Naturally then, we know little about the pastimesof the masses.
The pastimes and diversions of any people fall easily in two divisions; those which are adapted to the open air, and those enjoyed indoors.
Speaking from my experience, I should say that at gymnastic exercises, and all pastimesrequiring a little skill, French boys are more than the equals of John Bull, junior.
Why do the English so neglect pastimes that would develop dexterity of hand and limb, and devote themselves to a game which seems to me to teach nothing except respect of brute force?
It is a comforting reflection, however, that in their sports and pastimes Englishmen, and especially Londoners, of the present generation, are less barbarous than those of the last.
King Lewes most louinglie receiued them (as reason was) and caused diuers kinds of triumphant plaies and pastimes to be shewed for the honour and delectation of his sonne in law and daughter.
Some also fell to banketting and other pastimes in verie dissolute maner.
Spoliation and robbery are not the pastimes of the child of God, nor is cruelty the element of his happiness or peace.
Of Recreation there is none So free as fishing is alone; All other pastimes do no less Then mind and body both possess; My hand alone my work can do, So I can fish and study too.
But they are rather remiss in their attendance at church; and they have frequently pastimes on the green on a Sunday evening, which I think ought not to be tolerated.
Base-ball and the alluring outdoor pastimes that now divert the dawdlers of cities were unknown.
VIOLA: I propose that all the girls dress themselves as pickaninnies and indulge in the sports and pastimes of the South before the War, so that Old Black Joe will think he is once more among the scenes of his boyhood days.
Besides, it is one of the most expensive pastimes in the world.
Not so my Lord, it is not so I sweare, We haue had pastimes heere, and pleasant game, A messe of Russians left vs but of late Kin.
In Elizabeth's day, when the bold peasantry of England did recreate themselves, their sports andpastimes were most joyous.
Light-hearted and jovial, they kept up the old world sports and pastimes which had been handed down from their forefathers.
How he loved those summer excursions amidst the sweet scenery of Old Windsor--those country revels in which he mingled amongst the rural throng, in all the sports and pastimes "of the old age.
The annual fair was held on that day, when, after their business was ended, friends and neighbours met together and took part in some of the sports and pastimes which I shall try to describe.
There were some very homely pastimes for All-hallow Even for the young folk in the north of England.
Of all the sports and pastimes of old England, archery was the most renowned, and many a hard-fought victory has been gained through the skill which our English archers acquired in the use of their famous bows.
Back-sword play, wrestling, and other pastimes made them a hardy race, full of courage, and developed qualities which it is hoped their descendants have not altogether lost.
But the great game for Shrove Tuesday was our time-honoured football, which has survived so many of the ancient pastimes of our land, and may be considered the oldest of all our English national sports.
I even recall many instances where the pistol entered into the pastimes of the community.
There were several French persons of quality that lived there at that time, as the Marquis de Cogne's widow, the Marquis de Verdun, and several others, who made us partakers of the pastimes and diversions of the place.
To the foregoing pastimes we may add Wrestling, which was particularly practised by the boys in the counties of Cornwall and Devon.
Bear-beating and bull-baiting were fashionable at this period, and considered as proper pastimes for the amusement of ladies of the highest rank.
Various other pastimeswere prepared upon this occasion; but, for want of time and opportunity, they could not be performed.
This lamentable misfortune was considered as a judgment from God, and occasioned a general prohibition of all public pastimes on the Sabbath-day.
The following engravings represent both the pastimes above mentioned, taken from the Bodleian manuscript of 1344 last referred to.
Many of the pastimes that had been countenanced by the nobility, and sanctioned by their example, in the middle ages, grew into disrepute in modern times, and were condemned as vulgar and unbecoming the notice of a gentleman.
Object of the Work, to describe the Pastimes and trace their Origin.
The early inclination to join in such kind of pastimes is strongly indicated by the two boys represented on the next page: the place of the horse is supplied by a long switch, and that of a lance by another.
All these pastimes the reader will find particularised, under their proper heads, in the body of the work.
These pastimes are of higher antiquity than the ecclesiastical plays; and they were much relished not only by the vulgar part of the people, but also by the nobility.
The overdoing of athletics at schools is a favourite topic in these years, but on the whole Punch acquiesced in the new and formidable organization of pastimes of all sorts that went on in the 'seventies and 'eighties.
At a period somewhat later, these boisterouspastimes began to degenerate; and the Welsh squire became more polished, but not, perhaps, more happy.
Author Sports andPastimes of the People of England, Biographical Hist.
Thus pastimes for the mind only be nothing fit for students, because the body, which is most hurt by study, should take away no profit thereat.
Then seeing pastimes be leful [lawful], the most fittest for learning is to be sought for.
Fidgety and repressive bye-laws tend to suppress that element of the picturesque which popular life by its liberties, and by its open-air pastimes and peddlings, created for itself.
But in their pastimes cruelty is to them acceptable; it is an outlet for the barbarian who sleeps in them, heavily drugged but not dead; the sight of blood titillates agreeably their own slow circulation.
The study of this language became the favorite recreation of the higher classes during the tenth and eleventh centuries, and poetry the elegant occupation of those whose time was not spent in the ruder pastimes of the field.
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