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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... tion . The least thing puts them out of their way , and therefore every thing must be in its place . They are mightily of fended at disagreeable tastes and smells , and therefore they exact the utmost neat- ness and nicety . They are ...
... tion . The least thing puts them out of their way , and therefore every thing must be in its place . They are mightily of fended at disagreeable tastes and smells , and therefore they exact the utmost neat- ness and nicety . They are ...
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... tion , wrote and published his life , wherein he gives a very extraordinary account of his adventures , but passes slightly over , bred a haberdasher of small wares in or palliates his blackest crimes . He was Fleet - street , married ...
... tion , wrote and published his life , wherein he gives a very extraordinary account of his adventures , but passes slightly over , bred a haberdasher of small wares in or palliates his blackest crimes . He was Fleet - street , married ...
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... tion and circumstances . The feast week , however alluring it may appear in descrip- tion , is in reality productive of greater evil than good . The excitement lasts too long , and the enjoyment , whatever it may be , is purchased at ...
... tion and circumstances . The feast week , however alluring it may appear in descrip- tion , is in reality productive of greater evil than good . The excitement lasts too long , and the enjoyment , whatever it may be , is purchased at ...
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... tion . SEAMEN ON SHORE . And first of the common sailor . - The moment the common sailor lands , he goes to see the watchmaker , or the old boy at the Ship . His first object is to spend his money but his first sensation is the strange ...
... tion . SEAMEN ON SHORE . And first of the common sailor . - The moment the common sailor lands , he goes to see the watchmaker , or the old boy at the Ship . His first object is to spend his money but his first sensation is the strange ...
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... tion . From these premises , he endea- vours to account for the perpetual aug- mentation of those floating islands . By a celebrated experiment of Mr. Boyle , it has been demonstrated that ice evaporates very fast , in severe frosty ...
... tion . From these premises , he endea- vours to account for the perpetual aug- mentation of those floating islands . By a celebrated experiment of Mr. Boyle , it has been demonstrated that ice evaporates very fast , in severe frosty ...
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