Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Tom Tiddler's Ground
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Tom Tiddler's Ground
Author: Florence MarryatPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Tom Tiddler's Ground
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN: 9781983684876
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Tom Tidler's Ground, also known as Tom Tiddler's Ground or Tommy Tiddler's Ground, is an ancient children's game in which one player, "Tom Tidler," stands on a heap of stones, gravel, etc.; other players rush onto the heap, crying "Here I am on Tom Tidler's ground," while Tom tries to capture the invaders or keep them off.[clarify] By extension, the phrase has come to mean the ground or tenement of a sluggard, or of one who is easily taken advantage of. The essence of the game lives on in such more modern games as Steal the Bacon and variants of Tag."Tom Tiddler's Ground" is the name of an 1861 short story[1] by Charles Dickens, and the phrase "Tom Tidler's ground" appears in his novels Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield and Dombey and Son. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is also the title of a 1931 poem and a 1931 anthology of children's poetry edited by Walter de la Mare. Tom Tiddler's Ground is a 1934 novel by Edward Shanks. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is a song on the 1970 album Flat Baroque and Berserk by Roy Harper. E.F Benson also mentions "Tom Tiddler's Ground" in The Worshipful Lucia.Tom Tiddler's Ground is also used in modern English as a euphemism for having an uncertain status, for example, "I asked her why her performance review was late and I could tell she was on Tom Tiddler's Ground".
Tom Tiddler's Ground
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548277062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Tom Tidler's Ground, also known as Tom Tiddler's Ground or Tommy Tiddler's Ground, is an ancient children's game in which one player, "Tom Tidler," stands on a heap of stones, gravel, etc.; other players rush onto the heap, crying "Here I am on Tom Tidler's ground," while Tom tries to capture the invaders or keep them off. By extension, the phrase has come to mean the ground or tenement of a sluggard, or of one who is easily taken advantage of. The essence of the game lives on in such more modern games as Steal the Bacon and variants of Tag. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is the name of an 1861 short story by Charles Dickens, and the phrase "Tom Tidler's ground" appears in his novels Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield and Dombey and Son. "
The Westcotes
Author: Arthur Quiller-CouchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Tom Tiddler's ground
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Flowers of the Forest
Author: Clive ChattersPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691237603
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
This book explores the botanical richness and cultural heritage of the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. The New Forest has become an exceptional area for wildflowers, many of which were once common throughout the lowlands of Britain. The Forest enjoys strong populations of many special wildflowers because it retains a living tradition of free-ranging domestic animals grazing its coastland, extensive commons, and village greens. This book is an exploration of how the wildlife of the Forest is the natural expression of the lives and economy of the people of the Forest. An introduction to the New Forest and how its commoning economy works A description of the principal habitats of the Forest and how they relate to one another Accounts of the people who have explored the Forest for wildflowers from the early 17th century to the present Descriptions of more than 100 species of the rarer flowering plants and ferns currently known from the National Park, many of which are nationally or internationally rare, scarce, or threatened An account of Forest conservation issues by someone who has participated in the life of the Forest for more than 20 years
Union Speeches Delivered in England During the Present American War
Author: George Francis TrainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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A Life's Secret
Author: Mrs. Henry WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The Indian Scout
Author: Gustave AimardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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