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 143
... poor . This ceremony was adopted by the Romish church from certain customs of the ancient Romans , in their worship of Pales , the goddess of sheepfolds and pastures . They prayed her to bless the sheep , and sprinkled them with water ...
... poor . This ceremony was adopted by the Romish church from certain customs of the ancient Romans , in their worship of Pales , the goddess of sheepfolds and pastures . They prayed her to bless the sheep , and sprinkled them with water ...
Page 203
... poor man for the love of our lady , would not go to church on Candlemas - day , but went into her own private chapel , and kneeling be- fore the altar , fell asleep , and had a mira- culous vision , wherein she saw herself at church ...
... poor man for the love of our lady , would not go to church on Candlemas - day , but went into her own private chapel , and kneeling be- fore the altar , fell asleep , and had a mira- culous vision , wherein she saw herself at church ...
Page 211
... poor abounds ; bread . Long shall his name in British annals shine , And grateful ages offer at his shrine ! By this our trade are thousands daily fed , By it supplied with means to earn their In different methods , and by different ...
... poor abounds ; bread . Long shall his name in British annals shine , And grateful ages offer at his shrine ! By this our trade are thousands daily fed , By it supplied with means to earn their In different methods , and by different ...
Page 221
... poor Ophelia ; and no better wish , but from his parlour window in C - e - street . with better auspices , we wish to all faith- She was all joyousness and innocence , ful lovers , who are not too wise to despise and just of an age to ...
... poor Ophelia ; and no better wish , but from his parlour window in C - e - street . with better auspices , we wish to all faith- She was all joyousness and innocence , ful lovers , who are not too wise to despise and just of an age to ...
Page 225
... Poor Robin's Almanac for 1676 , under St. Valentine's day : " Now Andrew , Antho- ny , and William , For Valentines draw Prue , Kate , Jilian . " Misson , a learned traveller , who died in England about 1721 , describes the amusing ...
... Poor Robin's Almanac for 1676 , under St. Valentine's day : " Now Andrew , Antho- ny , and William , For Valentines draw Prue , Kate , Jilian . " Misson , a learned traveller , who died in England about 1721 , describes the amusing ...
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