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 Diversio, Volume 2Pub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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Page 79
... land , were laid under deep water , through an extent of 15 miles . It is a fact worth preserving , that about 500 sacks filled with earth , and laid on the banks of the Old Bedford river , at various places , where the waters were then ...
... land , were laid under deep water , through an extent of 15 miles . It is a fact worth preserving , that about 500 sacks filled with earth , and laid on the banks of the Old Bedford river , at various places , where the waters were then ...
Page 81
... land belonging to the bishopric of Lon- don , and was made , by permission of the bishop in former times , probably when the whole of this spot , and the circumjacent country , was covered with wood , and part of the great forest of ...
... land belonging to the bishopric of Lon- don , and was made , by permission of the bishop in former times , probably when the whole of this spot , and the circumjacent country , was covered with wood , and part of the great forest of ...
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... land , appeared now on the Thames . Thousands flocked to this singular spectacle of sports and pastimes . The ice seemed to be a solid rock , and presented a truly picturesque appearance . The view of St. Paul's and of the city with the ...
... land , appeared now on the Thames . Thousands flocked to this singular spectacle of sports and pastimes . The ice seemed to be a solid rock , and presented a truly picturesque appearance . The view of St. Paul's and of the city with the ...
Page 115
... land is obtained from the earliest descrip- tion of London . Its historian relates that , " when the great fenne or moore ( which watereth the walles of the citie on the north side ) is frozen , many young men play upon the yce ...
... land is obtained from the earliest descrip- tion of London . Its historian relates that , " when the great fenne or moore ( which watereth the walles of the citie on the north side ) is frozen , many young men play upon the yce ...
Page 119
... land , or love before our eyes , And in the wary net are captive ta'en , By the sure hand of woman , or of gain . NATURALISTS ' CALENDAR . Mean Temperature . . . 36 · 57 . S. R. Jackson . January 24 . The scenes and weather which some ...
... land , or love before our eyes , And in the wary net are captive ta'en , By the sure hand of woman , or of gain . NATURALISTS ' CALENDAR . Mean Temperature . . . 36 · 57 . S. R. Jackson . January 24 . The scenes and weather which some ...
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