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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There are 3 months contained upon each of the four edges ; the number of the
days in them are represented by the notches ; that which begins each month has
a short spreading stroke turned up from it ; every seventh notch is of a larger size
...
There are 3 months contained upon each of the four edges ; the number of the
days in them are represented by the notches ; that which begins each month has
a short spreading stroke turned up from it ; every seventh notch is of a larger size
...
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IF J. S. they are large enough , he divides them with a rule and compasses into
four equal parts ; of which the steward claims one , the warrener another , and the
remainder is divided amongst the shepherds . In A Gentleman of Literary Habits ...
IF J. S. they are large enough , he divides them with a rule and compasses into
four equal parts ; of which the steward claims one , the warrener another , and the
remainder is divided amongst the shepherds . In A Gentleman of Literary Habits ...
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... biographer adds , “ In Greenwich , four miles E. of the edge of the Roman
Martyrology his name occurs London , with the Thames a mile and a on the first ,
in some others on the second half to the S. , and an open level country , of
January .
... biographer adds , “ In Greenwich , four miles E. of the edge of the Roman
Martyrology his name occurs London , with the Thames a mile and a on the first ,
in some others on the second half to the S. , and an open level country , of
January .
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to that house with his team , a drinking This superstitious belief is mentioned horn
, holding about a pint , fixed on a in a MS . Journal of a Residence at Lis . stand
made of four rams ' horns , was bon in 1814 , written by an individual brought out
...
to that house with his team , a drinking This superstitious belief is mentioned horn
, holding about a pint , fixed on a in a MS . Journal of a Residence at Lis . stand
made of four rams ' horns , was bon in 1814 , written by an individual brought out
...
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