 | 1836 - 932 pages
...herself ' invisible to catch the strong fellow by the leg. '* The 'squire of the parish treats the whole ard most * As You Like It. Aeli.Bc. (. feljs. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the youth of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...herself ' invisible to catch the strong fellow by the leg. '* The 'squire of the parish treats the whole company every year with a hogshead of ale; and proposes a beaver hat as a recompence to him who gives most »A« You Like It. Acti.Sc. 6. [No. 162. falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...herself ' invisible to catch the strong fellow by the leg. '* The 'squire of the parish treats the whole i w M c x y j O ^ 9 Z B A 0A 5 J | {Q 'p ]a & 2 Ř A J ) P tm,u&v 1 most * As You Like It. Aoti.Sc. 6. falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the youth of... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 558 pages
...herself invisible, to catch the strong fellow by the leg. " The 'squire of the parish treats the whole company every year with a hogshead of ale; and proposes a beaver hat as a recompense to him who gives most falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the youth of... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...herself ' invisible to catch the strong fellow by the leg.'* The 'squire of the parish treats the whole leaped towards him. Being wholly destitute of all other weapons, he stoope recompense to him who gives most falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the youth of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pages
...catch the strong fellow by the leg. '* The 'squire of the parish treats the whole company every r< year with a hogshead of ale; and proposes a beaver hat as a recompence to him who gives most * As You Like It. Act i. Sc. [Mo. 16L falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 450 pages
...herself invisible to catch the strong fellow by the leg." l The squire of the parish treats the whole company every year with a hogshead of ale ; and proposes a beaver hat as a recompense to him who gives most falls. This has raised such a spirit of emulation in the youth of... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1801 - 474 pages
...there mentions " a ring of wrestlers ; the squire," says he, " of the parish always treats the whole company, every year, with a hogshead of ale, and proposes...as a recompence to him who gives the most falls." 2 WRESTLING, now PERFORMED. — The manner in which this pastime was exhibited in the western parts... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 pages
...the writer, speaking of this anniversary, tells us, that " the squire of the parish treats the whole company every year with a hogshead of ale ; and proposes a beaver hat as a recompense to him who gives most falls." In this countrv an element of licentiousness undoubtedly crept... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1907 - 470 pages
...ale every year, to encourage the meeting of all local wrestlers, and offering as the prize "a good beaver hat, as a recompence to him who gives the most falls." want of places proper for these purposes rather than any lack of inclination on the part of the people... | |
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squire of the parish treats the whole company every year with a hogshead of ale, and proposes a beaver hat as a recompense to him who gives most falls. 
