The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular Amusements Sports, Ceremonies, Manners Customs & Events Incident to the Three Hundred & Sixty-five Days, in Past & Present Times, Volume 2W. Tegg, 1868 |
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Page 627
... play was Artaxerxes ! I had dabbled a little in the Universal History - the ancient part of it - and here was the court of Persia . It was being admitted to a sight of the past . I took no proper interest in the action going on , for I ...
... play was Artaxerxes ! I had dabbled a little in the Universal History - the ancient part of it - and here was the court of Persia . It was being admitted to a sight of the past . I took no proper interest in the action going on , for I ...
Page 727
... play eight tunes . Handel and all the great musicians say , that it is beyond any thing they can do ; and this may be performed by the most ignorant person ; and when you are weary of those eight tunes , you may have them changed for ...
... play eight tunes . Handel and all the great musicians say , that it is beyond any thing they can do ; and this may be performed by the most ignorant person ; and when you are weary of those eight tunes , you may have them changed for ...
Page 831
... play ; and , in order to accomplish their purpose , they got into a house , building by the road side , where Mayes was sure to pass . Being a great psalm - singer , he had a large book under his arm ; they called him in to settle some ...
... play ; and , in order to accomplish their purpose , they got into a house , building by the road side , where Mayes was sure to pass . Being a great psalm - singer , he had a large book under his arm ; they called him in to settle some ...
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