The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners, Times and Seasons, Solemnities and Merry-makings, Antiquities and Novelties, on the Plan of the Every-day Book and Table Book, Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, 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; and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack |
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Page 587
... death . The decree was intimated to him while at chess with Ernest of Brunswic , his fellow prisoner . But , a short pause , and making some reflection on the irregularity and injustice of the emperor's proceedings , he turned to his ...
... death . The decree was intimated to him while at chess with Ernest of Brunswic , his fellow prisoner . But , a short pause , and making some reflection on the irregularity and injustice of the emperor's proceedings , he turned to his ...
Page 823
... DEATH WATCH . Wallis , in his History of Northumber- land , vol . i . p . 367 , gives the following account of the insect so called , whose ticking has been thought by ancient super- stition to forbode death in a family . " The small ...
... DEATH WATCH . Wallis , in his History of Northumber- land , vol . i . p . 367 , gives the following account of the insect so called , whose ticking has been thought by ancient super- stition to forbode death in a family . " The small ...
Page 949
... Death of Death ! through whom alone All perfect gifts descend , Give us that stedfast faith in Thee Which brings a peaceful end- And whereso'er our bodies rest , Our helpless souls befriend . stroyed , and an equal number maimed or ...
... Death of Death ! through whom alone All perfect gifts descend , Give us that stedfast faith in Thee Which brings a peaceful end- And whereso'er our bodies rest , Our helpless souls befriend . stroyed , and an equal number maimed or ...
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