Block:Girls and Boys Play "bass-ball" in 1821 Ess
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| Data | Mention of "bass-ball" in a religious-themed essay entitled "A Game at Skittles" that takes aim at the evils of gambling and liquor: "A village green, with its girls and boys playing at bass-ball, and its grown-up lads at cricket, is one of those English sights which I hope no false refinement will ever banish from among us." |
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| Sources | "A Game at Skittles," (author identified as "Editor K.," published within a larger work entitled The Plain Englishman, Vol. II, London, 1821, Hatchard and Son, p. 267 |
| Block Notes | "Bass-ball" is another of the alternate spellings for baseball used occasionally in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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