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 53
... lady of the house goes round , that some of the more extravagant fictions are revealed . And then , what a roar of ... ladies , one of the collectors is furnished with pen , ink , and paper , to set down the subscriptions as soon as ...
... lady of the house goes round , that some of the more extravagant fictions are revealed . And then , what a roar of ... ladies , one of the collectors is furnished with pen , ink , and paper , to set down the subscriptions as soon as ...
Page 67
... lady , whom the editor of the Every- Day Book conversed with several times on the subject , firmly believed in the witch- craft , because she had been eye - witness to the animation of the inanimate crock- ery and furniture , which she ...
... lady , whom the editor of the Every- Day Book conversed with several times on the subject , firmly believed in the witch- craft , because she had been eye - witness to the animation of the inanimate crock- ery and furniture , which she ...
Page 91
... lady's judgment on these matters , I think I have experienced some moments in my life when playing at cards for nothing has even heen agreeable . When I am in sickness , or not in the best spirits , I sometimes call for the cards , and ...
... lady's judgment on these matters , I think I have experienced some moments in my life when playing at cards for nothing has even heen agreeable . When I am in sickness , or not in the best spirits , I sometimes call for the cards , and ...
Page 105
... lady's smook and the daffodil remind me of the Annunciation ; the blue harebell , of the festival of St. George ; the ranunculus , of the Invention of the Cross ; the scarlet lychnis , of St. John the Baptist's day ; the white lily , of ...
... lady's smook and the daffodil remind me of the Annunciation ; the blue harebell , of the festival of St. George ; the ranunculus , of the Invention of the Cross ; the scarlet lychnis , of St. John the Baptist's day ; the white lily , of ...
Page 115
... lady Morgan , that at the confectioners ' in Rome , on twelfth- day , " saints melt in the mouth , and the temptations of St. Anthony are easily digested . " Alban Butler says that there is an ex- tant sermon of St. Anthony's wherein he ...
... lady Morgan , that at the confectioners ' in Rome , on twelfth- day , " saints melt in the mouth , and the temptations of St. Anthony are easily digested . " Alban Butler says that there is an ex- tant sermon of St. Anthony's wherein he ...
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