10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITCH-AND-TOSS»
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pitch-and-toss in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pitch-and-toss and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
It is true, Sir, that though pitch-and-toss is an amusement, not to say recreation,
generally deemed unsuitable to Sunday, those who practise it thereon may be
thought to harm nobody besides themselves. But that game is unlawful on all
days ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1869
A PLEA FOE PITCH-AND-TOSS. MR. PUNCH, THOSE of your readers who also
read the Times, and read it through, not over-looking, but looking over, its column
of police- reports, saw that at the Temple of Summary Justice, named from the ...
A PLEA FOR PITCH-AND-TOSS. Ms. PUNCH, Times of your_readers who also
read the Times, and read it through, not over-looking, but looking over, its column
of police reports, saw that at the Temple of Summary Justice, named from the ...
4
House of Commons Papers
I have played at pitch-and-toss, and at cards in public-houses. I have been at
J. W.'s and at F.'s to hear the singing. I became very fond of drink, which was the
principle cause of my being here so many times. I never saw ' Jack Sheppard ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1841
5
THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ...
I have played at pitch-and-toss, and at cards in public-houses. I have been at
J. W.'s and at F.'s to hear the singing. I became very fond of drink, which was the
principle cause of my being here so many times. I never saw ' Jack Sheppard ...
6
The Bude Light: A Social, Satirical ... Literary, Skiterary ...
The same game of pitch and toss, enacted by ten other speakers. Act 3. — The
same game of pitch and toss, enacted by nine other speakers. Act 4. — The same
game of pitch and toss, played by fourteen other speakers. Act 5. — The same ...
7
The Liverpool Underworld: Crime in the City, 1750-1900
The girl was a 'jolly' working in conjunction with the stallholder. young gamblers
were thought to be particularly vulnerable to moral corruption. in 1832 a member
ofthe public warned ofboys playing 'pitch and toss' in hanover street. he felt that ...
8
The English Gipsies
and Their Language
GUDLO. XX. HOW. CHARLEY. LEE. PLAYED. AT. PITCH-AND-TOSS. I jinned a
tāno mush yeckorus that nashered sār his wongur 'drie the toss-ring. Then he
jālled kerri to his dadas' kanyas and lelled pange bar avree. Paul' a bitti chairus
he ...
Charles Godfrey Leland, 2012
9
Reports from Committees
He never refused anything 1 took. I know K., North-street; his sons keep other
shops; he will buy anything from those he knows, if he knew it to be stolen: I first
commenced playing at pitch- and-toss on Sundays in Spittlefields and Peter-
street.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1852
10
Brighton
and Hove - Murders
and Misdemeanours
“He will not play at pitch and toss on the Sabbath for a while”, thundered the
paper. Instead he would appear before the magistrate. William saidhe was
innocent of'chucking up coppers'.(Coppers beingan oldfashioned name for
penny coins).
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITCH-AND-TOSS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pitch-and-toss is used in the context of the following news items.
Heads you win the Ashes, tails you lose
Risking “it on one turn of pitch-and-toss” may have worked for Rudyard Kipling, but it is far less likely to wash with Bayliss. Quicker pitches with ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
Election 2015: Scottish Liberal Democrats 'keep their heads'
But, ultimately, they are subject to the popular verdict...... "If you can make one heap of all your winnings. And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
Daily Meditation: If We Can Dream
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings. And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
Disgraced Gowex founder turns to Kipling
... winnings/And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss/And lose, and start again at your beginnings/And never breathe a word about your loss”. «Financial Times, Jul 14»
