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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... scenes ; A plenteous harvest to your grounds Of crackling laurel , which fore - sounds Of those , and such like things , for shift , We send , instead of New Year's Gift . Read then , and when your faces shine With buxom meat and cap ...
... scenes ; A plenteous harvest to your grounds Of crackling laurel , which fore - sounds Of those , and such like things , for shift , We send , instead of New Year's Gift . Read then , and when your faces shine With buxom meat and cap ...
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... scene of mirth and jollity ensues , and which lasts the greatest part of the night . " Mr. Beckwith relates in the Gentle- man's Magazine , 1784 , that " near Leeds , in Yorkshire , when he was a boy , it was customary for many families ...
... scene of mirth and jollity ensues , and which lasts the greatest part of the night . " Mr. Beckwith relates in the Gentle- man's Magazine , 1784 , that " near Leeds , in Yorkshire , when he was a boy , it was customary for many families ...
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... scene of juvenile enjoyment this evening : " I love to see an acre of cake spread out the sweet frost covering the rich earth below --- studded all over with glittering flowers , like ice - plants , and red and green knots of sweetmeat ...
... scene of juvenile enjoyment this evening : " I love to see an acre of cake spread out the sweet frost covering the rich earth below --- studded all over with glittering flowers , like ice - plants , and red and green knots of sweetmeat ...
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... scene began ; the first thing that happened was , a whole row of pewter dishes , except one , fell from off a shelf to the middle of the floor , rolled about a little while , then settled , and as soon as they were quiet , turned upside ...
... scene began ; the first thing that happened was , a whole row of pewter dishes , except one , fell from off a shelf to the middle of the floor , rolled about a little while , then settled , and as soon as they were quiet , turned upside ...
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... scene as had happened at the other places . All was quiet here as well as elsewhere , till the maid returned . When they got to Mr. Fowler's , he be- gan to light a fire in his back room . When done , he put the candle and candle- stick ...
... scene as had happened at the other places . All was quiet here as well as elsewhere , till the maid returned . When they got to Mr. Fowler's , he be- gan to light a fire in his back room . When done , he put the candle and candle- stick ...
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