 | Joseph Strutt - England - 1838 - 420 pages
...termed merelles; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them,...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it, as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is here represented.... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1867 - 496 pages
...termed merelles; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It wa§ certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them,...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it, as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is here represented.... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - Amusements - 1867 - 514 pages
...termed merelles ; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them,...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it, as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is here represented.... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - England - 1876 - 728 pages
...termed merelles; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them,...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it, as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is here represented.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 540 pages
...termed merelles ; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it, as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is given upon the thirtieth... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1902 - 594 pages
...termed merelles; hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by the shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them...to the practice of boys and girls. The form of the merelle-table, and the lines upon it. as it appeared in the fourteenth century, is given upon the thirtieth... | |
 | Willard Fiske - Chess - 1905 - 442 pages
...commonly with stones, but in France with pawns, or men, made on purpose, and they were termed mérelles; hence the pastime itself received that denomination....to the practice of boys a'nd girls. The form of the mérelle table, and the lines upon it. as it appeared in the XlVth century is here represented (see... | |
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hence the pastime itself received that denomination. It was certainly much used by shepherds formerly, and continues to be used by them, and other rustics, to the present hour. But it is very far from being confined to the practice of boys and girls.... 