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 DiversionsPub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 57
... feet of some people and gave them alms . There is a difference of opinion as to the origin of Twelfth - day . Brand says , " that though its customs vary in different countries , yet they concur in the same end , that is , to do honour ...
... feet of some people and gave them alms . There is a difference of opinion as to the origin of Twelfth - day . Brand says , " that though its customs vary in different countries , yet they concur in the same end , that is , to do honour ...
Page 65
... feet on the floor . Then went candle- sticks and other brasses : scarce any thing remaining in its place . After this the glasses and china were put down on the floor for fear of undergoing the same fate . A glass tumbler that was put ...
... feet on the floor . Then went candle- sticks and other brasses : scarce any thing remaining in its place . After this the glasses and china were put down on the floor for fear of undergoing the same fate . A glass tumbler that was put ...
Page 81
... feet in depth , and 160 feet in circumference , hewn out from the solid rock , and communicating with the sea by one of those fissures which are common to bold and pre- Attached to it is a neat cipitous coasts . Gothic cottage for the ...
... feet in depth , and 160 feet in circumference , hewn out from the solid rock , and communicating with the sea by one of those fissures which are common to bold and pre- Attached to it is a neat cipitous coasts . Gothic cottage for the ...
Page 85
... feet high , which is thirty - two feet higher than the Monument , but having been struck by lightning in that year , it was lowered to its present standard . St. Bride's church was built by sir Christopher Wren , and completed in 1680 ...
... feet high , which is thirty - two feet higher than the Monument , but having been struck by lightning in that year , it was lowered to its present standard . St. Bride's church was built by sir Christopher Wren , and completed in 1680 ...
Page 103
... feet deter ; For sacred is the household bird That wears the scarlet stomacher . Charlotte Smith . January 15 . St. Paul , the first Hermit . St. Maurus . St. Main . St. John , Calybite . St. Isi- dore . St. Bonitus . St. Ita , or Mida ...
... feet deter ; For sacred is the household bird That wears the scarlet stomacher . Charlotte Smith . January 15 . St. Paul , the first Hermit . St. Maurus . St. Main . St. John , Calybite . St. Isi- dore . St. Bonitus . St. Ita , or Mida ...
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