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 95
... till the 7th of August , when he awak- ed , and went into the fields , where he found people busy in getting in the har- vest , and remembered that when he fell asleep they were sowing their oats and barley . From that time he remained ...
... till the 7th of August , when he awak- ed , and went into the fields , where he found people busy in getting in the har- vest , and remembered that when he fell asleep they were sowing their oats and barley . From that time he remained ...
Page 103
... till the narrowness of the channel increased the power of the flood , when a sudden disruption taking place , the masses burst away , and floated off . The river was frozen over for the space of a week , and a complete Frost Fair held ...
... till the narrowness of the channel increased the power of the flood , when a sudden disruption taking place , the masses burst away , and floated off . The river was frozen over for the space of a week , and a complete Frost Fair held ...
Page 123
... till Candlemas - day , ( February 2 , ) and then “ throw cards and candlesticks away . " Battle of St. George . [ One of the party steps in , crying out- " Room , a room , brave gallants , room , Within this court I do resort , To show ...
... till Candlemas - day , ( February 2 , ) and then “ throw cards and candlesticks away . " Battle of St. George . [ One of the party steps in , crying out- " Room , a room , brave gallants , room , Within this court I do resort , To show ...
Page 165
... till at last , Two , seeming equidistant , straws , or twigs , Decide as umpires ' tween contending coits . Keen , keener still , as life itself were staked , Kindles the friendly strife : one points the line To him who , poising , aims ...
... till at last , Two , seeming equidistant , straws , or twigs , Decide as umpires ' tween contending coits . Keen , keener still , as life itself were staked , Kindles the friendly strife : one points the line To him who , poising , aims ...
Page 171
... till it becomes lifted above poverty to independence . The manufacture of artificial flowers is not wholly unknown in England , but our neighbours , the French , eclipse us in the accuracy and variety of their imitations . Watering ...
... till it becomes lifted above poverty to independence . The manufacture of artificial flowers is not wholly unknown in England , but our neighbours , the French , eclipse us in the accuracy and variety of their imitations . Watering ...
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