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|Text=<p>In a strong anti-Presbyterian tract, Thomas Lewis noted that among Puritans "all Games where there is any hazard of loss are strictly forbidden; as Tennis, Bowles and Billiards; not so much as a Game at stool-ball for a Tansy, . . . upon Pain of Damnation."</p> | |Text=<p>In a strong anti-Presbyterian tract, Thomas Lewis noted that among Puritans "all Games where there is any hazard of loss are strictly forbidden; as Tennis, Bowles and Billiards; not so much as a Game at stool-ball for a Tansy, . . . upon Pain of Damnation."</p> | ||
<p>Thomas. Lewis, <u>English Presbyterian Eloquence: Or, Dissenters Sayings Ancient and Modern</u> (T. Bickerton, London, 1720), page 17. Citation provided by John Thorn, email of 2/1/2008. </p> | <p>Thomas. Lewis, <u>English Presbyterian Eloquence: Or, Dissenters Sayings Ancient and Modern</u> (T. Bickerton, London, 1720), page 17. Citation provided by John Thorn, email of 2/1/2008. </p> | ||
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| Text | In a strong anti-Presbyterian tract, Thomas Lewis noted that among Puritans "all Games where there is any hazard of loss are strictly forbidden; as Tennis, Bowles and Billiards; not so much as a Game at stool-ball for a Tansy, . . . upon Pain of Damnation." Thomas. Lewis, English Presbyterian Eloquence: Or, Dissenters Sayings Ancient and Modern (T. Bickerton, London, 1720), page 17. Citation provided by John Thorn, email of 2/1/2008. |
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