The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times, Band 1W. Tegg, 1866 - 1711 Seiten |
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... According to the ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and avenues , and in that character held a key in his right hand , and a rod in his left , to sym- bolize his opening and ruling the year : sometimes he bore the number 300 ...
... According to the ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and avenues , and in that character held a key in his right hand , and a rod in his left , to sym- bolize his opening and ruling the year : sometimes he bore the number 300 ...
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... According to Butler , these were Irish saints . One founded the mo- nastery , now the town of Balla , in Con- naught . The other is said to have founded 120 cells , and thirty churches , in one of which he passed thirty years , and died ...
... According to Butler , these were Irish saints . One founded the mo- nastery , now the town of Balla , in Con- naught . The other is said to have founded 120 cells , and thirty churches , in one of which he passed thirty years , and died ...
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... according to the means which he possesses . Females alone are excepted from the charge of giving . A pretty woman , respectably connected , may reckon her new year's pre- sents at something considerable . Gowns , jewellery , gloves ...
... according to the means which he possesses . Females alone are excepted from the charge of giving . A pretty woman , respectably connected , may reckon her new year's pre- sents at something considerable . Gowns , jewellery , gloves ...
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... According to Cressy , the inhabitants buried his body without knowing any thing about him , till " a heavenly light appeared every night over his sepulture , " when they held an inquest , and a count Fumert buried him in the church of ...
... According to Cressy , the inhabitants buried his body without knowing any thing about him , till " a heavenly light appeared every night over his sepulture , " when they held an inquest , and a count Fumert buried him in the church of ...
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... according to their numbers ; the king No. 1 , the queen No. 2 , and so The king is then to recite the verse on his ticket ; then the queen the verse on hers ; and so the characters are- to proceed in numerical order . This done , let ...
... according to their numbers ; the king No. 1 , the queen No. 2 , and so The king is then to recite the verse on his ticket ; then the queen the verse on hers ; and so the characters are- to proceed in numerical order . This done , let ...
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