| 单词 | quoit |
| 例句 | They used to play quoits in the road with four big steel washers they’d found in a hardware store but these were gone with everything else. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Let’s see...earlier I was eating ice cream. Right now I’m tossing this quoit ring.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Jason had no idea what a quoit was, but he tried to stay focused. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a royal Punch & Judy; beach games like skittles and quoits and a stone shelter built in the 1860s, known as the Queen's Alcove, where she would sit and survey the view. Queen Victoria's private beach on Isle of Wight opens to the public 2012-07-17T06:00:02Z In the 14th century, quoits, a game in which a metal disc is aimed at a wooden peg was considered so diverting that King Richard II banned the general public from playing it. This Spring, Get the Balls Rolling 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z There were games of deck quoits and bridge. Queen Mary: Liner that helped launch monster cruise ships 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z On the same evening Ireton surprised and captured a party of Rupert's men, as they were playing at quoits in Naseby. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z For all that, she's not to be trusted further than a first engineer can throw a quoit. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Rural, dusty, cracked public-houses; with frowzy gardens, with rotten, sloppy tables and benches; with beery gorillas playing at quoits and ninepins. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Wooden and rope ring-toss sets — the successors to quoits — are widely available, as are metal and plastic horseshoe sets. This Spring, Get the Balls Rolling 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z But the gods’ decree was always sure to be fulfilled sooner or later; and one day, when Perseus was playing quoits, he accidentally killed his grandfather. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z He did not work himself at all, But spent his time in recreation— In pitching quoits and playing ball, And such mild forms of dissipation. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Calvin pitching quoits may not seem to us quite as venerable a figure as Calvin writing his Institutes, or preaching in the Cathedral of Geneva; and yet he was doing what was just and necessary. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z How often Dee must have longed for some of those ‘quoits’ in his last sad days at Mortlake, when he sold his books, one by one, to keep himself from starvation! Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Away up among them is another huge quoit or cromlech, probably marking the burial-place of some chieftain long before Arthur's date. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z To pass the time agreeably, the friends began a game of quoits, but had not played long, before Zephyrus, god of the south wind, passing by, saw them thus occupied. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Wharf, St Ives Zennor has a curious little church with carved bench ends, on one of which is represented a mermaid, and Zennor "quoit" is thought to be the largest cromlech in England. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z When we reached a point in the road where it skirts the cliff I stopped the car, and flung the aneroid, like a quoit, over the edge, through the wind and the rain, into oblivion. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Anthony Wood solemnly records that this Arthur, in his boyhood, had frequently played with quoits of gold, which his father had cast at Prague by means of his ‘stone philosophical.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z To retrieve my honour I sent to the fort for some Sikh throwing quoits, formerly used as weapons in war. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Jealous of Apollo, for he too loved Hyacinthus, Zephyrus blew Apollo’s quoit aside so violently that it struck his playmate, and felled him to the ground. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Between us was a good baseball ground, where we amused ourselves at playing ball or pitching quoits. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z During the week the town seems deserted; only the Jewish children run about the streets playing at quoits and skittles. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z In throwing a quoit, the quoit must be given a spinning motion or the thrower cannot be certain how it will alight. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Games of ball, pitching quoits, and other amusements were common. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z These commodities are temptingly arranged on large circular trays, which they poise very adroitly on their heads by means of a small cushion resembling a quoit. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z The hero afterwards fulfilled the oracle by killing his grandfather, whom he did not know, by an accidental blow of a quoit. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z They were disposed to debate as to who had shot, best, but Jack stopped it, and brought out the quoits. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The quoit and the coin are like the top. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The swift’s long narrow wings shut behind him as if with a sharp snip, cutting the air like shears; and then, holding them extended, he glides like a quoit. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z And they used to play at quoits also, and at throwing the javelin, with some grace:— They threw the quoit, and hurl'd the playful spear. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The games consisted of chariot, horse and foot races; leaping, wrestling, boxing, throwing the discus or quoit, etc. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The passengers were as sociable as any collection of English people ever are, and we spent the time very pleasantly chatting, smoking, eating enormously, and playing the ordinary sea games of quoits and horse-billiards. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z It never dawned upon me that it meant a quoit player. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Marcus said that if he bought anything, he wanted a thing that was worth buying, and they began to throw quoits at a mark. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z The beggar put it on, and went into the field and played quoits with the company. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z “That’s right, Pop,” exclaimed Grant, “it does count in quoits, but I don’t know of any other.” The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z We yesterday had a game of quoits together. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z I didn’t imagine there was anything in Greek civilization that I cared a rap for; but that quoit player is fine. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The players aimed at no mark, but simply tried to throw the quoit to the greatest possible distance. