The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 55
. A. iy Sh BOS OR wy Bh seh i Tet th seg , ~ CRICKET. x ~ ! i aS] af … The youthful Yeomanry are in the field,— -Their tents are pitched, and every heart beats high To join the friendly strife :—their stoutest forts Are slender wickets ;—all their entrenchments, A popping and a bowling-crease ; their weapons, Bats ;—their ammunition, a brace of balls, In leathern and…
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