The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and Diversio, Volume 2 |
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Page 105
The of the time , were nearly frozen to death . Floating Harbour from Cumberland
basin to the Feeder , at the bottom of Avonstreet , was one continued sheet of ice
; On the 26th , the wind veered to the and for the first time in the memory of ...
The of the time , were nearly frozen to death . Floating Harbour from Cumberland
basin to the Feeder , at the bottom of Avonstreet , was one continued sheet of ice
; On the 26th , the wind veered to the and for the first time in the memory of ...
Page 107
A woman melting of the snow on the adjacent hills was found frozen to death on
the Highswelled the river beyond its usual height , gate - road . She proved to
have been a and burst up vast fragments of ice and charwoman , returning from ...
A woman melting of the snow on the adjacent hills was found frozen to death on
the Highswelled the river beyond its usual height , gate - road . She proved to
have been a and burst up vast fragments of ice and charwoman , returning from ...
Page 109
There were was frozen to death near Wallop , in that a great number of booths
ornamented county . with streamers , flags , and signs , and A young man named
Monk , while within them there was a plentiful store driving a stage - coach near ...
There were was frozen to death near Wallop , in that a great number of booths
ornamented county . with streamers , flags , and signs , and A young man named
Monk , while within them there was a plentiful store driving a stage - coach near ...
Page 121
There the latter it is still customary for the masthe keeper that brought it blew “ the
ter of the house and his guests to join at death of the buck , " and then the horners
the beginning of the evening , though this that were about the city answered ...
There the latter it is still customary for the masthe keeper that brought it blew “ the
ter of the house and his guests to join at death of the buck , " and then the horners
the beginning of the evening , though this that were about the city answered ...
Page 143
Everybody else for him ; for it would be a glorious death having been delighted
with it , this de- he should die , it being for the laws and cided disapprobation
puzzled the circle ; liberties of this land , and for maintaining he was asked why ?
Everybody else for him ; for it would be a glorious death having been delighted
with it , this de- he should die , it being for the laws and cided disapprobation
puzzled the circle ; liberties of this land , and for maintaining he was asked why ?
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