 The players stand at one of the hobs, and throw an equal number of quoits at the other ; the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned towards the game. When they have cast all their quoits, the candidates go over to the point at which they have been throwing,...  Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the English - Pagina 198door Jehoshaphat Aspin - 1832 - 256 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Jehoshaphat Aspin - 1825 - 330 pagina’s
...competitor in distance; and of the latter, when the spear was cast at a quintain, or other determined mark. The game of Quoits, or Coits (for it is written both...they have cast all their quoits, the candidates go ever to the point at which they have been throwing, and when they have determined the state of the... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1827 - 234 pagina’s
...attempts to hit one of those pins." * Ovid's Metamorphoses, 10. 90 " The players stand at one of the hobs, and throw an equal number of quoits at the other ;...act, on alternate sides, till the game is ended." " I now understand it," cried Louisa. " You doubtless know, Mr. Twaddleton," said Mr. Seymour, " that... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1833 - 502 pagina’s
...one of the hobs, and throw an equal number of quoits at the other ; the * Ovid's Metamorphoses, 10. nearest of them to the hob are reckoned towards the...act, on alternate sides, till the game is ended." " I now understand it," cried Louisa. " You doubtless know, Mr. Twaddleton," said Mr. Seymour, " that... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 420 pagina’s
...for the victory, stand at one of the iron marks and throw an equal number ot quoits to the other, and the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned towards the game. But the determination is discriminately made: for instance, if a quoit belonging to A lies nearest... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 632 pagina’s
...suppose that each player attempts to hit one of those pins." " The players stand at one of the hobs, and throw an equal number of quoits at the other;...act, on alternate sides, till the game is ended." * Ovid's .Metamorphoses, lib. x. " I now understand it," cried Louisa. " You doubtless know, Mr. Twaddleton,"... | |
 | 1863 - 404 pagina’s
...the victory, stand at one of the Iron marks, and throw an equal number of quoits to the other, and the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned towards the game. But the determination' is discriminately made : — for instance, if a quoit belonging to A lies nearest... | |
 | A. Hoppe - 1871 - 516 pagina’s
...for the victory, stand at one of the iron marks and throw an equal number of quoits to the other, and the nearest of them to the hob are reckoned towards the game. Quo minus, bic ^ormel, rooburd) eine i]ciuoiiniifi!c uiuiiujc gceignei gemodjt rotrb oor bem Court... | |
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