The Year Book of Daily Recreation and InformationT. Tegg, 1832 - 1643 страница |
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... ancient usages of our country . Each new year has increased my early likings , and my love for that quiet without which research cannot be made either into antiquity , or a man's self . The most bustling are not the busiest . The " fool ...
... ancient usages of our country . Each new year has increased my early likings , and my love for that quiet without which research cannot be made either into antiquity , or a man's self . The most bustling are not the busiest . The " fool ...
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... ancient documents might be adduced to show a former pre- vailing belief in the influence of almost every festival on the periodical blowing of plants . For , in the middle or dark ages , the mind fancied numberless signs and emblems ...
... ancient documents might be adduced to show a former pre- vailing belief in the influence of almost every festival on the periodical blowing of plants . For , in the middle or dark ages , the mind fancied numberless signs and emblems ...
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... ancient and universal usage that exists is that of eating ; and therefore it is presumed that correct information , which tends to keep up the custom , will be esteemed by those who are enabled to indulge in the practice . An old ...
... ancient and universal usage that exists is that of eating ; and therefore it is presumed that correct information , which tends to keep up the custom , will be esteemed by those who are enabled to indulge in the practice . An old ...
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... ancient gems mounted on cocks or partridges , to fight the cranes ; or carrying grasshoppers , and leaning on staves to support the burthen : also , in a shell , playing with two flutes , or fishing with a line.t Cranes . A crane was a ...
... ancient gems mounted on cocks or partridges , to fight the cranes ; or carrying grasshoppers , and leaning on staves to support the burthen : also , in a shell , playing with two flutes , or fishing with a line.t Cranes . A crane was a ...
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... ancient statuary bronzes , medals , and manuscripts , and coins , which , by a par- liamentary grant of £ 20,000 , were pur- chased and deposited in the British Museum , and form that portion of the national property in the British ...
... ancient statuary bronzes , medals , and manuscripts , and coins , which , by a par- liamentary grant of £ 20,000 , were pur- chased and deposited in the British Museum , and form that portion of the national property in the British ...
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