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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... rest in size , is the chief object of curiosity ; and all are de- corated with all imaginable images of things animate and inanimate . Stars , cas- tles , kings , cottages , dragons , trees , fish , palaces , cats , dogs , churches ...
... rest in size , is the chief object of curiosity ; and all are de- corated with all imaginable images of things animate and inanimate . Stars , cas- tles , kings , cottages , dragons , trees , fish , palaces , cats , dogs , churches ...
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... rest , A welcome- - nor unbidden guest . Twelfth - day is now only commemorated by the custom of choosing king and queen . " I went , " says a correspondent in the Universal Magazine for 1774 , " to a friend's house in the country to ...
... rest , A welcome- - nor unbidden guest . Twelfth - day is now only commemorated by the custom of choosing king and queen . " I went , " says a correspondent in the Universal Magazine for 1774 , " to a friend's house in the country to ...
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... rest . Mr. Fosbroke affirms that " the king of Saturnalia was elected by beans , and that from thence came our king and queen on this day . " The coinci dence of the election by beans having been common to both customs , leaves scarcely ...
... rest . Mr. Fosbroke affirms that " the king of Saturnalia was elected by beans , and that from thence came our king and queen on this day . " The coinci dence of the election by beans having been common to both customs , leaves scarcely ...
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... rest , " and by virtue of this one quality , chases , bites , and other- wise annoys a whole battalion of gigantic cod , that have only , one would think , to open their mouths and swallow him . To supply them with food is an important ...
... rest , " and by virtue of this one quality , chases , bites , and other- wise annoys a whole battalion of gigantic cod , that have only , one would think , to open their mouths and swallow him . To supply them with food is an important ...
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... rest themselves , they sit on little wooden chairs , as if they were about to be shaved : they eat the pillao with spoons , and the meat with pincers ; but what seems most laughable is , that they humbly kiss the hands of their wo- men ...
... rest themselves , they sit on little wooden chairs , as if they were about to be shaved : they eat the pillao with spoons , and the meat with pincers ; but what seems most laughable is , that they humbly kiss the hands of their wo- men ...
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