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 49
... London , boys assemble round the inviting shops of the pastrycooks , and dexterously nail the coat - tails of specta- tors , who venture near enough , to the bottoms of the window frames ; or pin them together strongly by their clothes ...
... London , boys assemble round the inviting shops of the pastrycooks , and dexterously nail the coat - tails of specta- tors , who venture near enough , to the bottoms of the window frames ; or pin them together strongly by their clothes ...
Page 103
... London to Greenwich , and immediately returning from thence , in the stage ; for which he paid regularly £ 27 a year . He was a good - humoured , obliging , and facetious companion , al- ways paying a particular attention , and a ...
... London to Greenwich , and immediately returning from thence , in the stage ; for which he paid regularly £ 27 a year . He was a good - humoured , obliging , and facetious companion , al- ways paying a particular attention , and a ...
Page 119
... London , row gone to decay , was anciently celebrated for the proficiency of its pupils . Stow relates , that , in his youth , he annually saw , on the eve of St. Bartholomew , the scho- lars of the different grammar - schools as ...
... London , row gone to decay , was anciently celebrated for the proficiency of its pupils . Stow relates , that , in his youth , he annually saw , on the eve of St. Bartholomew , the scho- lars of the different grammar - schools as ...
Page 161
... London . How well do I recollect the minutest circumstances connected with that case ! The rap at the door ! I am a connoisseur in raps - there is not a dun in London who could deceive me : I know their tricks but too well ; they have ...
... London . How well do I recollect the minutest circumstances connected with that case ! The rap at the door ! I am a connoisseur in raps - there is not a dun in London who could deceive me : I know their tricks but too well ; they have ...
Page 171
... London with cattle . For supplying London with hay . For breeding and feeding cattle . For making pasteboards . For improving the paper manufacture . For dealing in lace , hollands , & c . For a grand dispensary . For a royal fishery ...
... London with cattle . For supplying London with hay . For breeding and feeding cattle . For making pasteboards . For improving the paper manufacture . For dealing in lace , hollands , & c . For a grand dispensary . For a royal fishery ...
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