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z On Sunday the eldest brother married the eldest princess, and everybody went to a field and played quoits. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z It is said that no boy of his age was his match in running, leaping, wrestling, and pitching quoits. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z After incidents of so tragical a character, it was not likely that any one should care to continue the tame diversion of quoits, or balloon. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Afterwards I generally read, while the others play at quoits, and at half-past two I go out walking with Campbell, coming in to begin work at five. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Discus, Disc, or Disk, among the Greeks and Romans a quoit of stone or metal, convex on both its sides, sometimes perforated in the middle. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Here were the remains of an estaminet, with its cash-box on the bar counter, and games such as soldiers love—dominoes and darts, and quoits and bagatelle, set out as though for an evening's entertainment. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It must be done with the same nicety of aim and attitude as in throwing quoits. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z At other places you may witness a wrestling match, a game of foot-ball, or quoits, with “pitching the stone,” racing, leaping, and vaulting. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z A modern authority explains that it was thrown not as the quoit is to-day, with arm and shoulder only, but by bringing into play and utilizing every limb and muscle of the body. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z And then, stiff with sitting still, he would play a game of quoits or hockey, or fence a little with Bertie, whom he had taught to use the foils. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z They would shoot at a mark, pitch quoits and have jumping contests and other amusements, including fishing, eating trout, venison and bear meat along with toasted bread and coffee and potatoes roasted in the ashes. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. "It was as if, at some of the ancient games, a stranger had appeared upon the plain, and thrown his quoit among the marks of former casts, which tradition had ascribed to the demi-gods." Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Basket balls, volley balls, water polo balls, baseballs and bats, quoits, bows and arrows, and tennis sets are all valuable. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Disciform or Disk-shaped, flat and circular, like a disk or quoit. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools It was as if, at some of the ancient games, a stranger had appeared upon the plain, and thrown his quoit among the marks of former casts which tradition had ascribed to the demigods. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 I didn't know you cared; come and have a game of quoits with me and old Cairns. A Bed of Roses After tea came a variety of sports for prizes—archery, quoits, jumping, vaulting, and obstacle races, in the latter of which considerable ingenuity had been shown. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story There was more plunder than they could carry back to their ships in a hasty retreat, and "being weary, they were content with a few bars and quoits of gold." The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The rye-bread, on which the Finnish peasants largely subsist, is described as baked in very hard round loaves, like quoits, which are strung on a pole. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two The sports of the students were mostly gymnastic, both manly and healthful—such as leaping, running, wrestling, pitching quoits and playing ball. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia This morning I played deck quoits with several of the passengers. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 He was a self-disciplinarian in physical as well as mental matters, and practised himself in all kinds of athletic exercises, such as running, leaping, wrestling, pitching quoits, and tossing bars. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Some of these gentlemen have, from the definition given of a certain word in an old dictionary, come to the conclusion that Curling was originally the game of quoits played upon the ice. The Canadian Curler's Manual A ring of Cold Iron, four fingers wide, and a thumb thick, just like a quoit, but with a snap to it for to snap round the slave’s neck. Rewards and Fairies The ground was too steep for athletics; no cricket could be possible there, no lawn tennis, no quoits, no anything. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Sometimes a kind of quoit, spherical in form, was used, through a hole in which a thong was passed to assist the athlete in throwing it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" He then amused himself with his companions, by playing at quoits, or at trucos, a kind of billiards, or in fencing, and occasionally riding. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Two men in shirts and trousers were playing quoits as I came up. A Frontier Mystery The indefinite and flying eddies of the wind whistled, while curling the waves and flinging them like giant quoits, cast by invisible athletes, against the breakers. Toilers of the Sea Horse-racing and coursing were included with every sort of athletic exercise from quoits and skittles to wrestling, cudgels and singlestick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Formerly, in the country, the rustics, not having the round perforated quoits to play with, used horse-shoes; and in many places the quoit itself, to this day, is called a shoe. Folk-lore of Shakespeare These in the west of Cornwall are called “quoits,” with reference to their broad and flat covering stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Now any of you fellows who want to can get busy on the parallel bars," he told them, "or if you like you can go out into the back yard and pitch quoits. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Do soldiers fight with quoits in hand, or without the press of shields can kicks expel the foeman from the gate? A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Whenever the weather was pleasant, we engaged in out door sports—such as ball playing, pitching quoits, etc. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. A few pairs of quoits also could be added at a small cost. The Hills and the Vale "The wind makes a devil of a noise in these ropes——" Someone called him off for quoits, and Jack started to tune up his nerves again for the plunge. Banked Fires A great many are variations on action at a distance, of which instances have already been cited from children's toys; in adult games we find here golf, croquet, bowling, quoits, billiards, shooting. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Suppose a man has wrestled well, or runs fast, or has hurled a quoit, or given a black eye in fine style, has he done the State a service by the crowns he won? A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion We had a chessboard and men—a set of quoits, dominoes, and cards; and there was the highly intellectual game of “push pin” open to all comers. