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Page 63
... amusements in London at that time : - " Hyde Park , May 1 , 1654. - This day there was a hurling of a great ball by fifty Cornish gentlemen of the one side , and fifty on the other ; one party played in red caps and the other in white ...
... amusements in London at that time : - " Hyde Park , May 1 , 1654. - This day there was a hurling of a great ball by fifty Cornish gentlemen of the one side , and fifty on the other ; one party played in red caps and the other in white ...
Page 64
London. party which did win the goal . " Coach - racing was another amusement of the period , perhaps something of an imitation of the old chariot races ; races on foot were also run . The author of a book entitled , “ A Character of ...
London. party which did win the goal . " Coach - racing was another amusement of the period , perhaps something of an imitation of the old chariot races ; races on foot were also run . The author of a book entitled , “ A Character of ...
Page 65
... amusements ; and , no doubt , in the mansions and houses of the city folk , both Presbyterian and Independent , there was com- fort and taste , and pleasure , far different from what would be inferred from the accounts of them given by ...
... amusements ; and , no doubt , in the mansions and houses of the city folk , both Presbyterian and Independent , there was com- fort and taste , and pleasure , far different from what would be inferred from the accounts of them given by ...
Page 75
... amusement continued , amidst illumination of the most brilliant kind which at that time could be supplied . The whole was a fitting prelude to the reign that followed , and an affecting com- mentary on the moving exhortations of Baxter ...
... amusement continued , amidst illumination of the most brilliant kind which at that time could be supplied . The whole was a fitting prelude to the reign that followed , and an affecting com- mentary on the moving exhortations of Baxter ...
Page 76
... amusements were revived in London on the restoration . May - day and Christmas resumed their former appearance . The May - pole in the Strand was erected in 1661. The theatres were re - opened , pouring forth a flood of licentiousness ...
... amusements were revived in London on the restoration . May - day and Christmas resumed their former appearance . The May - pole in the Strand was erected in 1661. The theatres were re - opened , pouring forth a flood of licentiousness ...
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