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 255
... turned against the person who had advised the mode of divin- ing its discovery by the borrowed Bible and key ; but she boldly defended it , and said it never failed before , nor would it have failed then , had not the man in the corner ...
... turned against the person who had advised the mode of divin- ing its discovery by the borrowed Bible and key ; but she boldly defended it , and said it never failed before , nor would it have failed then , had not the man in the corner ...
Page 667
... turned about at the Cross , and hewed him down with one stroke of his Lochaber - axe . After the Town - guard was fairly housed , the mob was obliged to seek other ob- jects , whereupon to vent their ignoble rage ; and , accordingly ...
... turned about at the Cross , and hewed him down with one stroke of his Lochaber - axe . After the Town - guard was fairly housed , the mob was obliged to seek other ob- jects , whereupon to vent their ignoble rage ; and , accordingly ...
Page 1235
... turned back on the decoy , they commonly let fly at her , first a tassel of a ger - falcon , which was the guide , and two falcons afterwards . The crow , being at- tacked , endeavoured to save herself , either by soaring aloft , or ...
... turned back on the decoy , they commonly let fly at her , first a tassel of a ger - falcon , which was the guide , and two falcons afterwards . The crow , being at- tacked , endeavoured to save herself , either by soaring aloft , or ...
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