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 DiversionsPub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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... 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, a William Hone. 1 1 PREFACE . Tuis volume is a specimen of a work.
... 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, a William Hone. 1 1 PREFACE . Tuis volume is a specimen of a work.
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... EVERY - DAY BOOK . OUR ancestors were persons of leisure . They appropriated each day in the year to the memory of remarkable persons or events . THE EVERY - DAY BOOK will relate the origin of these three hundred and sixty - five ...
... EVERY - DAY BOOK . OUR ancestors were persons of leisure . They appropriated each day in the year to the memory of remarkable persons or events . THE EVERY - DAY BOOK will relate the origin of these three hundred and sixty - five ...
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... EVERY - DAY BOOK will be a History of the Year . Whether it be con- sulted respecting to - day or to - morrow , or any other day , it will present acceptable particulars respecting the day sought . It becomes , therefore , a Perpetual ...
... EVERY - DAY BOOK will be a History of the Year . Whether it be con- sulted respecting to - day or to - morrow , or any other day , it will present acceptable particulars respecting the day sought . It becomes , therefore , a Perpetual ...
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... day An hatchet keene , with which he felled wood , And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray . Circumcision . January 1 . A close holiday at all public offices except the Excise , Cus- toms , and ... EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
... day An hatchet keene , with which he felled wood , And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray . Circumcision . January 1 . A close holiday at all public offices except the Excise , Cus- toms , and ... EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
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... day , how- ever industrious . Mr. Ellis shows that it was a new year's day custom in ancient Rome for tradesmen to work a little only , for luck's sake , that they might have con- stant business all the ... EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
... day , how- ever industrious . Mr. Ellis shows that it was a new year's day custom in ancient Rome for tradesmen to work a little only , for luck's sake , that they might have con- stant business all the ... EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 1 .
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