The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, 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, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and Diversio, 3. kötetR. Griffin and Company, 1838 |
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1. oldal
... meet it is I set it down . " On that passage he observes , that the Roman practice of writing on wax tablets with a style was continued through the middle ages ; and that specimens of wooden tables , filled with wax , and con- structed ...
... meet it is I set it down . " On that passage he observes , that the Roman practice of writing on wax tablets with a style was continued through the middle ages ; and that specimens of wooden tables , filled with wax , and con- structed ...
33. oldal
... meet every season on the 29th day of May , king Charles's restoration , with oak- boughs in their hats or caps , to show their loyalty , ( velvet caps were chiefly worn in those days , even by the ladies , ) and te hunt young male deer ...
... meet every season on the 29th day of May , king Charles's restoration , with oak- boughs in their hats or caps , to show their loyalty , ( velvet caps were chiefly worn in those days , even by the ladies , ) and te hunt young male deer ...
35. oldal
... meet at a famous hare - cover near . When the huntsman came with his hounds in the morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and ...
... meet at a famous hare - cover near . When the huntsman came with his hounds in the morning , he discovered a great number of sportsmen , who were riding in the cover , and whipping the furzes as for a hare ; he therefore halted , and ...
99. oldal
... After this battle , the duke's irresolution , and the heroism of Margaret , queen of Henry VI . , caused a suspension of hostilities . He The leaders on both sides assented to meet in London 99 66 100 THE TABLE BOOK .
... After this battle , the duke's irresolution , and the heroism of Margaret , queen of Henry VI . , caused a suspension of hostilities . He The leaders on both sides assented to meet in London 99 66 100 THE TABLE BOOK .
115. oldal
... meet with it . " He instances subsequent editions , but the only copy he could discover was printed at Aberdeen in 1711 , by James Nicol , printer to the town and university ; and respecting this , which , though of so recent date , is ...
... meet with it . " He instances subsequent editions , but the only copy he could discover was printed at Aberdeen in 1711 , by James Nicol , printer to the town and university ; and respecting this , which , though of so recent date , is ...
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115. oldal - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
65. oldal - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
163. oldal - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
809. oldal - MY HEART aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
251. oldal - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And...
809. oldal - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth ; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
809. oldal - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
65. oldal - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
231. oldal - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
91. oldal - And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.