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Make the bathing-place, erect the poles and horizontal bars, establish the pocket-knife and hoe prizes, present the quoits, but let him use them in his own way. The Hills and the Vale It is really indoor quoits, and is a favorite game for shipboard. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Over by the hills stood a cottage, and in the terraced garden a group of girls with bright ribbons in their hair were playing quoits with horseshoes. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 In every match which they had played at rounders, football, and quoits, with the surrounding villages Stokebridge had won easily, and never were the games entered into with more zest than now. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Some played quoits upon the upper deck, in which sport Willy joined. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht After this he returned to Argos, and there, at a game of quoits, he had the misfortune to throw the quoit the wrong way, and hit his grandfather, the king, so as to kill him. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History The one whose quoits lie nearest to the hub counts one point for each quoit, but each quoit entitled to count must be nearer the hub than any of the opponents' quoits. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Thus labor upon the farm and domestic employment are superior as vocations, and archery, quoits, and dancing, if the air is pure, among the pastimes. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The other men busied themselves with handball and quoits. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin He struggled with his youthful competitors in all their athletic games, running, wrestling, pitching the quoit, and tossing the bar. Henry IV, Makers of History Little did he guess he was addressing a Double-Blue—bowls and quoits. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 As in pitching quoits, the rings should be thrown with a little level twist to make them whirl about. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes "The first names man ever had for his own dwelling, with several other etymologies, such as barrack, good-by, property, coin, copper, maistre, castor, out-cast, caserne, quoit, cat, quiet, discus, Apollo, tranquil, keel, cuisse, &c." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 He got up and walked over to where the R.A.F. boys were pitching quoits. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin The chief amusement of Westminster boys is boating; for which the proximity of the Thames affords great advantages; also cricket, racket, quoits, sparring, foot-races, leaping, and single-stick. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The deck games of "bull" and quoits and even cricket, which have been carried on in such a lively way lately, fall off; no one cares to do anything. Round the Wonderful World Some very good players can cast a quoit so that it falls about the hub. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Whether it was throwing quoits in the middle of the road, playing foot-ball in the river pastures below the mill, swimming in the milldam or walking the logs on the pond, he was the leader. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro "There's the rim of my hat lying like a quoit yonder," observed Bob quietly, as he replaced his brimless hat on his head with the gravity of a judge. The Grey Woman and other Tales At first sight, and to ordinary careful inspection, this differs from the zone of asteroids in being a solid lump of matter, like a quoit. Pioneers of Science By day there were many entertainments, such as races, walking matches, quoits, and like games. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Every one pitches his quoits and then all go to the hub and reckon up the score. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes With a heavy heart he walked slowly back to where the boys were pitching quoits. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro The combats which had the greatest share in the solemnity of the public games, were boxing, wrestling, the pancratium, the discus or quoit, and racing. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) And a' plays at quoits well, and eats conger and Fennel. 2nd Henry IV, act ii, sc. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare I bet you I can make enough myself to cover every one of those necessities; as for the millions, I’d like to chuck them for quoits off the Battery.’” Seven Miles to Arden It is also doubtful if throwing the discus, or quoit, was an Egyptian game; but there appears to be one instance of it, in a king's tomb of the 19th dynasty. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Now it happened one bright spring morning that Apollo and Hyacinthus were playing a game of quoits together. The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland The Discus was a kind of quoit of a round form, made sometimes of wood, but more frequently of stone, lead, or other metal; as iron or brass. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) They picked ferns from under the waterfall and made wreaths and garlands, which they threw at the Phoenix's head like quoits. David and the Phoenix You’ve still a chance to keep him from wanting to pitch your money for quoits off the Battery.” Seven Miles to Arden It was a beautifully calm day, and after breakfast most of the company assembled on the promenade deck, some to lounge and smoke and chat or read, others to play quoits or deck billiards. Bandit Love At that very moment Apollo raised his arm and threw his quoit. The Enchanted Castle A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland Rowing a boat, fencing, quoits, shuttlecock, the proper use of skipping the rope, dumb-bells, and gymnastics are of this description, and have been recommended for this purpose. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Thrice his discus sped out as far as ever man had seen a quoit fly in Hellas. A Victor of Salamis Bar leaping, bowling and quoits were among the games carried on with the greatest ardor, and in sustained energy Dickens certainly distanced every competitor. My Father as I Recall Him Thirteen bars of silver and a few quoits of gold had rewarded the search of the expectant voyageurs. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure A fellow teres atqua rotundus; who could do everything better than you, from Plato and tennis down to singing a comic song and playing quoits? Tom Brown at Oxford The lads also pitched quoits, a sport which at times had been popular at Colby Hall. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up To each was brought a bronze quoit, the discus. A Victor of Salamis Pallas too does not fail him, she marks his superiority in the throw of his quoit, and thus inspires him with courage. