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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 1841 (1841)

Joseph Strutt (1749-1802), William Hone (1780-1842) · leaf 191

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122 SPORTS AND PASTIMES ROOK |! . … And again where his opponent is seated in a swing and drawn back by a third person, so that the rope being left at liberty in the swing, the man of course descended with great force, and striking the foot of his antagonist with much violence, no doubt very frequently overthrew him. = ——\ \ ' The…

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