… all full of people, and 3 times as many common people on foot. Besides this, there are all sorts of other things puppet-plays, hawkers [...], horror plays [...]which go on during the races; many tents with refreshments, all kinds of wine and beer, and many Io-players [...], a game which is forbidden in London. (Haydn 255, 257) 19 . Marie-Madeleine Martinet, ‘Vauxhall’, The …
… but to attack your enemy openly in the field, and to take no unfair, no unmanly advantages of him. To punish foul play; to decide impartially; and not to look on and see wrong done to any person. It also teaches men to discountenance … in battle. The conquest gained, his eye beams with sympathy, humanity softens his heart, and the generosity he displays to succour a fallen foe, is one of the finest specimens of the philosophy of human nature. But mark our last …
… recounted as performances, the accounts detailing the blows given and received but also the talent, skill and courage displayed. 2 . ‘[…] but never let Britons be ashamed of science;– yes A SCIENCE that not only adds generosity to their … prize fighters would invite their contesters to a new boxing match through the newspapers. Newspaper discourses played an important part in shaping the nineteenth-century boxing culture as a manly yet respectable and artistic … of British sociability in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The debates around boxing bear witness to the role it played, along with other sports and leisure amusements, in the redefinition of the national character during the …