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" ... the couple condemned to this division to catch the others, who advanced from the two extremities ; in which case a change of situation took place, and hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by preoccupation from the other places : in this... "
Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the ... - Page 167
by Thomas Wright - 1857
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The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker: Now First Collected with ..., Volume 4

Thomas Dekker - 1622 - 472 pages
...excluded by preoccupation from the other places. In this catching, however, there was fome difficulty, as by the regulations of the game, the middle couple were not to feparate before they had fucceeded, while the others might break hands whenever they found themfelves...
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The Plays of Philip Massinger ...

Philip Massinger - English drama - 1805 - 540 pages
...preoccupation, from the other places : in this " catching," however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the, middle Couple...while the others might break hands whenever they found themAnd daunted at first sight, tell me, it wore A pair of glorious wings ; yes, they were wings, And...
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Plays: Advertisement to the second edition. Introduction; Essay on the ...

Philip Massinger - 1813 - 546 pages
...preoccupation, from the other places : in this " catching,'' however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...while the others might break hands whenever they found themAnd daunted at first sight, tell me, it wore A pair of glorious wings ; yes, they were wings ;....
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The Plays of Philip Massinger,: Advertisement to the second edition ...

Philip Massinger - 1813 - 542 pages
...preoccupation, from the other places : in this " catching," however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the. middle couple...•while the others might break hands whenever they found themAnd daunted at first sight, tell me, it wore, A pair of glorious wings ; yes, they were wings,...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 64

1813 - 592 pages
...preoccupation, from the other places : in this " catching," however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple were not to separate before they bad succeeded, while the others might break hands whenever they found themselves hard pressed. When...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...by preoccupation from the other places : in this catching, however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...taken in turn, the last couple were said to be in hell, and the game ended." Within memory, a game called Barleybreak has been played among stacks of...
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The Table Book..., Volume 1

William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...by preoccupation from the other places : in this catching, however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...before they had succeeded, while the others might I oreak hands whenever they found themselves hard pressed. When all had been j taken in tuin, the last...
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Knowledge for the People ...

John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...by pre-occupatiou from the other places ; in this catching, however, there was some difficulty; as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...themselves hard pressed. When all had been taken in twice, the last couple were said to be in hell, and the game ended. — Mr. Gifford, from a passage...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular ...

William Hone - Days - 1835 - 924 pages
...by preoccupation from the other places : in this catching, however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...taken in turn, the last couple were said to be in hell, and the game ended." Within memory, a game called Barleybreak has been played among stacks of...
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The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...by preoccupation from the other places : in this catching, however, there was some difficulty, as, by the regulations of the game, the middle couple...taken in turn, the last couple were said to be in hell, and the game ended." Within memory, a game called Barleybreak has been played among stacks of...
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