The every day book: or a guide to the year: describing the popular amusements, sports, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events incident to the three hundred and sixty-five days in past and present timesWilliam Tegg, 1866 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 8
... tion of the ancient Norinan invocation of their hero , Rollo . Gui , however , seems to refer to the druidical custom of cutting branches from the mistletoe at the close of the year , which were deposited in the temples and houses with ...
... tion of the ancient Norinan invocation of their hero , Rollo . Gui , however , seems to refer to the druidical custom of cutting branches from the mistletoe at the close of the year , which were deposited in the temples and houses with ...
Page 28
... tion and circumstances . The feast week , however alluring it may appear in descrip- tion , is in reality productive of greater evil than good . The excitement lasts too long , and the enjoyment , whatever it may be , is purchased at ...
... tion and circumstances . The feast week , however alluring it may appear in descrip- tion , is in reality productive of greater evil than good . The excitement lasts too long , and the enjoyment , whatever it may be , is purchased at ...
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... tion . From these premises , he endea- vours to account for the perpetual aug- mentation of those floating islands . By a celebrated experiment of Mr. Boyle , it has been demonstrated that ice evaporates very fast , in severe frosty ...
... tion . From these premises , he endea- vours to account for the perpetual aug- mentation of those floating islands . By a celebrated experiment of Mr. Boyle , it has been demonstrated that ice evaporates very fast , in severe frosty ...
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... tion , whereas we see it was only a provi- sion for a venison feast by the Romish clergy , in return for some waste land of one of their manors . NATURALIST'S CALENDAR . Mean Temperatare . . .35 10 . January 26 . " St. George he was for ...
... tion , whereas we see it was only a provi- sion for a venison feast by the Romish clergy , in return for some waste land of one of their manors . NATURALIST'S CALENDAR . Mean Temperatare . . .35 10 . January 26 . " St. George he was for ...
Page 66
... tion we are indebted to an agreeable writer in the " London Magazine ; " * his corporal lineaments are " borrowed " ( with permission ) from a new caricature , † if it may be given so low a name , wherein this figure stands out , the ...
... tion we are indebted to an agreeable writer in the " London Magazine ; " * his corporal lineaments are " borrowed " ( with permission ) from a new caricature , † if it may be given so low a name , wherein this figure stands out , the ...
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