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 163
... ment which I hope I shall never forget . The court was crowded , for it was a question of some interest ; it was a dreadful moment - the ushers stilled the audience into awful silence . I began , and at the sound of an unknown voice ...
... ment which I hope I shall never forget . The court was crowded , for it was a question of some interest ; it was a dreadful moment - the ushers stilled the audience into awful silence . I began , and at the sound of an unknown voice ...
Page 167
... ment here , seeing that the Mississippi scheme had just before nearly ruined that nation . It is still more surprising , that the people of divers other countries , not- withstanding the direful effects of this destructive scheme before ...
... ment here , seeing that the Mississippi scheme had just before nearly ruined that nation . It is still more surprising , that the people of divers other countries , not- withstanding the direful effects of this destructive scheme before ...
Page 169
... ment , and the proceeds applied to the re- lief of many thousands of families , who had been wholly ruined by the specula- tion . These dupes of overweening folly and misplaced confidence , were further benefited by a remission in their ...
... ment , and the proceeds applied to the re- lief of many thousands of families , who had been wholly ruined by the specula- tion . These dupes of overweening folly and misplaced confidence , were further benefited by a remission in their ...
Page 171
... ment . This is well known to every discreet man who has an odd hundred to put out ; and he who cannot rely on his own dis- crimination for a right selection from among the various schemes that are proffered to his choice , will do well ...
... ment . This is well known to every discreet man who has an odd hundred to put out ; and he who cannot rely on his own dis- crimination for a right selection from among the various schemes that are proffered to his choice , will do well ...
Page 199
... ment ; and then having sprinkled the wa- ter , and censed the place , returned by the same road . According to a story ( whe- ther true or false ) in one of the churches of Paris , a choir boy used to whip a top , marked with Alleluia ...
... ment ; and then having sprinkled the wa- ter , and censed the place , returned by the same road . According to a story ( whe- ther true or false ) in one of the churches of Paris , a choir boy used to whip a top , marked with Alleluia ...
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