 | English essays - 1828 - 714 pages
...door"amusenients, shooting at the rounds /a kind of target), hunting, hawking, fishing, horselacing, bowls, and tennis, were the chief; and in his palaces,...perform tricks ; gratuities to persons for different feats, as eating a buck, riding two horses at once, and others of a similar description. Fools and... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 758 pages
...OfHenry's"outofdoor"amusements, shooting at the rounds (a kind of targel), hunting, hawking, fishing, horselacing, bowls, and tennis, were the chief; and in his palaces,...races run against dogs, or at shooting or hunting; payinents to people for making dogs perform tricks ; gratuities to persons for different feats, as... | |
 | Robert Richard Tighe - 1858 - 752 pages
...under the intended receptacle of the mortal remains of Wolsey.4 Of Henry the Eighth's " out of door" amusements, shooting at the rounds, hunting, hawking,...people for making dogs perform tricks ; gratuities 1 Lord Bacon's ' Life of Henry the Eighth.' 1 Fiddes' ' Life of Wolsey.' Fuller appears to be in error... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 594 pages
...play at cards and bowls. " Of his 'out-of-door' amusements, shooting at the rounds,hunting,hawking, fishing, horse-racing, bowls, and tennis were the chief; and in his palaces many nours were daily passed at ' the tables,' or back-gammon, shovel-board, dice, and cards ; wagers on... | |
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... or backgammon, shovel-board, dice, and cards; wagers on races run against dogs, or at shooting or hunting; payments to people for making dogs perform tricks ; gratuities to persons for different feats, as eating a buck, riding two horses at once,... 