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 73
... head , that I had no power to help myself , and so by his strength and power he threw me down , broke my head , my face , and almost all my bones , that I was not able to work for three days ; nay , more than this , he picked my purse ...
... head , that I had no power to help myself , and so by his strength and power he threw me down , broke my head , my face , and almost all my bones , that I was not able to work for three days ; nay , more than this , he picked my purse ...
Page 77
... head , a pig- driver's whip in one hand , and in the other a common cow's - horn , which he blew to encourage his team , and give notice of this new mode of posting . Let us turn away for a moment from the credulity and eccentricity of ...
... head , a pig- driver's whip in one hand , and in the other a common cow's - horn , which he blew to encourage his team , and give notice of this new mode of posting . Let us turn away for a moment from the credulity and eccentricity of ...
Page 123
... head on the pillow I opened my eyes to an extraordinary appearance . Against the wall on the opposite side of the room , and level with my sight , the person , re- specting whom I had been so anxious , lay a corpse , extended at full ...
... head on the pillow I opened my eyes to an extraordinary appearance . Against the wall on the opposite side of the room , and level with my sight , the person , re- specting whom I had been so anxious , lay a corpse , extended at full ...
Page 127
... head of the marine , and was nearly seventy years of age , bearing a high character both for professional and per- sonal merit . He had accompanied the court to Sicily ; but when the revolution- ary government , or Parthenopæan repub ...
... head of the marine , and was nearly seventy years of age , bearing a high character both for professional and per- sonal merit . He had accompanied the court to Sicily ; but when the revolution- ary government , or Parthenopæan repub ...
Page 135
... head- aches , fevers , and other disorders . More over , a good astronomical observation cannot be made when the wind is east : the star seems to oscillate or dance about in the field of the telescope . " In the truth of these ...
... head- aches , fevers , and other disorders . More over , a good astronomical observation cannot be made when the wind is east : the star seems to oscillate or dance about in the field of the telescope . " In the truth of these ...
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