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The younger members played quoits, cricket on the lower deck, and inaugurated concerts, supported by a gramaphone, the property of the chief officer, and banjo solos by the captain. Antony Gray,—Gardener He went off accordingly to Chanter's rooms, while the quoits went on in the front quadrangle. Tom Brown at Oxford Tee, the goal in such games as curling, quoits, &c. The Proverbs of Scotland He took his stand, measured the distance with his eye, then with a run flew up the rising, and at its summit his body bent double, while the heavy quoit flew away. A Victor of Salamis The quoit was also one of the games. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary They formed part of the concert audiences, it is true; but they 50 neither played bridge, quoits, nor cricket, nor knitted woollen articles, nor read magazines. Antony Gray,—Gardener Jack threw dishes at the oilcloth-covered table in imitation of a game of quoits, and he rarely missed the mark. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar Bar-leaping, bowling, and quoits were among the games carried on with the greatest ardor; and in sustained energy, what is called keeping it up, Dickens certainly distanced every competitor. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Philip turned out of this into a narrow path which went through a bare green space, that was dotted with pegs of wood and little unhewn slabs of slate, like an abandoned quoit ground. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 With the other Indians he played football, tossed quoits, wrestled, ran, and jumped. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola I had been a member of a quoit club in the country, and the principles of a clever throw were familiar to me. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 The term is derived from the legendary belief that these rude megalithic monuments were used by the giants when playing quoits. Drolls From Shadowland Hence, understanding Jenkins, I tossed the proofs into a corner this morning, and went out to continue the game of ring quoits that Nellie and I had to give up as darkness fell last night. A Dominie in Doubt The players beginning the game stand at one of these pins, called the Hob, and pitch the quoits to the other, each person having two. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering Others strove with all their might in wrestling-matches, while some threw the quoit or played at boxing and leaping. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece As soon as the work of the day was over, the men took to playing leap-frog, diversified by bowls and quoits, which had been brought on shore. The Three Commanders He appears driving a hoop, throwing a quoit, playing with a nymph, catching a butterfly, or flying with a bright torch in his hand, shewing, in each case, that love is a subject for sport. The Young Maiden Meantime the suitors hurl’d 200 The quoit and lance on the smooth area spread Before Ulysses’ gate, the custom’d scene Of their contentions, sports, and clamours rude. The Odyssey of Homer When all the quoits are cast from one Hob, the players walk to the other and pitch to the first, and so on in succession. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering I had no idea how they would fly, and I had not much confidence in my power of aiming; but it must be tried, and I threw them edgeways, like quoits. The Five Jars Some of the most appropriate are playing ball, quoits, ninepins, and other athletic exercises; but in no case for money, or any similar consideration. The Young Man's Guide “Hah!” panted the lad, as he threw the coil like a great quoit upon the quilt, and then thrust in the drawer. The New Forest Spy He said; and mantled as he was, a quoit Upstarting, seized, in bulk and weight all those Transcending far, by the Phæacians used. The Odyssey of Homer They are fit for nought better than playing quoits. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Cléry went out with them every day, and kept Louis at play the whole time,—sometimes at football,—sometimes at quoits,—sometimes at running races. The Peasant and the Prince Browne, after being beaten for five successive games, had very naturally lost his interest in the sport, and tossed his quoits into the brook. The Island Home A few were whittling—a few pitching quoits, or playing leap-frog, and quite a number were having a quiet game of whist, euchre or "seven-up." Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Thy quoit disdains Fellowship with a crowd, borne far beyond. The Odyssey of Homer He took these, one by one, and standing back at a certain distance, perhaps about as far as one good long pace, pitched them, as boys do quoits, in upon the floor of the box. Rollo in Paris Later, it was discovered that a lady with whom she was engaged to play off a final in deck quoits had "scratched." Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Morton and Browne hunted up four flat stones, and commenced pitching quoits. The Island Home We also put up a quoit pitch in our garden. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Meantime, before Ulysses’ palace gate The suitors sported with the quoit and spear On the smooth area, customary scene Of all their strife and angry clamour loud. The Odyssey of Homer A large boy seemed to be pitching quoits. Rollo in Paris Nothing could have been more cool than his manner when he joined the group and suggested a game of quoits. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Here nearly every afternoon Ole, with some of the strike leaders, would gather, and when not throwing quoits in front of the shed, they would talk of the strike. The Forbidden Trail I taught her to play deck quoits, and shot a few things for her with my gun. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Young men, reach this, and I will quickly heave Another such, or yet a heavier quoit. The Odyssey of Homer Perseus must needs meddle in the exercises, and so managed to fulfill the old prophecy and accidentally slay his grandfather by an unlucky throw of the discus, a kind of flat quoit. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 “That’s because you treat your quoits carelessly, as you treat your parishioners,” returned the Reverend George, as he made a magnificent throw and ringed the tee. Hunted and Harried There are ‘giants’ quoits,’ as you know, without end, some of which have the marks of the fingers and thumbs with which they grasped them. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Everybody found it great fun, however, and when they had lost the day's supply of balls, would take to ring quoits and deck billiards instead. The Princess of the School Had a second quoit of Lemon’s fallen close to Charles’ first, Lemon would have counted two, though his other quoits might have fallen to a greater distance. Ernest Bracebridge School Days Then they had games; though there was no ground for cricket, quoits could be played, and of course there was a fiddler on board, and hornpipes were danced. The Three Admirals The villages are often built round greens which serve as the village playground, where the boys and young men now play cricket and football, and their forefathers practised archery, played quoits and other games. Lessons on Soil Their strength may be estimated by the fact that one of these quoits is no less than forty feet long and twenty wide, and weighs some hundreds of tons. