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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Page 70
... party who revoked , or his partner have played again . If any person claims a revoke , the adverse party are not to mix their cards , upon forfeiture of the revoke . No revoke can be claimed after the cards are cut for a new deal . OF ...
... party who revoked , or his partner have played again . If any person claims a revoke , the adverse party are not to mix their cards , upon forfeiture of the revoke . No revoke can be claimed after the cards are cut for a new deal . OF ...
Page 79
... party drawing one . Art . 7. - It may be necessary to draw lots twice , before a table is completely made up . Firstly , to decide on the six persons of whom it is to be composed , and on the four who are to commence . And , secondly ...
... party drawing one . Art . 7. - It may be necessary to draw lots twice , before a table is completely made up . Firstly , to decide on the six persons of whom it is to be composed , and on the four who are to commence . And , secondly ...
Page 80
... party be inscribed for several tables , he may make his choice in the event of another party desiring admission . • Art . 19. When the time arrives for a table to change , the parties composing it cannot continue unless there are no ...
... party be inscribed for several tables , he may make his choice in the event of another party desiring admission . • Art . 19. When the time arrives for a table to change , the parties composing it cannot continue unless there are no ...
Page 81
... party has a right to demand a new deal . Art . 26. - If the dealer look at the turn - up card before it is turned , or show it before the cards are all dealt , it is a lost deal , and the cards pass to the next hand . Art . 27. — If the ...
... party has a right to demand a new deal . Art . 26. - If the dealer look at the turn - up card before it is turned , or show it before the cards are all dealt , it is a lost deal , and the cards pass to the next hand . Art . 27. — If the ...
Page 82
... party , or by any other cause , there must be a new deal . Art . 36. - The fifty - two cards having been regularly dealt out ; the last , which is the trump card , must remain turned before the dealer . ( See Articles 80 and 115. ) up ...
... party , or by any other cause , there must be a new deal . Art . 36. - The fifty - two cards having been regularly dealt out ; the last , which is the trump card , must remain turned before the dealer . ( See Articles 80 and 115. ) up ...
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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.
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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.