The Every-day 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, & Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack; Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communications, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion, Volume 2Gale Research Company, 1967 - Days |
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Page 595
... fire . " About dusk when no more money can be col- ' ected , the bush is trimmed , the turf and Dones are made ready to set on fire , the candles are all lighted , the bush fully illuminated , and the boys giving three huzzas , begin to ...
... fire . " About dusk when no more money can be col- ' ected , the bush is trimmed , the turf and Dones are made ready to set on fire , the candles are all lighted , the bush fully illuminated , and the boys giving three huzzas , begin to ...
Page 659
... fire of Baal . Near this are two druidical temples of upright stones with a well , adjacent to one of them , still held in great veneration for its sanctity , and on that account visited by vast numbers of superstitious people . In the ...
... fire of Baal . Near this are two druidical temples of upright stones with a well , adjacent to one of them , still held in great veneration for its sanctity , and on that account visited by vast numbers of superstitious people . In the ...
Page 1359
... fire , and not cold enough to have one . A set of polished fire - irons , standing sentry beside a pile of dead coals imprisoned behind a row of glittering bars , instead of mending the matter , makes it worse ; inasmuch as it is better ...
... fire , and not cold enough to have one . A set of polished fire - irons , standing sentry beside a pile of dead coals imprisoned behind a row of glittering bars , instead of mending the matter , makes it worse ; inasmuch as it is better ...
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