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 2Pub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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... late as the year 1702. A great number of farmers ' sons and farm servants from the " East Carse " were publicly rebuked before the session , or ecclesiastical court , for going about in disguise upon the last night of December that year ...
... late as the year 1702. A great number of farmers ' sons and farm servants from the " East Carse " were publicly rebuked before the session , or ecclesiastical court , for going about in disguise upon the last night of December that year ...
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... late leaves of autumn had con- cealed from the view , stand confessed , upon the otherwise bare branches , and , dressed in their patent wind - and - water- proof coats , brave the utmost severity of the season , their hard ...
... late leaves of autumn had con- cealed from the view , stand confessed , upon the otherwise bare branches , and , dressed in their patent wind - and - water- proof coats , brave the utmost severity of the season , their hard ...
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... late magisterial - doctor of West- minster school - celebrated for severe dis- cipline , is a " word of fear " to all living who know his fame ! It is perpetuated by an engraved representation of his chair , said to have been designed ...
... late magisterial - doctor of West- minster school - celebrated for severe dis- cipline , is a " word of fear " to all living who know his fame ! It is perpetuated by an engraved representation of his chair , said to have been designed ...
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... late husband of Mrs. Southo , the still lives in the recollection of many present intelligent landlady of this house , inhabitants , as having been a most face- tious swearer in . 5. Bell , Stag's horns . This house now only known as ...
... late husband of Mrs. Southo , the still lives in the recollection of many present intelligent landlady of this house , inhabitants , as having been a most face- tious swearer in . 5. Bell , Stag's horns . This house now only known as ...
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... late years , commenced in December , 1813 , and generally called " the Great Frost in 1814 , " was preceded by a great fog , which came on with the evening of the 27th of Decem- ber , 1813. It is described as a darkness that might be ...
... late years , commenced in December , 1813 , and generally called " the Great Frost in 1814 , " was preceded by a great fog , which came on with the evening of the 27th of Decem- ber , 1813. It is described as a darkness that might be ...
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