"Leapfrog" Quotes from Famous Books
... the week; and when his master beat him, which he did every day in the week; and when he had not enough to eat, which happened every day in the week likewise. And he laughed the other half of the day, when he was tossing halfpennies with the other boys, or playing leapfrog over the posts, or bowling stones at the horses' legs as they trotted by, which last was excellent fun, when there was a wall at hand behind ... — Journeys Through Bookland V2 • Charles H. Sylvester
... time to do a friendly thing. Always from the first taken a friendly interest in our little experiment. He is, indeed, indirectly personally responsible for its undertaking. If I hadn't come across him playing leapfrog before dinner with AKERS—DOUGLAS and JACKSON, as mentioned some weeks ago, SARK and I would never have tried this way of passing ... — Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., November 29, 1890 • Various
... of leapfrog while the fags aren't looking," said Crossfield, a schoolhouse monitor and a wag ... — The Willoughby Captains • Talbot Baines Reed |