"We can, perhaps, lay out a course of pall-mall here as well," Mary told her Marys, who were dutifully trotting along behind her. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
As the game of pall-mall went out of fashion the Mall became a promenade, and was the resort of the Court. From Wordnik.com. [Westminster The Fascination of London] Reference
But my answers were always, "Oh, nothing but Castlemain's new tantrum," or "The duke's defeat at pall-mall.". From Wordnik.com. [The Touchstone of Fortune] Reference
Frances and I walked over to the park, where we stood for a time watching the Duke of York and John Churchill playing pall-mall, but the day growing cold, we soon continued our walk over to the Serpentine, where we found Tyrconnel and several other gentlemen riding. From Wordnik.com. [The Touchstone of Fortune] Reference
The vast Sala della Palla, where the dukes and their courtiers indulged in their favourite pastime of "pall-mall," which Burckhardt calls the classic game of the Renaissance, was decorated with frescoes by the best artists of Pavia or Cremona, representing fishing and hunting scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497] Reference
So extensive was the Louvre, so widely separated the different suites of apartments, that Diane and Eustacie had not met after the pall-mall party till they sat opposite to their several queens in the coach driving through the woods, the elder cousin curiously watching the eyes of the younger, so wistfully gazing at the window, and now and then rapidly winking as though to force back a rebellious tear. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaplet of Pearls] Reference
To-day your father the duke, Don Alfonso, and Messer Galeaz Visconti are playing at pall-mall against Messer Galeaz Sanseverino, Signor Girolamo. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497] Reference
That he should prefer a little brown thing, whose beauty was so inferior to her own, had never crossed her mind; she did not even know that he was invited to the pall-mall party, and was greatly taken by surprise when her father sought an interview with her, accused her of betraying their interests, and told her that this foolish young fellow declared that he had been mistaken, and having now discovered his veritable wife, protested against resigning her. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaplet of Pearls] Reference
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