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Excerpt from Thomas Doggett Deceased: A Famous Comedian
I feel that the year in which the Olympic Games are being celebrated in London will not be inappropriate for the appearance of this little history of a sporting wager which can boast the longest continuous existence of any event of the kind in the world. That the race should have attained this unique position is almost entirely due to the City Company, which has done so much, for nearly two hundred years, to preserve the sportsmanship and dignity of Doggett''s Coat and Badge; and I am glad to take an oppor tunity of acknowledging, by the tribute of these unpretentious pages, my sense of the honourable privileges conferred by member: ship of the ancient Mistery of Fishmongers.
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I feel that the year in which the Olympic Games are being celebrated in London will not be inappropriate for the appearance of this little history of a sporting wager which can boast the longest continuous existence of any event of the kind in the world. That the race should have attained this unique position is almost entirely due to the City Company, which has done so much, for nearly two hundred years, to preserve the sportsmanship and dignity of Doggett''s Coat and Badge; and I am glad to take an oppor tunity of acknowledging, by the tribute of these unpretentious pages, my sense of the honourable privileges conferred by member: ship of the ancient Mistery of Fishmongers.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Theodore Andrea Cook
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ISBN - 9780656768554
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 210
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Contributors
Author
Theodore Andrea Cook
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331924944
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 212
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