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 87
... the credulous man , to his astonishment and delight , read as follows : - " Worthy and well - beloved Signor respected by the saints and now revered by men . From our long observ . ation 87 88 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 18 .
... the credulous man , to his astonishment and delight , read as follows : - " Worthy and well - beloved Signor respected by the saints and now revered by men . From our long observ . ation 87 88 THE EVERY - DAY BOOK . - JANUARY 18 .
Page 93
... saint , which converts every day into a fes- tival , is a fact pretty well known to the readers of the Every - Day Book . It is also generally known , that in certain al- manacs every part of the human body is distributed among the days ...
... saint , which converts every day into a fes- tival , is a fact pretty well known to the readers of the Every - Day Book . It is also generally known , that in certain al- manacs every part of the human body is distributed among the days ...
Page 95
... saint . The proof of this is supplied by two very old prints , from engravings on wood , at the British Museum . They are among a col- lection of ancient wood cuts pasted in a folio volume . It would occupy too much room to give copies ...
... saint . The proof of this is supplied by two very old prints , from engravings on wood , at the British Museum . They are among a col- lection of ancient wood cuts pasted in a folio volume . It would occupy too much room to give copies ...
Page 107
... Saint Valley , and finding no one of them sufficient for its reception , took them altogether , and overrunning the whole holm at once , appeared here in terrific grandeur , between seven and eight o'clock in the evening , when the moon ...
... Saint Valley , and finding no one of them sufficient for its reception , took them altogether , and overrunning the whole holm at once , appeared here in terrific grandeur , between seven and eight o'clock in the evening , when the moon ...
Page 121
... saint still appears in England , through his personal representatives , at this season of the year . To the Editor of the Every - Day Book . Sir , I send you an account of the Christ- mas drama of " St. George , " as acted in Cornwall ...
... saint still appears in England , through his personal representatives , at this season of the year . To the Editor of the Every - Day Book . Sir , I send you an account of the Christ- mas drama of " St. George , " as acted in Cornwall ...
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