 Cybele, while the benediction posset was drank ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs Tabitha Lismahago, the fragments were distributed among the by-standers, according to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person...  The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries - Page 184by Edward J. Wood - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 254 pages
...he and his consort sat in state, like Saturn and Cybele, while the benedictionposset was drank : and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha...among the bystanders, according to the custom of the antient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake, should that night... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 254 pages
...curiously mounted with silver. At the same time he gave Mrs. Jenkins an Indian purse, made of silk the head of Mrs. Tabitha Lismahago, the fragments...among the bystanders, according to the custom of the antient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake, should that night... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 354 pages
...he and his consort sat in state like Saturn and Cybele, while the benediction posset was drank ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha...heaven designed should be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell upon honest Humphry and his spouse, who were beaded in an upper room,... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 558 pages
...he and his consort sat in state like Saturn and Cybele, while the benediction posset was drank ; and a cake being Broken over the head of Mrs Tabitha Lismahago,...the supposition that every person who ate of this fallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or woman whom Heaven designed should be his... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - English fiction - 1836 - 430 pages
...he and his consort sat in state like Saturn and Cybele, while the benediction posset was drunk ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha...night have a vision of the man or woman whom Heaven had designed should be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell on honest Humphry... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1836 - 436 pages
...he and his consort sat in state like Saturn and Cybele, while the benediction posset was drunk ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha...who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have at. vision of the man or woman whom Heaven had designedshould be his or her wedded mate. The weight... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...hroken over the head of Mrs. Tahitha Lismahago, the fragments were distrihuted among the hystanders, according to the custom of the ancient Britons, on...vision of the man or woman whom Heaven designed should he his or her wedded mate." So the Spectator : " The writer resolved to try his fortune, fasted all... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...or of exciting prophetic dreams of love and marriage. Thus Humphrey Clinker, iii. 265, edit. 1771: "A cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha Lismahago, the fragThe Connoisseur, also, notices the practice, No. 56: "Cousin Debby was married a little while ago,... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - Marriage - 1873 - 404 pages
...wife. If the plate on reaching the ground breaks, she will be happy ; but if it is unbroken, she * 'A cake being broken over the head of Mrs. Tabitha...the fragments were distributed among the bystanders, aecording to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - France - 1899 - 316 pages
...and his consort sat in state, like Saturn and Cybele, while the benediction posset was drank ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs Tabitha Lismahago,...Heaven designed should be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell upon honest Humphry and his spouse, who were bedded in an upper room,... | |
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