... 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. Parker's ed., revised - Страница 180по sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1839Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1857 - 318 страници
...distance of seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain o ' the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
| William Hone - 1859 - 880 страници
...seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of captain of the popingay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the roost reputable chargehouse in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1862 - 612 страници
...seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark hold the proud title of Captain of the Popiujay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
| A. Hoppe - 1871 - 504 страници
...carabines 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...usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change - house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under... | |
| A. Hoppe - 1871 - 516 страници
...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. Popjoying, s. T. Br. p. 23: and betwen them, after a whole afternoon's popjoying, they had caught three... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1873 - 492 страници
...Arbale'triers. The master-archer lived there constantly, seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most respectable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted... | |
| James Balfour Paul - 1875 - 450 страници
...carabines 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...and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense." In 1832, a medal, which was to be competed for by shooting at this species of target, was presented... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 536 страници
...««» c 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 ladies of the country assembled to witness this gallant strife, those excepted who held the stricter tenets of puritanism, and would therefore have... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 542 страници
...carabines 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 evening was closed with conviviality, conducted tinder his auspices, and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense. It will, of course, be supposed,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 682 страници
...carabines in rotation, at the distance of sixtj or seventy paces. lie whoso ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for...escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in thn neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducieu under bis auspices, and,... | |
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