 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 568 pages
...following description: " It is played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The coster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then he pasteth, and wins. C«mp. Game. p. 167. boot, laugh at nothing but your own jests, or else as the noblemen... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
..."Passage is a game at dice to be played at but by two, and it is performed with, three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...doublets above ten, and then he passeth and wins." The stock or fund, as also the place where the game is played, is called the Pass-bank, -f On Twelfth... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...¡—"Passage is a game at dice to be played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster 4th. To Whitehall, saw a letter dated last night,...of Dover Castle, which says, that the guns which w passet/t and wins." The stock or fund, as also the place where the game is played, is called the Pass-bank,... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1840 - 652 pages
..." It is a game at dice, to be played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...doublets above ten, and then he passeth and wins. Complete Gamester." Editor of 1816. GUAR. Faith, that's little.— [Aside. Let her be sent to-morrow,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 594 pages
...following description : " It is played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...is out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then hsfasseth, and wins." Comp. Game. p. 167. you lose) have two or three peculiar oaths to swear by, that... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 600 pages
...following description : " It is played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...is out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then hzpasseth, and wins." Comp. Game. p. 167. you lose) have two or three peculiar oaths to swear by, that... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1885 - 496 pages
...Passage is a game at dice, to be played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then he fasset/t and wins." Complete Gamester, 1680, p. 119. \ SCENE ii.] Women Beware Women. 273 To choose... | |
 | Nicholas Blundell - 1895 - 282 pages
..."'Passage' is a game of dice to be played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...doublets above ten, and then he passeth and wins." — The Complete Gamester, 1680. " 'In' signified that there was a doublet or two dice alike out of... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1905 - 184 pages
...be played at but by two, and is performed with three dice. The caster throws repeatedly until he has thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loseth, or doublets over ten, and then he passeth and wins. The game is referred to in the Hog hath lost his Pearl, ' Passage... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1912 - 594 pages
...following description : "It is played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under...out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then he passetk, and wins, — Coing Gant. p. 167. * Hire a fellow with a great chain, &c.] The stewards and... | |
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Passage is a game at dice, which some perhaps may comprehend by the following description: " It is played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and... 
