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 33
... received in February 1800 , with an intimation that he might draw for the same amount in the July following ; and sir J. C. Hippis- ley communicated to him , that an annuity of 4000l . would be at his service , so long as his ...
... received in February 1800 , with an intimation that he might draw for the same amount in the July following ; and sir J. C. Hippis- ley communicated to him , that an annuity of 4000l . would be at his service , so long as his ...
Page 53
... received . If a satirical prophecy in " Vox Gra- culi , " 4to . 1623 , may be relied on as authority , it bears testimony to the popu- larity of Twelfth - night at that period . On the 6th of January the author declares , that " this ...
... received . If a satirical prophecy in " Vox Gra- culi , " 4to . 1623 , may be relied on as authority , it bears testimony to the popu- larity of Twelfth - night at that period . On the 6th of January the author declares , that " this ...
Page 71
... received that name because it was the first day after Christmas that hus- bandmen resumed the plough . In some parts of the country , and especially in the north , they draw the plough in procession to the doors of the villagers and ...
... received that name because it was the first day after Christmas that hus- bandmen resumed the plough . In some parts of the country , and especially in the north , they draw the plough in procession to the doors of the villagers and ...
Page 73
... received from the prisoner are with- out number , and the trouble he occasions in the neighbourhood is not to be ex- pressed . I am sure I have been often- times very highly esteemed both with lords , knights , and squires , and none ...
... received from the prisoner are with- out number , and the trouble he occasions in the neighbourhood is not to be ex- pressed . I am sure I have been often- times very highly esteemed both with lords , knights , and squires , and none ...
Page 81
... received strangers , and had not food enough , he prayed for its miraculous in- crease and had it multiplied accordingly , prophesied while he was dying , died in 529 , and had his hair shirt begged by a count , who won a victory with ...
... received strangers , and had not food enough , he prayed for its miraculous in- crease and had it multiplied accordingly , prophesied while he was dying , died in 529 , and had his hair shirt begged by a count , who won a victory with ...
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