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 43
... According to Cressy , the inhabitants buried his body without knowing any thing about him , till " a heavenly light appeared every night over his sepulture , " when they held an inquest , and a count Fumert buried him in the church of ...
... According to Cressy , the inhabitants buried his body without knowing any thing about him , till " a heavenly light appeared every night over his sepulture , " when they held an inquest , and a count Fumert buried him in the church of ...
Page 51
... according to their numbers ; the king No. 1 , the queen No. 2 , and so on . The king is then to recite the verse on his ticket ; then the queen the verse on hers ; and so the characters are to proceed in numerical order . This done ...
... according to their numbers ; the king No. 1 , the queen No. 2 , and so on . The king is then to recite the verse on his ticket ; then the queen the verse on hers ; and so the characters are to proceed in numerical order . This done ...
Page 55
... according as his householde doth require , And every peece distributeth , as round about they stand , Which in their names unto the poore is given out of hand . But who so chaunceth on the peece wherein the money lies , Is counted king ...
... according as his householde doth require , And every peece distributeth , as round about they stand , Which in their names unto the poore is given out of hand . But who so chaunceth on the peece wherein the money lies , Is counted king ...
Page 57
... according as it happens to be a man or woman . According to Brand , under the old order of things , the Epiphany was kept at the French court by one of the courtiers being chosen king , and the other nobles attended an entertainment on ...
... according as it happens to be a man or woman . According to Brand , under the old order of things , the Epiphany was kept at the French court by one of the courtiers being chosen king , and the other nobles attended an entertainment on ...
Page 59
... according to his own whim , or agreeable to the intimacies he has taken notice of during this time of merriment . But whatever he says is as absolutely depended on as an oracle ; and if he happens to couple two people who have an ...
... according to his own whim , or agreeable to the intimacies he has taken notice of during this time of merriment . But whatever he says is as absolutely depended on as an oracle ; and if he happens to couple two people who have an ...
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