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 ... with Four Hundred and Thirty-six Engravings, Volume 3Thomas Tegg, 1830 - Anecdotes |
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... morning . Although the origin of this usage is lost , lishers , will be gladly received . and no tradition exists by which it can be traced , yet it may not be a strained surmise to derive it from the church ceremony of the day when ...
... morning . Although the origin of this usage is lost , lishers , will be gladly received . and no tradition exists by which it can be traced , yet it may not be a strained surmise to derive it from the church ceremony of the day when ...
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... morning . What has been mentioned is peculiar to Buck - hunting only . Stag - hunting is in some measure a sum- mer amusement also ; but that chase is generally much too long to be ventured on in an evening . It would carry the sports ...
... morning . What has been mentioned is peculiar to Buck - hunting only . Stag - hunting is in some measure a sum- mer amusement also ; but that chase is generally much too long to be ventured on in an evening . It would carry the sports ...
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... morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and informed Mr. Bowes that he was unwilling to throw off his hounds until the gentlemen ...
... morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and informed Mr. Bowes that he was unwilling to throw off his hounds until the gentlemen ...
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... morning , as none are exempt who are not at their post before the prescribed hour . I am , & c . W. G. William Gifford , Esq . On Sunday morning , the 31st of Decem- ber , 1826 , at twenty minutes before one o'clock , died , " at his ...
... morning , as none are exempt who are not at their post before the prescribed hour . I am , & c . W. G. William Gifford , Esq . On Sunday morning , the 31st of Decem- ber , 1826 , at twenty minutes before one o'clock , died , " at his ...
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... morning , remembering nothing but the horror I felt , when I first found myself unable to cry out for assistance . This was not my only escape , but I forbear to speak of them . An escape of another kind was now preparing for me , which ...
... morning , remembering nothing but the horror I felt , when I first found myself unable to cry out for assistance . This was not my only escape , but I forbear to speak of them . An escape of another kind was now preparing for me , which ...
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