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Second; contests of agility and strength, of which there were five kinds; running, leaping, boxing, wrestling and throwing the discus or quoit. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) His first quoit was just outside Charles’, but nearer than any of his other quoits, but his other quoits fell outside the rest. Ernest Bracebridge School Days Keeping record of our doings on birch-bark sheets, playing quoits with the Mandanes and polo with a few fearless riders, helped to pass the long weary days. Lords of the North Although I made free with the men, pitched quoits, and joined in their rough play, I trusted none, suspected all. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV It would puzzle even your strong arm to toss such a quoit! Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Before supper the Romans bathed themselves, and took various kinds of exercise, such as tennis, throwing the discus or quoit, riding, running, leaping, &c. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) The aim of each player is to pitch his quoit on the hob, or, if he cannot do that, as near it as possible, the parties throwing from one hob to another. Ernest Bracebridge School Days When upward of seventy years of age he still relished the pleasures of the quoit club or the whist table, and to the last his right hand never forgot its cunning with the billiard cue. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Broil it carefully and rare, then go and toss quoits with Hercules. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 The quoits were large round pieces, yellow, red, and green, which cast a singular lustre! Candide Here he accidentally killed, with a quoit, an old man, who was found to be his grandfather Acrisius, and thus verified the oracular prediction. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales One quoit was close to the hob, and the other quoits he sent were within a few inches of it, and of each other. Ernest Bracebridge School Days The rest of the company, "every one as he liked best," disported merrily at bowls and quoits, fleeting the time carelessly as they did in the Golden Age. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. According to The Evening News two miners recently played a quoit match for a hundred pounds. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 Some children dressed in tattered brocades played at quoits on the outskirts. Candide And Falstaff commends Poins thus, in Henry the Fourth, "He plays at quoits well, and eats conger, and Fennel." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The pioneers came prepared to camp when they brought grist, and I suppose loafed around pitching quoits and cursing the mill trust by whatever name they called a monopoly then. The Henchman How much they took will never now be known, but each man there had as much pure gold, in bars and quoits, as he could carry. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Clayton said, as he pitched quoits with his fellow-lawyers from Washington and Philadelphia, on the green battery where the Philadelphia steamer came in with the Southern passengers for the little stone-silled railroad. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times "Without doubt," said Cacambo, "these children must be the king's sons that are playing at quoits!" Candide We had more holidays, more games in the street, of ball-playing, of quoits, of running, leaping, and wrestling. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Meanwhile, the burghers and yeomanry joined in the general festivity, having wrestling-matches, quoits and bowls, and various other rural games. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Singing and cards occupied the evenings, while in the daytime they played quoits, rings of rope being used for that purpose, and other games with which passengers usually wile away the monotony of long voyages. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire I heard the sound of merry voices, and, I saw two or three sets of gentlemen playing the game known by the unpoetical name of "quoits." Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Flat sandstone, circular and about five inches in diameter; used as a quoit; originally a rubbing stone. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Among these is Aristotle the philosopher, who alleges for proof an Olympic quoit, on which was preserved the inscription of Lycurgus's name. Ideal Commonwealths Here are badminton, tennis, volley ball, indoor baseball, quoits, deck billiards, bagatelle, ping-pong, and other games. With Our Soldiers in France Together they talked and argued, played quoits and danced. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma The men were playing at mora, or at a game like quoits. The Diary of an Ennuyée The grounds are tastefully laid out, portions being set apart for games of archery, cricket, bowls, and quoits. Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury I well knew if the king once reached Wolsey's, it would be wine and quoits and other games, interspersed now and then with a little blustering talk on statecraft, for the rest of the day. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth "And mine's even narrower," sighed X. "If it weren't for Quaife," said Q, "I should be in despair and play nothing but a quiet game of quoits now and again." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 In time, Perseus returned home, and while an athletic contest was in progress, he killed his grandfather with a quoit. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The kiddies bought the quoits, little wooden horseshoes cut from cigar-box wood, and tossed them over a peg. School, Church, and Home Games In order to stop this penance Vishṇu followed him and cut off pieces from the corpse with his quoit until the whole had fallen to earth in fifty-one pieces. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Ignorance of the law of momentum leads to analogous blunders: as witness the admired Discobolus, which, as it is posed, must inevitably fall forward the moment the quoit is delivered. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library General Meyer pitched quoits with his men, General Botha swapped tobacco with any one of his burghers, and General Smuts and one of his officers held the whist championship of their laager. With the Boer Forces There is also a game very similar to quoits, played with stone disks, fiat on one side and convex on the other. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Rubber quoits may be used instead of disks, if available. School, Church, and Home Games A certain form of quoits is played with horseshoes throughout the country districts of America. Outdoor Sports and Games A few were whittling, a few pitching quoits, or playing leap-frog, and quite a number were having a quiet game of whist, euchre, or 'seven-up.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Quoits is still a game of farmers' sons, and the horseshoe is superior to the quoit of commerce and the town. A Man and a Woman The King hopped about till his slippers flew off, his dressing-gown fluttered like great wings, and his crown rolled off from his head and across the floor, like a quoit at the fair. