 Nothing drives a party at a house in the country more completely to their resources than rain. To kill time soon became an important object, and various were the means devised. Music and billiards had their turn ; some went to play at battledore and shuttlecock...  Herbert Lacy - Page 75by Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
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...weather and confined to the house for too long. Creevey at Cantley commented on a certain restlessness: 'Music and billiards had their turn; some went to...and portfolios. Mr Tyrwhitt, in despair, proposed ecarte; and one of his sisters suggested that they should act charades . . . Some of the ladies worked... | |
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