Pastimes

As for "Pastimes" -- our guest tenant would be delighted to have her stay extended.

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

"I am told that you have some idea of renting a house called Pastimes, near here!"

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

The dear old man was delighted to see me, and was eager to hear when Charmion and I were coming back to "Pastimes".

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

I was not at all sure that I wanted to go back to "Pastimes" so soon.

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

It was curiously enough the sight of one of the well-known angel cakes which recalled Delphine Merrivale to my memory, for she had shown a child-like appreciation of these dainties when they had appeared on our tea-table at "Pastimes".

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

"Pastimes" she developed a sudden and violent desire to have me for a visitor for a short time before I left.

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

I hated the idea of leaving "Pastimes," but I reminded myself that it was only for a time -- only for a time.

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

It is flattering, and convenient into the bargain, for we are lending "Pastimes" to the widow of a poor clergyman, and it will be a help to her to have me at hand until she has settled down.

The Lady of the Basement Flat George de Horne Vaizey 1887

CAV'ENDISH, author of _Principles of Whist_, and numerous guide-books on games, as _Bézique, Piquet, Écarté, Billiards_, etc. Henry Jones, editor of "Pastimes" in _The Field_ and _The Queen_ newspapers

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

I'm skimming her textbook "Pastimes," chapter on technology and leisure. expeditus The do's and do not's of sports betting omniquest Jeff "The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion.

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