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  • Edition Lawn Tennis by Julian Marshall 2662073Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition — Lawn TennisJulian Marshall ​TENNIS, Lawn. ⁠Lawn-tennis is a modern...
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  • Volume 26 Tennis 33418651911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 26 — TennisTENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis), one of...
    319 bytes (5,962 words) - 01:55, 2 October 2020
  • Volume 16 Lawn-Tennis by Ronald John McNeill 33425431911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16 — Lawn-TennisRonald John McNeill ​LAWN-TENNIS, a game played...
    351 bytes (4,246 words) - 21:56, 2 October 2020
  • Domestic Encyclopædia (1802), Volume 4 Tennis 2650426Domestic Encyclopædia (1802), Volume 4 — TennisTENNIS, a play requiring muscular exertion, and...
    351 bytes (151 words) - 22:38, 10 January 2019
  • Collier's New Encyclopedia Tennis, Lawn 1477368Collier's New Encyclopedia — Tennis, Lawn ​TENNIS, LAWN, an out-door game played with balls, which are...
    192 bytes (148 words) - 20:37, 14 November 2018
  • (Tennis Court Oath) 3008774Serment du Jeu de paume (Tennis Court Oath) English-language translations of Serment du Jeu de paume include: The Tennis Court...
    428 bytes (54 words) - 11:20, 3 January 2020
  • 1 (1812) by Robert Southey Mexican Tennis 3213596Omniana/Volume 1 — Mexican Tennis1812Robert Southey ​ 74. Mexican Tennis. The Mexicans had one singular law...
    431 bytes (106 words) - 20:58, 2 June 2021
  • Love compared to a tennis-play by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford 1473654Love compared to a tennis-playEdward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Whenas...
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  • Britannica, Ninth Edition Tennis by Julian Marshall 2662072Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition — TennisJulian Marshall ​ TENNIS. ⁠This, the oldest, perhaps...
    425 bytes (4,030 words) - 17:49, 1 November 2023
  • Littell's Living Age, Volume 131, Issue 1689 A Lay of Lawn-Tennis by by Anonymous 1594274Littell's Living Age, Volume 131, Issue 1689 — A Lay of Lawn-Tennisby...
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  • WranghamWilberforceBritish barrister, tennis player and president of the All England Law Tennis and Croquet Club Lawn Tennis with Hillyard (1889) A Guide to...
    587 bytes (131 words) - 10:25, 13 February 2021
  • Britannica, Volume 21 — Ping-pong ​PING-PONG, or Table-Tennis, a miniature variety of lawn-tennis played on a table, which may be of any size not less than...
    235 bytes (361 words) - 01:19, 26 November 2023
  • (1842–1915), tennis player, was born 31 May 1842, the third son of Joseph Lambert, who was employed at Hatfield House as professional tennis player by the...
    391 bytes (521 words) - 11:27, 23 March 2023
  • Wallis MyersEnglish tennis correspondent and player Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad (1903) (external scan) The Complete Lawn Tennis Player (1908) (external...
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  • Heathcote, John Moyer1927Evan Baillie Noel ​HEATHCOTE, JOHN MOYER (1834–1912), tennis player, the eldest son of John Moyer Heathcote, of Conington Castle, near...
    430 bytes (567 words) - 10:37, 26 March 2023
  • 4439: National Tennis Week, 1976 (1976) by Gerald R. Ford Gerald R. Ford's Presidential Proclamations 4086873Proclamation 4439: National Tennis Week, 1976...
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  • from “sphairistiké” the parent of lawn-tennis. The implements are an ordinary lawn-tennis racket and lawn-tennis balls not covered with flannel. The walls...
    305 bytes (193 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2021
  • εἷς), the number one at dice, or the single point on a die or card; also a point in the score of racquets, lawn-tennis, tennis and other court games....
    352 bytes (55 words) - 02:11, 11 December 2014
  • Fives ​LONG FIVES. This game, though played in a tennis-court, bears but a slight resemblance to tennis, but is nevertheless a valuable form of preparatory...
    327 bytes (138 words) - 15:06, 24 November 2020
  • MilesEustace HamiltonMilesEustace MilesEnglish real tennis player Squash-rackets and squash-tennis Some or all works by this author are in the public domain...
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