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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... remains , when , amongst other things well worth observation , appeared in the large oak beam that supported the chimney- piece , a curious piece of carved work , of which the preceding is an exact copy . Its singularity induced me to ...
... remains , when , amongst other things well worth observation , appeared in the large oak beam that supported the chimney- piece , a curious piece of carved work , of which the preceding is an exact copy . Its singularity induced me to ...
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... remains but as a few scraps , it gives an idea of the exist- ence of a custom which has many points of resemblance to that of France during the fêtes du fous . It has hitherto escaped the attention of Scottish antiquaries . Every person ...
... remains but as a few scraps , it gives an idea of the exist- ence of a custom which has many points of resemblance to that of France during the fêtes du fous . It has hitherto escaped the attention of Scottish antiquaries . Every person ...
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... Remains to please the gazer's wistful sight , And that she shines increasingly in strength , Till she is full - orb'd , mistress of the sky ? - So is it with the mind , when silently Into the young heart's void steals timorous love ...
... Remains to please the gazer's wistful sight , And that she shines increasingly in strength , Till she is full - orb'd , mistress of the sky ? - So is it with the mind , when silently Into the young heart's void steals timorous love ...
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... remains is " NICK'S INSTITUTION . " A " steeled but- cher , " his left hand resting at ease within his apron , cleaver hung , and carelessly capped , with a countenance indicating no other spirit than that of the still , and no ...
... remains is " NICK'S INSTITUTION . " A " steeled but- cher , " his left hand resting at ease within his apron , cleaver hung , and carelessly capped , with a countenance indicating no other spirit than that of the still , and no ...
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... remains of honest PORTER ; who , after an innocent and well - spent life , was dragged hither , and tried , for a crime he never committed , upon laws to which he was unamenable , before men who were no judges , found guilty without ...
... remains of honest PORTER ; who , after an innocent and well - spent life , was dragged hither , and tried , for a crime he never committed , upon laws to which he was unamenable , before men who were no judges , found guilty without ...
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