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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Page 9
... boys of Eton school used on this day to play for little new year's gifts before and after supper ; and also to make verses , which they presented to the provost and masters , and to each other : new year's gifts of verses , however ...
... boys of Eton school used on this day to play for little new year's gifts before and after supper ; and also to make verses , which they presented to the provost and masters , and to each other : new year's gifts of verses , however ...
Page 17
... boy's legs without the boots , angrily demanded who had done it ? " It was I , sir , " said the rocker , " who had the honour , some thirty years since , to at- tend on your highness , in your infancy , when you had the same infirmity ...
... boy's legs without the boots , angrily demanded who had done it ? " It was I , sir , " said the rocker , " who had the honour , some thirty years since , to at- tend on your highness , in your infancy , when you had the same infirmity ...
Page 19
... boys the ineans of actively exerting their limbs and muscles and if the ends of a pole be let into opposite walls or fastened to trees , the boys may be taught to climb single ropes , and hold on while swinging by them . The engraving ...
... boys the ineans of actively exerting their limbs and muscles and if the ends of a pole be let into opposite walls or fastened to trees , the boys may be taught to climb single ropes , and hold on while swinging by them . The engraving ...
Page 49
... boys stand aside ! Countryman . What is all this ; Is any body ill in the shop ? 1st Boy . Nobody , sir ; it's only Twelfth day ! 2d Boy . This is a pastrycook's , sir ; look at the window ! There they stand ! What cakes ! 3d Boy . What ...
... boys stand aside ! Countryman . What is all this ; Is any body ill in the shop ? 1st Boy . Nobody , sir ; it's only Twelfth day ! 2d Boy . This is a pastrycook's , sir ; look at the window ! There they stand ! What cakes ! 3d Boy . What ...
Page 53
... boys laugh out at their own misfortunes ; but the little girls ( almost ashamed of their prizes ) sit blushing and silent . It is not until the lady of the house goes round , that some of the more extravagant fictions are revealed . And ...
... boys laugh out at their own misfortunes ; but the little girls ( almost ashamed of their prizes ) sit blushing and silent . It is not until the lady of the house goes round , that some of the more extravagant fictions are revealed . And ...
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