 ... in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the...  Waverley novels. (Library ed.). - Страница 28по sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1852Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - 354 страници
...title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood,...closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 370 страници
...in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of...excepted who held the stricter tenets of puritanism, ^jind would therefore have deemed it criminal to afA>rd countenance to the profane gambols of the malignants.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 298 страници
...title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable changehouse in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with convivality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of the country... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 страници
...for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable chargehouse in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices." From the accuracy and research of the author, I am inclined to take it for granted, that this «port... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 страници
...for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 страници
...for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 страници
...for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices. It will, of course, be supposed that the ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 422 страници
...title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood,...of puritanism, and would therefore have deemed it cri• See Note, p. 268. Festival of the Popinjay. minal to afford countenance to the profane gambols... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 420 страници
...was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood, where'the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under...of puritanism, and would therefore have deemed it cri* See Note, p. 268. Festival of the Popinjay. initial to afford countenance to the profane gambols... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 страници
...for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable charge* house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices." From the accuracy and research of the author, I am inclined to take it for granted, that this sport... | |
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