Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 19
while those who do not succeed have to give a pin.This is the game Shakspere alludes to in LovesLabour s Lost, when -he says, And Nestorplay at push-pin with the boys. Little Will knew a great deal about sport. All hisallusions to sporting or woodcraft are those of aman who had been familiar with… … to this day, in the slow waters of the Avon, sitting quietly intent for hours upon tin springes, tococks, andthe earth-conies thatin the com-Welcombe,those din-gles that inlater years hefought so hardto preserve frominclosure. They musthave fished manya time, as theStratford boys dosteep clay bank…
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