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 99
... common bench . They are usually about a week from each other , and have refer- ence to some Romish festival . All ori- ginal writs are returnable on these days , and they are therefore called the return days . The first return in every ...
... common bench . They are usually about a week from each other , and have refer- ence to some Romish festival . All ori- ginal writs are returnable on these days , and they are therefore called the return days . The first return in every ...
Page 131
... Common Laurel . Prunus Laurocerasus 10th . St. William . Ulex Europas . Gorse . 11th . St. Theodosius . Early Moss . Bryum horæum . 12th . St. Arcadius . Hygrometic Moss . Funaria hygrometica . Taxus baccata . 13th . St. Veronica . Yew ...
... Common Laurel . Prunus Laurocerasus 10th . St. William . Ulex Europas . Gorse . 11th . St. Theodosius . Early Moss . Bryum horæum . 12th . St. Arcadius . Hygrometic Moss . Funaria hygrometica . Taxus baccata . 13th . St. Veronica . Yew ...
Page 155
... Common Pleas , before which stood the serjeants at law , who had pre- viously arranged themselves in their full dress wigs and gowns , and awaited the coming of the judges , who were also in their full dress . Then the serjeants all ...
... Common Pleas , before which stood the serjeants at law , who had pre- viously arranged themselves in their full dress wigs and gowns , and awaited the coming of the judges , who were also in their full dress . Then the serjeants all ...
Page 179
... common rope . The man places himself against the trunk of the tree , and passes the cord round his body and round the tree , just leaving it sufficient play for casting it higher and higher , by jerks , towards the elevation he desires ...
... common rope . The man places himself against the trunk of the tree , and passes the cord round his body and round the tree , just leaving it sufficient play for casting it higher and higher , by jerks , towards the elevation he desires ...
Page 189
... common hangman ; another , Hugh Peters ; others also were nomi- nated , but none concluded . Robert Spa- vin , so soon as dinner was done , took me by the hand , and carried me to the south window ; saith he , ' These are all mistaken ...
... common hangman ; another , Hugh Peters ; others also were nomi- nated , but none concluded . Robert Spa- vin , so soon as dinner was done , took me by the hand , and carried me to the south window ; saith he , ' These are all mistaken ...
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