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 1 |
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Page 1
It derives its name His revers'd face may show distaste , from Janus , a deity
represented by the And frown upon the ills are past ; , Romans with two faces ,
because he was But that which this way looks is clear , And smiles upon the new
- born ...
It derives its name His revers'd face may show distaste , from Janus , a deity
represented by the And frown upon the ills are past ; , Romans with two faces ,
because he was But that which this way looks is clear , And smiles upon the new
- born ...
Page 17
Look at cardinal Bembo's picture - at Michael Angelo's -- at Titian's — at
Shakspeare's — at Fletcher's -- at Spenser'smat Chaucer's — at Alfred's — at
Plato's . I Usually at this period the rigour of cold could name a great man for
every tick of is ...
Look at cardinal Bembo's picture - at Michael Angelo's -- at Titian's — at
Shakspeare's — at Fletcher's -- at Spenser'smat Chaucer's — at Alfred's — at
Plato's . I Usually at this period the rigour of cold could name a great man for
every tick of is ...
Page 47
... cake - shops , scatter wild dismay ; As up the slipp'ry curb , or pavement wide ,
We seek the pastrycooks , to keep Twelfth - day ; While ladies stand aghast , in
speechless trance , Look round — dare not go back - and yet dare not advance .
... cake - shops , scatter wild dismay ; As up the slipp'ry curb , or pavement wide ,
We seek the pastrycooks , to keep Twelfth - day ; While ladies stand aghast , in
speechless trance , Look round — dare not go back - and yet dare not advance .
Page 49
This is a pastrycook's , up !sir ; look at the window ! There they To explain , to
those who may be ignostand ! What cakes ! rant of the practice . On Twelfth3d
Boy . What pretty ones these are ! night in London , boys assemble round the 4th
Boy .
This is a pastrycook's , up !sir ; look at the window ! There they To explain , to
those who may be ignostand ! What cakes ! rant of the practice . On Twelfth3d
Boy . What pretty ones these are ! night in London , boys assemble round the 4th
Boy .
Page 51
When all are asbulls ' - eyes , are carefully polished ; their sembled and tea over ,
put as many ladies ' lolly - pops fresh encased , and look characters in a reticule
as there are ladies as white as the stems of tobacco - pipes ; present ; next put ...
When all are asbulls ' - eyes , are carefully polished ; their sembled and tea over ,
put as many ladies ' lolly - pops fresh encased , and look characters in a reticule
as there are ladies as white as the stems of tobacco - pipes ; present ; next put ...
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