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 223
... remains to be perceived , are the " mart prices , " still issued by the grocers . Here the thrifty housewives , for twenty miles round , laid in their annual store of soap , starch , & c . , and the booth of " Green " from Limehouse ...
... remains to be perceived , are the " mart prices , " still issued by the grocers . Here the thrifty housewives , for twenty miles round , laid in their annual store of soap , starch , & c . , and the booth of " Green " from Limehouse ...
Page 237
... remains alive of the whole tree . It is owing to this annual renova- tion of the inner bark , that the tree in creases in bulk ; and a new coating being added every year , we are hence furnished with an easy and exact method of ascer ...
... remains alive of the whole tree . It is owing to this annual renova- tion of the inner bark , that the tree in creases in bulk ; and a new coating being added every year , we are hence furnished with an easy and exact method of ascer ...
Page 239
... remains , and illustrations of popular manners and su- perstition , conveys a very good idea of the roads and the methods of travelling in that part of the sister kingdom . The usual conveyance is called a car ; its wheels are either a ...
... remains , and illustrations of popular manners and su- perstition , conveys a very good idea of the roads and the methods of travelling in that part of the sister kingdom . The usual conveyance is called a car ; its wheels are either a ...
Page 255
... remains a profound mystery . It has been insinua- ted , that the real occasion of this custom is known to the corporation , but that for some reason or other , they are tenacious of the secret . An obscure tradition at- tributes this ...
... remains a profound mystery . It has been insinua- ted , that the real occasion of this custom is known to the corporation , but that for some reason or other , they are tenacious of the secret . An obscure tradition at- tributes this ...
Page 293
... remains of England by devoting his life to their study , which he pursued with unabated ardour , uncheered by the common hope of deriving even a sufficiency from his various publi- cations to defray their expenses . In a letter to his ...
... remains of England by devoting his life to their study , which he pursued with unabated ardour , uncheered by the common hope of deriving even a sufficiency from his various publi- cations to defray their expenses . In a letter to his ...
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