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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... turned up from it ; every seventh notch is of a larger size , and stands for Sunday , ( or rather , perhaps , for the first day of each successive natural week in the year . ) Against many of the notches there are placed on the left ...
... turned up from it ; every seventh notch is of a larger size , and stands for Sunday , ( or rather , perhaps , for the first day of each successive natural week in the year . ) Against many of the notches there are placed on the left ...
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... turned from the storm , the flocks , Onward still urged by man and dog , escape The smothering drift ; while , skulking at a side , Is seen the fox , with close downfolded tail , Watching his time to seize a straggling prey ; Or from ...
... turned from the storm , the flocks , Onward still urged by man and dog , escape The smothering drift ; while , skulking at a side , Is seen the fox , with close downfolded tail , Watching his time to seize a straggling prey ; Or from ...
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... turned by sitters after the play , till they adjourn to " spend the evening " at the " flash - and- foolish " houses which " keep it up " all night in the peculiar neighbourhood of the public office , Bow - street . This is more than ...
... turned by sitters after the play , till they adjourn to " spend the evening " at the " flash - and- foolish " houses which " keep it up " all night in the peculiar neighbourhood of the public office , Bow - street . This is more than ...
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... turned upon the identity of the characters intro- duced by Burns in his Tam O'Shanter . The bibliopole , who had spent the early part of his life in this neighbourhood , as- sured us that , " exceptin ' Kerr , he kent every body to leuk ...
... turned upon the identity of the characters intro- duced by Burns in his Tam O'Shanter . The bibliopole , who had spent the early part of his life in this neighbourhood , as- sured us that , " exceptin ' Kerr , he kent every body to leuk ...
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... turned to his collections to re- lieve the wearisomeness of his occupation , and finding the following anecdote in " The Times " of Dec. 1825 , he subjoins cluded the bargain with the doctor . As soon as he was gone , one of the party ...
... turned to his collections to re- lieve the wearisomeness of his occupation , and finding the following anecdote in " The Times " of Dec. 1825 , he subjoins cluded the bargain with the doctor . As soon as he was gone , one of the party ...
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