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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... stroke decided one of the most ma e- rial rubbers that ever was played , and is recommended to the attentive perusal even of proficients . The parties were each at nine . A had won six tricks , nd remained with knave , and a small trump ...
... stroke decided one of the most ma e- rial rubbers that ever was played , and is recommended to the attentive perusal even of proficients . The parties were each at nine . A had won six tricks , nd remained with knave , and a small trump ...
Page 178
... strokes are in favour of the defence ( i . e . Dumby ) in the first rounds , after which the advantage gradually leans to the assailants . " He therefore recommends that the defender should act with energy in the commencement , having ...
... strokes are in favour of the defence ( i . e . Dumby ) in the first rounds , after which the advantage gradually leans to the assailants . " He therefore recommends that the defender should act with energy in the commencement , having ...
Page 337
... Stroke or Pull . Any two cards dealt alternately to the right and left . Croupier ; Croup . An assistant to the dealer . Doublet ; is when the punter's card is turned up twice in the same coup , then the bank wins half the stake . A ...
... Stroke or Pull . Any two cards dealt alternately to the right and left . Croupier ; Croup . An assistant to the dealer . Doublet ; is when the punter's card is turned up twice in the same coup , then the bank wins half the stake . A ...
Page 506
... strokes and prepare them ; if the game is em- barrassed , they open it by giving man for man , or two for two . If a dangerous stroke is in preparation , they avoid it by ex- changing man for man . If it is requisite to strengthen the ...
... strokes and prepare them ; if the game is em- barrassed , they open it by giving man for man , or two for two . If a dangerous stroke is in preparation , they avoid it by ex- changing man for man . If it is requisite to strengthen the ...
Page 513
... strokes which are out of reach with the ordinary cuet . " In the choice of a cue , " * Great nicety is required in making billiard - balls , as the centre of the ball must be the centre of gravity , and this it would not be unless the ...
... strokes which are out of reach with the ordinary cuet . " In the choice of a cue , " * Great nicety is required in making billiard - balls , as the centre of the ball must be the centre of gravity , and this it would not be unless the ...
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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 615 - Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man.
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.