adver adversary leads adversary's ball Article ball winning hazard baulk bricole called carambole Caster throw chance count crib Cribbage cushion deal dealer dealt Deschapelles deuce discard Drawn eight elder hand equal fault finesse five cards full ball winning gain give happen hold holes honours king knave last player left-hand adversary losing hazard manille matadores move and win nine number of points odd trick odds pack partner leads person placed play the king playing a ball pocket d pocket g pool probability punter queen quinola reckon red ball remain reversis revoke right-hand adversary round rubber rule score sequence seven small card small clubs small hearts spades Spadille stake striker's ball stroke strong in trumps strong suit suppose three small trumps three-handed whist turned unless vols weak in trumps Whist White to move win the game winning and losing younger-hand
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Page 243 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread ; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe ? The Baron now his Diamonds pours apace ; Th...
Page 242 - In show like leaders of the swarthy moors. Spadillio first, unconquerable lord ! Led off two captive trumps, and swept the board.
Page 243 - In heaps on heaps ; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance !) the Queen of Hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and codille.
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Page 242 - The hungry Judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease.
Page 242 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 264 - ... multiply each numerator by all the denominators, except its own, for a new numerator, and under it write the common denominator.
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Page 243 - Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card. With his broad sabre next, a chief in years, The hoary Majesty of Spades appears, Puts forth one manly leg, to sight reveal'd, The rest, his many-colour'd robe conceal'd.