 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 556 стор.
...taking a pole " Ihod with iron into their hands, they pufh themfelves forward " by ftriking it againft the ice, and are carried on with a velocity " equal to the flight of a bird, or a bolt difcharged from a crofs« bow *." ON the north part of thefe fields ftood the Dogge-boufe, in which... | |
 | 1793 - 480 стор.
...taking a pole fluul with iron into their hands, they pujh the/nfelve; , forward by ftriking it again ft the^ ice, and are carried on with a. velocity equal to the flight Ь.(.л. . bird, or a ball difcharged. from a. crofs-bow*." , j On the north part of thefe. fields,... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1806 - 688 стор.
...their feet, by tying them round their ankles, and then taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against...of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a cross bow*." In the year 1415, Thomas Falconer, mayor, caused the city wall to be broken near Coleman Street, and... | |
 | David Hughson - 1806 - 686 стор.
...their feet, by tying them round their ankles, and then taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against...flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a cross bow *." In the year 141.5, Thomas Falconer, mayor, caused the city wall to be broken near Coleman Street,... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - 862 стор.
...expert in these amusements on the ice ; they place certain bones, the leg bones of animals, under the soles of their feet, by tying them round their ankles,...persons of rank were interred in the church of the Augnstine Friars, from the opinion that the ground was more sanctified on account of the peculiarly... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1815 - 860 стор.
...expert in these amusements on the ice ; they place certain bones, the leg bones of animals, under the soles of their feet, by tying them round their ankles,...against the ice, and are carried on with a velocity eqnal to the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a cross bow *." Many persons of rank were... | |
 | 1825 - 630 стор.
...their feet, by tying them round their ancles, and then taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against...the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a crosshow. Goodman's Fields, from farmer Goodman, who had a farm here—" at which fanne I myselfe (says... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 452 стор.
...their feet, by tying them round their ankles, and then taking a pole, shod with iron, into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against the ice, and are carried along with a velocity equal to the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a cross-bow.* Sometimes... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 456 стор.
...they push themselves forward by striking it against the ice, and are carried along with 8 Telocity equal to the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a cross-bow.* Sometimes two of them, thus furnished, agree to start opposite one to another, at a great... | |
 | 1869 - 514 стор.
...their feet, by tying ihem round their ankles ; and then, taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against...the flight of a bird, or a bolt discharged from a crossbow. These fields were, until the year 1780, the haunt of most motley amusements, and some of... | |
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... under the soles of their feet by tying them round their ankles, and, then, taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they push themselves forward by striking it against the ice, and are carried along with a velocity equal to the flight of a bird,... 
