The Year Book of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men & Manners, Times & Seasons, Solemnities & Merry-makings, Antiquities & Novelties, on the Plan of the Every Day Book & Table Book, Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Customs, & Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred & Sixty-five Days, in Past & Present Times: Forming a Complete History of the Year; & a Perpetual Key to the Almanac |
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... night DECEMBER . Bring more wood , and set the glasses , Join , my friends , our Christmas cheer , Come , a catch ... nights , like a small star of the fifth magnitude , of a bluish - white color , and considerably brilliant . To obtain ...
... night DECEMBER . Bring more wood , and set the glasses , Join , my friends , our Christmas cheer , Come , a catch ... nights , like a small star of the fifth magnitude , of a bluish - white color , and considerably brilliant . To obtain ...
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... night . And to see the formality of the groom- porter , who is the judge of all disputes in play , and all quarrels that may arise therein , and how his under - officers are there to observe true play at each table , and to give new ...
... night . And to see the formality of the groom- porter , who is the judge of all disputes in play , and all quarrels that may arise therein , and how his under - officers are there to observe true play at each table , and to give new ...
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... night , Barnaby Googe's versification de- scribes a disused custom among the people , of censing a loaf and themselves as a preservative against sickness and witchcraft throughout the year . Twise sixe nightes then from Christmasse ...
... night , Barnaby Googe's versification de- scribes a disused custom among the people , of censing a loaf and themselves as a preservative against sickness and witchcraft throughout the year . Twise sixe nightes then from Christmasse ...
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... night , Mr. Evelyn records in his diary as follows : -This evening , according to cus- tom , his majesty ( Charles II . ) opened the revels of that night by throwing the dice himself in the privy chamber , where was a table set on ...
... night , Mr. Evelyn records in his diary as follows : -This evening , according to cus- tom , his majesty ( Charles II . ) opened the revels of that night by throwing the dice himself in the privy chamber , where was a table set on ...
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... NIGHT CAPS . " In the evenings of this cold and dreary season , " the dead of winter , " a comfort- able potation strengthens the heart of the healthy and cheers the spirits of the feeble . This is a book of good intent and purpose ...
... NIGHT CAPS . " In the evenings of this cold and dreary season , " the dead of winter , " a comfort- able potation strengthens the heart of the healthy and cheers the spirits of the feeble . This is a book of good intent and purpose ...
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