| Henri Misson, Maximilien Misson - 1719 - 404 页
...Freedom or Se> verity df Madam Valentine. There is another kind 0fv Valentine j which is the firft young Man or Woman that Chance throws in your Way in the Street, or elfer where, ,on that Day. • ' . VEHICL JES. JThey have feveral Ways of travelling in England. *... | |
| 1823 - 494 页
...sticks faster to the valentine that is fallen to him, than to the valentine to whom he is fallen." There is another kind of valentine, which is the first...your way in the street, or elsewhere, on that day. Gay has left us a poetical description ' of some rural ceremonies used on the morning of this day in... | |
| Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 页
...that, on this day, every bird chooses its mate, is alluded to by Chaucer and numerous other writers. There is another kind of valentine, which is the first...your way in the street, or elsewhere, on that day. Gay has left us a poetical description '••"'•'» " «*j «•"••» «ч» 1 ujuj/tjcti^ui... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 页
...to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines temporaries and successors have derived whatever they...of the dignified and majestic." There are excellent counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 页
...whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so типу couples, the valentines vs, "by virtue of the authority given to us oy neaven...Christ our Lord, and of his Virgin Mother, and of counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 892 页
...is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so run ny couples, the valentines give ball* and treats to their mistresses, wear their billets...This ceremony is practised differently in different counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
| William Hone - 1830 - 878 页
...to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines give balls and treats to their mistresses, wear their...This ceremony is practised differently in different counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
| 1832 - 498 页
...draw by lots, the maids taking the men's billets, and the men the maids." Another kind of Valentine is the first young man or woman that chance throws in your way on that day. This custom is thus alluded to by the poet Gay : — " Last Valentine, the day when birds... | |
| William Hone - 1835 - 876 页
...to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines give balls and treats to their mistresses, wear their...This ceremony is practised differently in different counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
| William Hone - 1837 - 954 页
...to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines give balls and treats to their mistresses, wear their...This ceremony is practised differently in different counties, and according to the freedom or severity of madam Valentine. There is another kind of valentine,... | |
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