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<p>A character recalls how, when his clerkship to a lawyer ended, a former playmate took his leave by saying:</p> | <p>A character recalls how, when his clerkship to a lawyer ended, a former playmate took his leave by saying:</p> | ||
<p>"Ah! no more cricket, no more base-ball, they are sending me to Geneva."</p> | <p>"Ah! no more cricket, no more base-ball, they are sending me to Geneva."</p> | ||
<p> | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Cooke, Cassandra, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Battleridge" an Historical tale, Founded on facts. In Two Volumes. By a Lady of Quality</span> (G. Cawthorn, London, 1799).</p> | |Sources=<p>Cooke, Cassandra, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Battleridge" an Historical tale, Founded on facts. In Two Volumes. By a Lady of Quality</span> (G. Cawthorn, London, 1799).</p> | ||
|Warning=<p>Block advises, August 2015: </p> | |||
|Comment=<p>David Block (BBWKI, page 183) notes that Cooke was in correspondence with her cousin Jane Austen in 1798, when both were evidently writing novels containing references to base-ball. Also submitted 8/19/06 by Ian Maun.</p> | |||
|Submitted by=David Block; Ian Maun | |Submitted by=David Block; Ian Maun | ||
|Submission Note=19CBB Posting 8/18/2015; 8/6/2006 | |Submission Note=19CBB Posting 8/18/2015; email of 8/6/2006 | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Historical Novel, Set in About 1650, Refers to Cricket, Base-ball
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FictionFiction |
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| City/State/Country: | England |
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| Game | Base-ball, cricketBase-ball, cricket |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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A character recalls how, when his clerkship to a lawyer ended, a former playmate took his leave by saying: "Ah! no more cricket, no more base-ball, they are sending me to Geneva."
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| Sources | Cooke, Cassandra, Battleridge" an Historical tale, Founded on facts. In Two Volumes. By a Lady of Quality (G. Cawthorn, London, 1799). |
| Warning | Block advises, August 2015: |
| Comment | David Block (BBWKI, page 183) notes that Cooke was in correspondence with her cousin Jane Austen in 1798, when both were evidently writing novels containing references to base-ball. Also submitted 8/19/06 by Ian Maun. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | David Block; Ian Maun |
| Submission Note | 19CBB Posting 8/18/2015; email of 8/6/2006 |
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1799.1 Historical Novel, Set in About 1650, Refers to Cricket, Base-ball"
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