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<p><span>"They were | <p>[In a Dickens short story, a traveler meets a handsome youth, and they spend time together.] </p> | ||
<p><span>"They had the merriest games that were ever played . . . They were active afoot, and on horseback; at cricket and all games of ball; the prisoners base, hare and hounds, follow up leader, and more sports than I can think of."</span></p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span>Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story" (1852).</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story" (1852).</span></p> | ||
<p><span>See also Dickens on ballplaying at pp 128, 212, and 271 (note) of David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost</span> (U Nebraska Press, 2019).<br /></span></p> | <p><span>See also Dickens on ballplaying at pp 128, 212, and 271 (note) of David Block, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastime Lost</span> (U Nebraska Press, 2019).<br /></span></p> | ||
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|Comment=<p><span>"David Block's book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastimes Lost</span> cites Dickens mentioning games of ball in his letters" reported Bruce Allardice, 3/24/2021.<br /></span></p> | |Comment=<p><span>"David Block's book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastimes Lost</span> cites Dickens mentioning games of ball in his letters" reported Bruce Allardice, 3/24/2021.<br /></span></p> | ||
<p>Dickens did mention <em>rounders</em> in an 1849 letter to an acquaintance during a holiday at the Isle of Wight: "I . . . have had a great game of rounders every afternoon." (Block, pp. 212 and 271.)</p> | <p>Dickens did mention <em>rounders</em> in an 1849 letter to an acquaintance during a holiday at the Isle of Wight: "I . . . have had a great game of rounders every afternoon." (Block, pp. 212 and 271.)</p> | ||
<p>Block also notes | <p>Block also notes another Dickens reference to people "playing at ball," but the site was apparently known as a racket ground, may not have have involved a baserunning game. </p> | ||
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[In a Dickens short story, a traveler meets a handsome youth, and they spend time together.] "They had the merriest games that were ever played . . . They were active afoot, and on horseback; at cricket and all games of ball; the prisoners base, hare and hounds, follow up leader, and more sports than I can think of." |
Sources | Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story" (1852). See also Dickens on ballplaying at pp 128, 212, and 271 (note) of David Block, Pastime Lost (U Nebraska Press, 2019). |
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Comment | "David Block's book Pastimes Lost cites Dickens mentioning games of ball in his letters" reported Bruce Allardice, 3/24/2021. Dickens did mention rounders in an 1849 letter to an acquaintance during a holiday at the Isle of Wight: "I . . . have had a great game of rounders every afternoon." (Block, pp. 212 and 271.) Block also notes another Dickens reference to people "playing at ball," but the site was apparently known as a racket ground, may not have have involved a baserunning game. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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