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 113
... NIGHT CAPS . One of the best night caps in use at the University of Oxford is " a Bishop , " - a delicious winter beverage of antiquity beyond the memory of man , and hence not discoverable . Its name is presumed to have been derived ...
... NIGHT CAPS . One of the best night caps in use at the University of Oxford is " a Bishop , " - a delicious winter beverage of antiquity beyond the memory of man , and hence not discoverable . Its name is presumed to have been derived ...
Page 339
... night , being In- nocent's Day at night , there was a great presence of lords , ladies , and worship- ful personages , expectant of a notable performance , which had been intended ; but the multitude was so exceedingly great that there ...
... night , being In- nocent's Day at night , there was a great presence of lords , ladies , and worship- ful personages , expectant of a notable performance , which had been intended ; but the multitude was so exceedingly great that there ...
Page 651
... night , from Strowd , governor of Dover Castle , which says , that the guns which we writ that we heard is only a mistake for thunder . It is a mi- raculous thing that we , all Friday , and Saturday , and yesterday , did hear every ...
... night , from Strowd , governor of Dover Castle , which says , that the guns which we writ that we heard is only a mistake for thunder . It is a mi- raculous thing that we , all Friday , and Saturday , and yesterday , did hear every ...
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