 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...  Das Wirthshaus im Spessart - Page 232by Wilhelm Hauff - 1893 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Esq. Richard Seymour - 1754 - 388 pages
...vrei;thy Families it hath, ruined. T*-^-^': > 11 .'.. ' . -'-. . - ' . t: II. Of PASSAG E. . , . . PASSAGE is a Game at Dice to be played at but by Two Perfons ; and it is performed with 3 Dice. The Cafter throws continually, till he hath throwaDoublets... | |
 | George Mason - 1801 - 260 pages
...file forward went, As lay her journey through that perlons pace. Sp.FQVlU.CIfi.io. PA'SSAGE. я " il. A game at dice, to be played at but by two, and performed with three dice. PEA Seo/, a year: but let it pafs, for pa/age carried away the mon part... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 614 pages
...recrost with lace, &c." 4 For pottage carried stray, Jfc. — " Passage is a game at dice to be play'd at but by two, and it is performed with three dice....caster throws continually till he hath thrown dubblets uiulcr ten, and then he is out and loscth -. or dubblets above ten, and then he passitlt and wins.—... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 610 pages
...lace, &c." 4 Far pottage carried aim-:, Ifc. — " Passage is a game at dice to be play'd at but bv two, and it is performed with three dice. The caster throws continually till he hath thrown dnbblets uuder ten, sad then he is out and loseth ; or dubblets above ten, and then he passeth and... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1815 - 466 pages
...; Her duty gets before my command still. * Passage was a very common game in our poet's time. " It is a game at dice to be played at but by two, and...performed with three dice. The caster throws continually tiU he hath thrown dubblets under ten, and then he is out and loseth ; or Hubble ts above ten, and... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 568 pages
...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 coster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loseth ; or... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...any other chances lose." It is more largely described, in the " Complete Gamester, 1680," thus :— "Passage is a game at dice to be played at but by...The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loseth, or doublets above ten, and then he passeth and wins."... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1840 - 652 pages
...smell 'twill be a match. FAB. Ay, and a sweet young couple, If I have any judgment. n passage] " It is a game at dice, to be played at but by two, and...The caster throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loseth ; or doublets above ten, and then he passeth and... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 854 pages
...any other chances :<>-<" It is more largely described, in the " Complete Gamester, 1680," thus :— v; %o Y [q ( ߧ U 2q ,rZ 7 z!MC < 2zE ^ 27Ŵl 4 Wy M tX h ^ 0 Ω =X [K 5 caMer throws continually till he hath thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loseth, or... | |
 | Robert Nares - 1859 - 544 pages
...specie» of game, played with dice ; in French passc-dix, from the chief law of the game. Passagt it a game at dice to be played at but by two, and it is performed with three dice. The raster throws continually till he hath thrown dubblets nmh-r ten, and then he is out and loseth, or... | |
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