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 21
... manner . The kirk of Scotland appears formerly to have viewed these festivities exactly as the Roman church in France did in the sixteenth century ; and , as a proof of this , and of the style in which the sport was an- ciently ...
... manner . The kirk of Scotland appears formerly to have viewed these festivities exactly as the Roman church in France did in the sixteenth century ; and , as a proof of this , and of the style in which the sport was an- ciently ...
Page 649
... manner where- in it is conducted at present ; and though the former " story's good , " his particular description of the last Furry , is a lively picture of the pleasant manner , wherein it continues to be celebrated : thus is ...
... manner where- in it is conducted at present ; and though the former " story's good , " his particular description of the last Furry , is a lively picture of the pleasant manner , wherein it continues to be celebrated : thus is ...
Page 859
... manner of his losing them is curious enough , and worth relating . He was one evening re- citing his speeches at the " London Hos- pital " public - house , Whitechapel , where some young students were amusing thern- selves , who ...
... manner of his losing them is curious enough , and worth relating . He was one evening re- citing his speeches at the " London Hos- pital " public - house , Whitechapel , where some young students were amusing thern- selves , who ...
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