 It was played by six people, three of each sex, who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen, and divided into three compartments, of which the middle one was called hell. It was the object of the couple condemned to this division to catch...  The Table Book - Page 39by William Hone - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Dekker - 1622 - 472 pages
...coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chofen, and divided into three compartments, of which the * FF middle one was called hell. It was the object of the couple condemned to this divifion to catch the others, who advanced from the two extremities ; in which cafe a change of fituation... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1813 - 546 pages
...what this celebrated pastime really was- It was played by six people, (three of each sex,) •who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...compartments, of which the middle one was called hell. It ivas the object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who advanced from the... | |
 | 1813 - 592 pages
...passage iu the " Arcadia," Book I. . " It was played by six people-, (three of eaeh se,x,) who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen, and divided iuto three compartments, of which (he middle one was called hell. It was the object of the couple condemned... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
..."Arcadia," describes Barley-break thus : " It was played by six people, (three of each sex,) who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...change of situation took place, and hell was filled by th« couple who were excluded by preoccupation from the other places : in this catching, however, there... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...Barley-break also catted " Last in Hell " ? Because it was played by six people, (three of each sex) who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...of situation took place, and hell was filled by the couples who were excluded by pre-occupatiou from the other places ; in this catching, however, there... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...Arcadia,'1 describes Barley-bieak thus : " It was played by six people, (three of each sex,) who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...three compartments, of which the middle one was called kell. It was the object of the couple condemned to this division to catch the others, who advanced... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...what this celebrated pastime really was. It was played by six people (three of each sex), who were en did groan; And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets " (hrcc compartments, of which the middle one was called hell. It was the object of the couple condemned... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1840 - 756 pages
...from a passage in Sir P. Sidney's Arcadia. " It was played by six people (three of each sex) who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...three compartments, of which the middle one was called Ле/Л Itwas the object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who advanced... | |
 | Philip Massinger, William Gifford - 1840 - 634 pages
...explaining what this celebrated pastime really was It was played by six people (three of each sex), who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen,...divided into three compartments, of which the middle one wns called Hell. It was tbe object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1840 - 758 pages
...from a passage in Sir P. Sidney's Arcadia. " It was played by six people (three of each sex) who were ministering angels to bear u wascaHed/ií-f/. It was the object of the couple condemned to this division, to catch the others, who... | |
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