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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Page 7
... word hag is still used in Yorkshire , to signify a wood . The " hagg " opposite to Easby formerly belonged to the ... words " agia mene , " alluding to the birth of Christ . A very different interpretation , however , was given to it by ...
... word hag is still used in Yorkshire , to signify a wood . The " hagg " opposite to Easby formerly belonged to the ... words " agia mene , " alluding to the birth of Christ . A very different interpretation , however , was given to it by ...
Page 29
... word , And in long lines o'er barren downs they hie , In search what food far vallies may afford- Less fearing man , their ancient enemy , Than in their native chase to starve and die . the remains of a park to which some of them.
... word , And in long lines o'er barren downs they hie , In search what food far vallies may afford- Less fearing man , their ancient enemy , Than in their native chase to starve and die . the remains of a park to which some of them.
Page 37
... word . Johnson , limited to a mere dictionary explanation , calls it “ a kind of rural play ; a trial of swiftness . " Sidney , in his description of the rural courtship of Urania by Strephon , conveys a sufficient idea of " Barley ...
... word . Johnson , limited to a mere dictionary explanation , calls it “ a kind of rural play ; a trial of swiftness . " Sidney , in his description of the rural courtship of Urania by Strephon , conveys a sufficient idea of " Barley ...
Page 71
... word for barn , with huge folding- doors , one containing a smaller one , through which the audience was admitted to the pit " " and gallery , for there were no boxes . Yet on particular occasions , such as when the duke of Devonshire ...
... word for barn , with huge folding- doors , one containing a smaller one , through which the audience was admitted to the pit " " and gallery , for there were no boxes . Yet on particular occasions , such as when the duke of Devonshire ...
Page 73
... word for pie - cut , and what they had to do was to make a large pie , and sit round a table and eat it ; and this , on the perform- ance of the piece , they actually did , to the great amusement of the few who were ac- quainted with ...
... word for pie - cut , and what they had to do was to make a large pie , and sit round a table and eat it ; and this , on the perform- ance of the piece , they actually did , to the great amusement of the few who were ac- quainted with ...
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