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 81
... says , that sixty years ago upwards of eighty stages stopped every day at the Red Lion , and that out of every five ... say unto you , for that is the first word of your oath - mind that ! You must acknow- ledge me to be your adopted ...
... says , that sixty years ago upwards of eighty stages stopped every day at the Red Lion , and that out of every five ... say unto you , for that is the first word of your oath - mind that ! You must acknow- ledge me to be your adopted ...
Page 87
... says , that when any fresh waggoner came to that house with his team , a drinking horn , holding about a pint , fixed on a stand made of four rams ' horns , was brought out of the house , and elevated above his head , and he was ...
... says , that when any fresh waggoner came to that house with his team , a drinking horn , holding about a pint , fixed on a stand made of four rams ' horns , was brought out of the house , and elevated above his head , and he was ...
Page 115
... say rather , it appeared as if the rich crimson light had shaped itself into these forms , figures , and attitudes , to ... says , stryding as wide as they may , doe slide swiftly , " this then is sliding ; but he pro- ceeds to tell us ...
... say rather , it appeared as if the rich crimson light had shaped itself into these forms , figures , and attitudes , to ... says , stryding as wide as they may , doe slide swiftly , " this then is sliding ; but he pro- ceeds to tell us ...
Page 121
... says a well - known old ballad , and we are acquainted , by the following com- munication , that our patron saint ... say , is gradually wearing out , and now confined to a few places . I have " footed it " away in sir Roger de Coverley ...
... says a well - known old ballad , and we are acquainted , by the following com- munication , that our patron saint ... say , is gradually wearing out , and now confined to a few places . I have " footed it " away in sir Roger de Coverley ...
Page 137
... say : In spite of all the devils in hell Here comes our old Bell . * Baron Holberg says he was in a com- pany of men of letters , where several con- jectures were offered concerning the origin of the word campana ; a klocke , ( i . e ...
... say : In spite of all the devils in hell Here comes our old Bell . * Baron Holberg says he was in a com- pany of men of letters , where several con- jectures were offered concerning the origin of the word campana ; a klocke , ( i . e ...
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