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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... look as seems to say , The prospect is not good that way . Thus do we rise ill sights to see , And ' gainst ... looks is clear , And smiles upon the new - born year . According to the ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and ...
... look as seems to say , The prospect is not good that way . Thus do we rise ill sights to see , And ' gainst ... looks is clear , And smiles upon the new - born year . According to the ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and ...
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... Look at cardinal Bembo's picture - at Michael Angelo's - at Titian's - at Shak- speare's at Fletcher's - at Spenser's - at Chaucer's - at Alfred's - at Plato's . could name a great man for every tick of my watch . Look at the Turks , a ...
... Look at cardinal Bembo's picture - at Michael Angelo's - at Titian's - at Shak- speare's at Fletcher's - at Spenser's - at Chaucer's - at Alfred's - at Plato's . could name a great man for every tick of my watch . Look at the Turks , a ...
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... Look round - dare not go back - and yet dare not advance . sixes , bath - cakes , parliament , and ladies. SHOWEE In London , with every pastrycook in the city , and at the west end of the town , it is " high change " on Twelfth - day ...
... Look round - dare not go back - and yet dare not advance . sixes , bath - cakes , parliament , and ladies. SHOWEE In London , with every pastrycook in the city , and at the west end of the town , it is " high change " on Twelfth - day ...
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... look at the window ! There they stand ! What cakes ! 3d Boy . What pretty ones these are ! 4th Boy . Only see that ! 5th Boy . Why it's as large as the hind- wheel of a coach , and how thick ! 6th Boy . Ah ! it's too big to come out at ...
... look at the window ! There they stand ! What cakes ! 3d Boy . What pretty ones these are ! 4th Boy . Only see that ! 5th Boy . Why it's as large as the hind- wheel of a coach , and how thick ! 6th Boy . Ah ! it's too big to come out at ...
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... look as white as the stems of tobacco - pipes ; and their candlesticks are ornamented with fillets and bosses of writing paper ; or , if the candles rise from the bottom of inverted glass cones , they shine more sparkling for the ...
... look as white as the stems of tobacco - pipes ; and their candlesticks are ornamented with fillets and bosses of writing paper ; or , if the candles rise from the bottom of inverted glass cones , they shine more sparkling for the ...
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