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., EtcHenry George Bohn Bell & Daldy, 1867 - 617 pages |
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... nine times out of ten , hold at most but one card of one of the four suits . How this comes to pass , is a problem that remains to be solved ; whether the fact be so or not , is of very simple proof . 66 It has been well said that no ...
... nine times out of ten , hold at most but one card of one of the four suits . How this comes to pass , is a problem that remains to be solved ; whether the fact be so or not , is of very simple proof . 66 It has been well said that no ...
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... nine or ten . These are called equivocal , because they are led with pro- priety , both from strong and weak suits . With a quart or a king - or nine , ten , knave , and king of a suit , you lead nine , as you do when it is the best of ...
... nine or ten . These are called equivocal , because they are led with pro- priety , both from strong and weak suits . With a quart or a king - or nine , ten , knave , and king of a suit , you lead nine , as you do when it is the best of ...
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... nine , you have ace , ten , and a small one- -Query , what are you to do ? -Answer , pass it , though the finesse is against three ; for if your partner has an honour in the suit , you make two tricks . If not , it is impossible by any ...
... nine , you have ace , ten , and a small one- -Query , what are you to do ? -Answer , pass it , though the finesse is against three ; for if your partner has an honour in the suit , you make two tricks . If not , it is impossible by any ...
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... nine or ten , but for one of these reasons : 1st . From a sequence up to the king . 2d . From nine , ten , knave , and king . 3d . When the best of a weak suit not exceeding three in number . If you have either knave or king in your own ...
... nine or ten , but for one of these reasons : 1st . From a sequence up to the king . 2d . From nine , ten , knave , and king . 3d . When the best of a weak suit not exceeding three in number . If you have either knave or king in your own ...
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... nine , or any equivocal card , in that case , pass it the first time ; by which you have the lead after three rounds of trumps , a most material advantage . There is often judgment required in taking the penalties of a revoke . Before ...
... nine , or any equivocal card , in that case , pass it the first time ; by which you have the lead after three rounds of trumps , a most material advantage . There is often judgment required in taking the penalties of a revoke . Before ...
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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.