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 |
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... ancient and modern times , with descriptive accounts of the several seasons of popular pastime . Each of the three hundred and sixty - five days in the year is distinguished by occurrences or other particulars relating to the day , and ...
... ancient and modern times , with descriptive accounts of the several seasons of popular pastime . Each of the three hundred and sixty - five days in the year is distinguished by occurrences or other particulars relating to the day , and ...
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... ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and avenues , and in that character held a key in his right hand , and a rod in his left , to sym- bolize his opening and ruling the year : sometimes he bore the number 300 in one hand ...
... ancient mythology , Janus was the god of gates and avenues , and in that character held a key in his right hand , and a rod in his left , to sym- bolize his opening and ruling the year : sometimes he bore the number 300 in one hand ...
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... ancient forests , impelled by hunger at this season , were wont to prowl and attack man himself ; the inferior ani- mals , on whom they usually preyed , having retired or perished from the inclemency of the weather . The Saxons also ...
... ancient forests , impelled by hunger at this season , were wont to prowl and attack man himself ; the inferior ani- mals , on whom they usually preyed , having retired or perished from the inclemency of the weather . The Saxons also ...
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... Ancient Scotish Poems , " contain a letter from sir Thomas Ran- dolph , queen Elizabeth's chamberlain of the Exchequer , to Dudley lord Leicester , dated from Edinburgh on the 15th Janu- ary , 1563 , wherein he mentions , that Lady ...
... Ancient Scotish Poems , " contain a letter from sir Thomas Ran- dolph , queen Elizabeth's chamberlain of the Exchequer , to Dudley lord Leicester , dated from Edinburgh on the 15th Janu- ary , 1563 , wherein he mentions , that Lady ...
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... ancient Greeks and Romans , who , on the festival days of Saturn , about this season of the year , drew lots for kingdoms , and like kings exercised their temporary authority . " In- deed , it appears , that the question is almost at ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans , who , on the festival days of Saturn , about this season of the year , drew lots for kingdoms , and like kings exercised their temporary authority . " In- deed , it appears , that the question is almost at ...
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