"Base ball" mentioned in Jane Austen?

[nq:1]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that the Jane Austen oeuvre somewhere contains a reference to "base ball", presumably a precursor of the present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
Read the first chapter of Northanger Abbey .

[nq:1]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that the Jane Austen oeuvre somewhere contains a reference to "base ball", presumably a precursor of the present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
Mastertexts.com has all six of her major novels. Nothing significant turned up with but worked. It's in Northanger Abbey, Chapter 1:
Mrs. Morland was a very good wo

[nq:1]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that the Jane Austen oeuvre somewhere contains a reference to "base ball", presumably a precursor of the present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
To my mind, the word "Pride" in Austen's title Pride and Prejudice verifies it, being an obvious allusion to the Pride of the Yankees, Lou Gehrig.

P.S. Any parti

[nq:2]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that ... present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
[nq:1]Mastertexts.com has all six of her major novels. Nothing significant turned up with but worked. It's ... obscure." DAE's first US citation is 1850, Knickerbocker magazine, in which someone mentions "bass-ball" as a game of his boyhood.[/nq]
The OED's fir

[nq:2]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that ... present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
[nq:1]Read the first chapter of Northanger Abbey . [/nq]
Thanks to Carmen, Donna and Laura for your responses; I expect Eric will be pleased to have the reference for that.
Matti

[nq:2]Read the first chapter of Northanger Abbey . [/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks to Carmen, Donna and Laura for your responses; I expect Eric will be pleased to have the reference for that.[/nq]
I must say I was surprised to find this:
"...and it was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had by nature nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, baseball, riding on horseback..."
But it s

[nq:2]Read the first chapter of Northanger Abbey . [/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks to Carmen, Donna and Laura for your responses; I expect Eric will be pleased to have the reference for that.[/nq]
You may find just about anything in Jane Austen's books, considering she starts out in about the first paragraph of one of them talking about ******** young girls.
I think the actual wording is something

[nq:2]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that ... present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
[nq:1]To my mind, the word "Pride" in Austen's title Pride and Prejudice verifies it, being an obvious allusion to the Pride of the Yankees, Lou Gehrig.[/nq]
Valencia Tzing is a fine name is it real?
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Ross Howard

[nq:2]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that ... present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
[nq:1]To my mind, the word "Pride" in Austen's title Pride and Prejudice verifies it, being an obvious allusion to the Pride of the Yankees, Lou Gehrig. P.S. Any particular reason "Owlish" is capitalized?[/nq]
Yes. It's an "in" joke with a reference to a particu

[nq:2]Over in AEU a certain Owlish poster has suggested that ... present-day pastime. Does anyone know a way to verify this?[/nq]
[nq:1]To my mind, the word "Pride" in Austen's title Pride and Prejudice verifies it, being an obvious allusion to the Pride of the Yankees, Lou Gehrig.[/nq]
Merry vowel, BTW.
[nq:1]P.S. Any particular reason "Owlish" is capitalized?[/nq]
Reference to AE