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|Headline=In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long | |Headline=In English Novel, Base-Ball Doesn't Occupy Boys Very Long | ||
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|Text=<p>The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in <u>The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction</u> (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old.</p> | |Text=<p>The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in <u>The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction</u> (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old.</p> | ||
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| Text | The boys were still restless - ". . . they were rather at a loss for a game. They had played at base-ball and leap-frog; and rival coaches, with six horses at full speed, have been driven several times around the garden, to the imminent risk of box-edgings, and the corner of flower beds: what were they to do?" Anon., "Robert Wilmot," in The Parents' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1858), page 59. Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. The boys appear to be roughly 8 to 10 years old. |
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