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk Discus Throw Contestants are given some object like a quoit, a block of wood, etc. School, Church, and Home Games A quoit player endeavours to give the quoit such a position in mid-air that it will not roll but will cut into the ground at the point where it lands. Outdoor Sports and Games A dolmen in Wales is his quoit; the circle at Penrith is his round table, and that of Caermarthen is his park. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders And when Harlson brought a couple of noble young turkeys to the board the banquet was a great one, and the boys pitched quoits that night no better for it. A Man and a Woman He himself, a Tiberius in dissembling, went to play at quoits, and was disturbed by his men coming to him and begging him to look on at their sports. The Life of Columbus And if there was ever a more successful grab bag for the children than the quoits game, the Ashton Welfare Committee wants to hear about it. School, Church, and Home Games Iron quoits may be purchased for a dollar a set. Outdoor Sports and Games Even Bishop was impressed with the skill displayed by his employee, and as the balls soared true from his club, like quoits from the hand of a sturdy expert, the farmer grinned his appreciation. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life But neither quoits nor Jenny Bierce sufficed at all times for forgetfulness. A Man and a Woman But a gust of wind came from the sea and carried the quoit aside, far beyond all the rest. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) He had played quoits with Elise Weston, punched the bag with the college boys, and taught Bobby Boynton to dance the tango. The Honorable Percival The average weight of the quoits used by experts is from seven to nine pounds each. Outdoor Sports and Games His great passion was the game of quoits, and he was a member of the club which met, as it still meets, at Buchanan's Spring, near the city, to play at this game. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made We no longer speculate with Epicurus and Anaxagoras whether the sun may be as large as a quoit, or even as large as Peloponnesus. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Bowls, croquet, golf, walking, quoits, billiards, parlour games and quiet gymnastics without apparatus are good, if played in moderation and much more gently than normal people play them. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment There was a baseball game in the morning, a basketball game in the afternoon with tether ball and quoits on the side. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas In match games, all quoits that fall outside a radius of 18 inches from the centre of the pin are "foul," and do not count in the score. Outdoor Sports and Games Card-playing was forbidden, because it encouraged idleness, and pitching quoits in camp, because it spoiled the grass. Montcalm and Wolfe In deep gravity they tossed a ball, or pitched a quoit, or engaged in wrestling. Audrey Why neither does he, who has often acquired reputation by the quoit, often by the javelin having cleared the mark, any longer appear with arms all black-and-blue by martial exercises? The Works of Horace His principal amusement was pitching the quoit, which he did to the end of his days, and could ring the meg, it is said, at a distance of sixty feet frequently. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs The object of the game is to stand at a stated distance from the "enihan," or target, and to toss the "habs" as in the game of quoits. Outdoor Sports and Games The relaxations of the humbler class, are fives, quoits, skittles, and ale. An History of Birmingham (1783) Now he dreads the Tiber's touch, And avoids the wrestling-rings,— He who formerly was such An expert with quoits and things. Echoes from the Sabine Farm All were on deck during those beautiful days, and twice on Tuesday Lucy and Chester and the elders had played deck quoits, the father joining in one of them. Story of Chester Lawrence Two or three days after he left Ithaca the suitors were gathered before the doors of Odysseus, playing at quoits, or hurling their javelins at a mark. Stories from the Odyssey "Little like the smooth quoit that runs the full course," responds the short one, and retorts "Long and lanky, he will go down in the gale like a banana tree." The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Here, therefore, as I said, resorted many of the old inhabitants of the Manhattoes, where, while some played at the shuffle-board and quoits and ninepins, others smoked a deliberate pipe, and talked over public affairs. Tales of a Traveller They are often used as handles for chests, for rings with which to play quoits, to lengthen rope, and in many similar ways. Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise "That is the only prison we have here," replied the man, deliberately pitching his quoit. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The terrible company, the powerful, adorned with quoits on their hands, given to roaring, potent, dispensing treasures, they who are beneficent, infinite in greatness, praise, O poet, these men of great wealth! Sacred Books of the East On the fourth of July, I saw several men pitching quoits in the middle of the day with thick overcoats on, and the sun shining bright at the same time. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome He was a self-disciplinarian in physical as well as mental matters, and practised himself in all kinds of athletic exercises, such as running, leaping, pitching quoits, and tossing bars. A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at their Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting, in Norwich, Conn., August 20, 1858 The divine teacher was one day playing with his pupil at quoits. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden He immediately started, and looking in vain for anything that resembled a prison, he approached two men who were enjoying themselves with a game of quoits. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The plates skimmed about like quoits, and all the board became a wreck of glass and china. Bred in the Bone Despite his prowess and renown, demons trouble the Yadavas from time to time, but all are killed either by Krishna wielding a magic quoit or by Balarama plying his plough or pestle. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry Many of the most lifelike groups of marble which remain to us from that time are but copies of the living statues who wrestled or threw the quoit in the public gymnasium. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 The only proper triphthong in English is uoy, as in buoy, buoyant, buoyancy; unless uoi in quoit may be considered a parallel instance. The Grammar of English Grammars One day, as he was showing what he could do, he threw a heavy quoit a great deal farther than any had been thrown before. Old Greek Stories When grown to manhood, Perseus accidentally struck the foot of Acrisius with a quoit, and the blow caused his death. