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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... passed . A dinner is given by some member of the family to all the rest , and the evening concludes with cards , dancing , or any other amuse- ment that may be preferred . The decorations of the confectioners ' shops remain till twelfth ...
... passed . A dinner is given by some member of the family to all the rest , and the evening concludes with cards , dancing , or any other amuse- ment that may be preferred . The decorations of the confectioners ' shops remain till twelfth ...
Page 367
... passed into it . A beautiful meadow , sloping down with a tolerably sharp declivity from the road , and intersected by a narrow path , led Loward a coppice on which the young moon looked through the dim haze sur- rounding it , serving ...
... passed into it . A beautiful meadow , sloping down with a tolerably sharp declivity from the road , and intersected by a narrow path , led Loward a coppice on which the young moon looked through the dim haze sur- rounding it , serving ...
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... passed from the said mid - water to the meadow burn pass- ing south , passing south up the march- dyke of the hill , and march - stone there , south - east the gate to the march - stone on the neuk of the dyke at Mouse bridge , passing ...
... passed from the said mid - water to the meadow burn pass- ing south , passing south up the march- dyke of the hill , and march - stone there , south - east the gate to the march - stone on the neuk of the dyke at Mouse bridge , passing ...
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