 | W. H. Logan - 1869 - 520 pages
...imported from France in the reign of Charles II. In Pepys' Diary is this entry: "2d April 1661. To St James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing...Pelemele, the first time that ever I saw the sport. " "Racket," or Tennis, "Cribbidge," and "Backgammon," are still popular games and well known. "In"... | |
 | 1874 - 520 pages
...malleo, to drive with a mallet. I rind the following entries in Pepys's Diary : 1681. " April 2. To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele, the first time I ever saw the sport,'. 1663. May " 15th. I walked in Parke, discoursing with the keeper of Language... | |
 | 1874 - 508 pages
...malleo, to drive with a mallet. I find the following entries in Pepys's Diary : 1681. " April 2. To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele, tin- first time I ever saw the sport,'. 1003. May '• loth. I walked in Parke, discoursing with the... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1875 - 552 pages
...stand not to discourse, 1. *; mount you presently." Two Gentlemen of Verona, act v. sc. i. (MB) 2d. To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele,1 the first time that ever I saw the sport. Then to my Lord's, where I dined with my Lady,... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878 - 548 pages
...rival among outdoor sports except, perhaps, tennis. On April 2, 1661, Mr. Secretary Pepys walks 'to St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pall Mall, the first time I ever saw the sport.' Probably the alley the Duke played on was the new... | |
 | 1878 - 536 pages
...rival among outdoor sports except, perhaps, tennis. On April 2, 1661, Mr. Secretary Pepys walks 'to St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pall Mall, the first time I ever saw the sport.' Probably the alley the Duke played on was the new... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1884 - 380 pages
...leaving them in the same discontent I went away home, it being a brave moonshine, and to bed. 2d. To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele,2 the first time that ever I saw the sport. Then to my Lord's, where I dined with my Lady,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1885 - 386 pages
...leaving them in the same discontent I went away home, it being a brave moonshine, and to bed. 2d. To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele, 2 the first time that ever I saw the sport. Then to my Lord's, where I dined with my Lady, and after... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 442 pages
...degenerate stage, Where none of the nntamed kenuel can rehearse Aline of serious sense." " April 2nd. — To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pele Mele, the first time that ever I saw the sport." Pele Mele, from the French paille maille,* the... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 640 pages
...to attend whilst he was playing at the Mall ; a watch being often the stake. April 2, 1 66 1. — To St. James's Park where I saw the Duke of York playing...Pelemele, the first time that ever I saw the sport. — Pcpys. May 1 6, 1663. — I walked in the Parke, discoursing with the keeper of the Pell Mell,... | |
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To St. James's Park, where I saw the Duke of York playing at Pelemele, the first time that ever I saw the sport. 