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook He reaches for his quoit and hurling it through the air, slays Sisupala on the spot. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry The quoit, or discus, was made of stone or metal, of a circular form, and thrown by means of a thong passing through the centre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 When she was disabused of this idea, her whole being resolved itself into an absorbing anxiety about her pattens, with which she played innumerable games at quoits on Mr Pecksniff's legs. Martin Chuzzlewit It happened soon afterwards that the king of a certain country not far away was holding games and giving prizes to the best runners and leapers and quoit throwers. Old Greek Stories To play at quoits in dreams, foretells low engagements and loss of good employment. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition T. J. is a carpenter, six foot four in height, and plays quoits well. Reprinted Pieces The talon emerged, clutching ready for action a six-pound iron quoit. The Red One Skittles, cricket, quoits, nine-pins, comic songs, choruses, company round the chimney corner every winter's evening. Martin Chuzzlewit Of this opinion was Aristotle; and for confirmation of it, he alleges an inscription upon one of the copper quoits used in those sports, upon which the name of Lycurgus continued uneffaced to his time. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans "But please go and bar all the doors and windows of the palace, while I show this Pumpkinhead how to throw a quoit." The Marvelous Land of Oz It happened on a day that the two friends stripped off their garments, rubbed the juice of the olive upon their bodies, and engaged in throwing the quoit. Good Stories for Holidays Simultaneously Slim reached for his quoit, and Whiskers and Fatty for their rocks. The Red One There used to be some old Clare men who said 'Hell to my soul!' when they missed at quoits, but I haven't heard it for a long time. The Damnation of Theron Ware When the glad troop of children departed, Plato followed them to see their father's flocks, and play quoits with the larger boys. Philothea A Grecian Romance "I trust to see your lordship quoit them all down stairs," answered Pearson. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Two gentlemen were playing at quoits, and the dog of one of them was struck on the head by a quoit, and supposed to be killed. The Dog When she was near, the quoit flew from his arm with a stronger whirl, and his steps approached more swiftly to the destined goal. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Pronounce: pliant; wand; pathos; allied; asunder; quoit; triumphant. The Elson Readers, Book 5 His activity was shown in dancing, running, and the manly exercises of the quoit, the sling, and the bow. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself It contains bats, wickets, and a ball for cricket; a set of quoits; trap bat and ball for the younger boys; leaping bars and some other things. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots The Siamese discus, or quoit, is round, and of wood, stone, or iron. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Here a few shepherds, apart from the rest, flung the ponderous quoit that sung along the air. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Pitching Spanish dollars, instead of quoits; firing blunderbusses out of the window; shooting at a mark, or at any unhappy dog, or cat, or pig, or barn-door fowl, that might happen to come within reach. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies The bull Nundi rose and tried to gore me; hundred-handed gods brandished quoits and sabres round my head; and Kali dropped the skull from her gore-dripping jaws, to clutch me for her prey. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography At a trial of skill Odysseus, after being taunted by some of the Phaeacians, hurled the quoit beyond them all. Authors of Greece Their manner of hurling it does not differ materially from that which all mighty players have practised since Caesar's soldiers pitched quoits for rations. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok After the feast the guests displayed their strength in athletic games; and Ulysses, provoked by the taunts of the ill-bred Euryalus, cast a broader, heavier quoit than had yet been used far beyond the mark. National Epics Valensolle and Ribier, who were playing a species of quoits with crown-pieces and louis, left off their game to hear the news. The Companions of Jehu He was a self-disciplinarian in physical as well as mental matters, and practised himself in all kinds of athletic exercises, such as running, leaping, wrestling, pitching quoits and tossing bars. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 Martiaus, or small quoits, wolf or fox, blind man's buff, hide and seek, quoits, &c., were all girls' games. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period To while away the time they played games and taught the Inca checkers and chess, as well as bowling-on-the-green and quoits. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru By a far throw of the quoit may I hurl even so far as did Xenokrates surpass all men in the sweetness of his spirit. The Extant Odes of Pindar He that walks from six to six in Paul's goes still but a quoit's cast before this man. Character Writings of the 17th Century He then challenged an acquaintance to a game of quoits, and they closed the day with foot-races and other athletic exercises, at which there was no betting. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders All exercises of the body he could perform to perfection—shooting at a mark, breaking horses, riding at the ring, pitching the quoit, playing at all games with great skill. Boys and girls from Thackeray In this game, just as my Father was raising the quoit to throw, they all rushed upon him with knives, daggers and some swords. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru There will be a ball game occasionally, and I saw some of the men pitching quoits yesterday. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation On the other side of the deck a returning immigrant was bringing out a jew's-harp, and two or three of his fellow-passengers were preparing to pitch quoits. Five Little Peppers Abroad One day, when Apollo and Hyacinth were playing at quoits, the jealous Zephyr caused one of Apollo's quoits to drift in flight and strike Hyacinth on the head, killing him instantly. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 It was a refined pastime, immortalized by the Discobolus, which, however, cannot give the charm of the whirling quoit. Memories of Hawthorne Then, to preserve the fame of such a deed, For Python slain he Pythian games decreed, Where noble youths for mastership should strive-- To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Mosaics of Grecian History Our spirits have not flagged, as, thanks to various small games such as pitch-and-toss, running races when the ship was rolling, quoits, and cards, we have not found time unbearably long. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba "I see you can play quoits," snarled the troll. