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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Page 13
... wood- cocks , snipes , larks , tame pigeons , hares , herons , partridges , pheasants , wild and tame rabbits , and grouse . Of fowls the game breed is most es- teemed for flavor . The Poland breed is the largest . Dorking in Surrey ...
... wood- cocks , snipes , larks , tame pigeons , hares , herons , partridges , pheasants , wild and tame rabbits , and grouse . Of fowls the game breed is most es- teemed for flavor . The Poland breed is the largest . Dorking in Surrey ...
Page 33
... of that precious metal , which he wore upen a green riband , and which very much excelled mine in flexibility and color , each being the size of a small C of a wood cup , " a writer says ,. 33 THE YEAR BOOK - JANUARY 3 .
... of that precious metal , which he wore upen a green riband , and which very much excelled mine in flexibility and color , each being the size of a small C of a wood cup , " a writer says ,. 33 THE YEAR BOOK - JANUARY 3 .
Page 35
... wood cup , as a Christmas of all , to have a flaggon of ale and apples , draught , which made all merry . " Cups . About thirty years before Mr. Secretary Pepys took his Christmas draught “ out For Tennis , & c . , see Strutt's Sports ...
... wood cup , as a Christmas of all , to have a flaggon of ale and apples , draught , which made all merry . " Cups . About thirty years before Mr. Secretary Pepys took his Christmas draught “ out For Tennis , & c . , see Strutt's Sports ...
Page 59
... wood and coals ; and to have always ready , torches , sises , and other lights for the king's chambers ; he is further to see that the keeper sweep and clean the floors , walls , windows , and roofs of all dirt and cobwebs , before any ...
... wood and coals ; and to have always ready , torches , sises , and other lights for the king's chambers ; he is further to see that the keeper sweep and clean the floors , walls , windows , and roofs of all dirt and cobwebs , before any ...
Page 63
... Wood ; " showing - how their parents died , and left them to the care of a cruel uncle , who hired two ruf- fians to slay them in a wood - how the ruffians quarrelled and fought “ about the children's life " -how " he that was of ...
... Wood ; " showing - how their parents died , and left them to the care of a cruel uncle , who hired two ruf- fians to slay them in a wood - how the ruffians quarrelled and fought “ about the children's life " -how " he that was of ...
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