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 35
... morning , when causing the boy to be " brought up , " and disposed for punish ment , he grasped the well - known instru- ment , and said , " I publish the banns of matrimony between this rod and this boy : if any of you know just cause ...
... morning , when causing the boy to be " brought up , " and disposed for punish ment , he grasped the well - known instru- ment , and said , " I publish the banns of matrimony between this rod and this boy : if any of you know just cause ...
Page 79
... morning , the wind began to blow hard from the south , and during the whole night of the 30th it raged with excessive violence from the west , doing considerable damage . The baro- meter rose , during this hurricane , one- tenth of an ...
... morning , the wind began to blow hard from the south , and during the whole night of the 30th it raged with excessive violence from the west , doing considerable damage . The baro- meter rose , during this hurricane , one- tenth of an ...
Page 87
... morning , they observed him very intent upon a fine large fish , yet disagreeing with the fishmonger as to its price . One of these knaves managed to inform the man , if he would let the doctor have the fish at his own price he would ...
... morning , they observed him very intent upon a fine large fish , yet disagreeing with the fishmonger as to its price . One of these knaves managed to inform the man , if he would let the doctor have the fish at his own price he would ...
Page 93
... morning , not by shooting but by watching the sport . So many as ten or a dozen parties are some- times out together ... mornings are when there is a gentle light frost , with hittle or no wind , and a clear sky - for when there are ...
... morning , not by shooting but by watching the sport . So many as ten or a dozen parties are some- times out together ... mornings are when there is a gentle light frost , with hittle or no wind , and a clear sky - for when there are ...
Page 105
... morning , when it was dragged out by fourteen waggon horses . The pas- sengers , who were in the coach the whole of the time , were nearly frozen to death . On the 26th , the wind veered to the south - west , and a thaw was speedily dis ...
... morning , when it was dragged out by fourteen waggon horses . The pas- sengers , who were in the coach the whole of the time , were nearly frozen to death . On the 26th , the wind veered to the south - west , and a thaw was speedily dis ...
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