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales One day, when Apollo and Hyacinth were playing at quoits, the jealous Zephyr caused one of Apollo's quoits to drift in flight and strike Hyacinth on the head, killing him instantly. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Whereupon, clad in his mantle as he was, he took a quoit, heavier far than such as the Phaeacians were wont to throw, and sent it with a whirl. The Story of the Odyssey He went down where the children were shrieking over a game of quoits and felt singularly peaceful and undisturbed. The Prince of Graustark He was learning to throw the quoit, and I was throwing with him. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 This mighty quoit Aetion wont to rear, And from his whirling arm dismiss in air; The giant by Achilles slain, he stow'd Among his spoils this memorable load. The Iliad Races, wrestling, and quoits were better; while fishing was highly commendable, both in the way of diet as well as in the way of sport. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 Then stood up many Phaeacian youths, and the fairest and strongest of them all was Laodamas, eldest son to the King, and they ran a race, and wrestled, and threw quoits, and leaped. The Story of the Odyssey Did you ever pitch quoits? that is the idea. Sketches New and Old, Part 2. Well, my loves never prosper; Daphne and Hyacinth were my great passions; she so detested me that being turned to a tree was more attractive than I; and him I killed with a quoit. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 In gratitude for these kindly words a big juicy pancake, round as a quoit, fell on to his plate. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian Two old men were casting quoits; a noisy quartette was playing shuffle-board. The Ne'er-Do-Well To keep from thinking in the train he talked gravely and gently to an old man about the brave days of England, when men threw quoits. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Quoit Hurling.—Close by the leapers is another stretch of yellow sand reserved for the quoit throwers. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The prophet did not know that he was to kill his favourite with a quoit; he never foresaw that Daphne would run away from him, so handsome as he is, too, such beautiful hair! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Ulysses But the will of the gods was accomplished towards Acrisius, his grandfather, for he died from the falling of a quoit which Perseus had thrown in a game. Heroes Every Child Should Know Her body was long and elegant, her face was crushed tiny like a beetle's, she had rows of round heavy collars, like a column of quoits, on her neck. Women in Love Casting the javelin.—The range of the quoit hurlers in turn seems very great, but we cannot delay to await the issue. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The gaffers, a motley crowd, were sitting or standing about, playing cards or throwing deck quoits to kill time till the play began. Jonah Had I descried a quoit there about to descend upon me I should have been rather pleased than not. To-morrow? In the longest of the oval spaces, a group of maidens and warriors were gathered to watch a wonderful flower-faced woman play at quoits under the instruction of a noble tutor. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest He began by formulating the question, 'Who is winner when the adversary quoits are on the meg at the same time?' John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Democritus, that it is like a quoit externally, and hollow in the middle. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The cards and quoits were dropped as the boxer entered the ring. Jonah His eyes are to be fixed upon the quoit which will be here, at this end of the canvas, opposite him. To-morrow? With the cold November sunshine a hum of voices was coming in, now brightened by peals of laughter, again blurred by the thud of falling quoits. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest Most of the members had smooth, highly polished brass quoits. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Empedocles, that the figure of it resembles a quoit. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The court days in each county were holidays celebrated with games of quoits, running, jumping, feasting, and discussions political and social. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware The rest of the company, every one as he liked best, made his disport at bowls, quoits, keiles, etc. Sir Francis Drake Revived I get up, breakfast, read, play at quoits, and go to bed. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 To quoits was added the inducement of an excellent repast of which roast pig was the piece de resistance. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court In the middle of the stone-flagged yard two little boys were playing at quoits. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches He nodded to me democratically as he cast the heavy plates around as though he were pitching quoits or hurling the discus. Waifs and Strays Part 1 But he willing to rid all doubts, and fill them with joy, took out of his bosom a quoit of gold, thanking GOD that "our voyage was made!" Sir Francis Drake Revived Achilles next offered the massive iron quoit which mighty Eetion had erewhile been used to hurl, until Achilles had slain him and carried it off in his ships along with other spoils. The Iliad Those who played quoits retired after a while for a game. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court We knew him pretty well from pitching quoits in the afternoons in the court house yard. The Gentle Grafter They slept in the open air, and spent their waking hours in wrestling, boxing, running races, throwing quoits, and engaging in mock battles. The Unseen World and Other Essays Why, you say, of course it is a game of skill, just as much as bowls or quoits; but there are also elements of luck about "pitch and toss" which gives it an increased attraction. London's Underworld They stood up one after the other and Epeus took the quoit, whirled it, and flung it from him, which set all the Achaeans laughing. The Iliad Mr. Marshall's quoit is twice as large as any other; and yet it flies from his arm like the iron ball at the Grecian games from the arm of Ajax. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Beyond the broad, illimitable plain Down sinks the sun, red as Apollo's quoit, That, by the envious Zephyr blown aside, Struck Hyacinthus dead, and stained the earth With his young blood, that blossomed into flowers. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow He was looked upon as the best pitcher of the party and could throw heavier quoits than any other member of the club. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Parson Blair did the same, and his quoit came down plumply on top of Marshall's. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court It is impossible for an ordinary quoit to move it. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court |
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