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, 第 1 卷R. Griffin and Company, 1839 |
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第 11 頁
... fire to - day till morning . A cer- tain discreet person is despatched to the dead and living ford to draw a pitcher of water in profound silence , without the vessel touching the ground , lest its virtue should be destroyed , and on ...
... fire to - day till morning . A cer- tain discreet person is despatched to the dead and living ford to draw a pitcher of water in profound silence , without the vessel touching the ground , lest its virtue should be destroyed , and on ...
第 43 頁
... fires and one large one are lighted up . The attendants , headed by the master of the fa- mily , pledge the company in old cider , which circulates freely on these occasions . circle is formed round the large fire , when a general shout ...
... fires and one large one are lighted up . The attendants , headed by the master of the fa- mily , pledge the company in old cider , which circulates freely on these occasions . circle is formed round the large fire , when a general shout ...
第 55 頁
... fire , This he divides according as his householde doth require , And every peece distributeth , as round about they stand , Which in their names unto the poore is given out of hand . But who so chaunceth on the peece wherein the money ...
... fire , This he divides according as his householde doth require , And every peece distributeth , as round about they stand , Which in their names unto the poore is given out of hand . But who so chaunceth on the peece wherein the money ...
第 61 頁
... fire and water must have afforded great amusement . CHRONOLOGY . 1772. " An authentic , candid , and cir cumstancial narrative of the astonishing transactions at Stockwell , in the county of Surry , on Monday and Tuesday , the 6th and ...
... fire and water must have afforded great amusement . CHRONOLOGY . 1772. " An authentic , candid , and cir cumstancial narrative of the astonishing transactions at Stockwell , in the county of Surry , on Monday and Tuesday , the 6th and ...
第 65 頁
... fire , she got to the right hand side of it , being a large chimney as is usual in farm houses , a pestle and mortar that stood nearer the left hand end of the chimney shelf , jumped about six feet on the floor . Then went candle ...
... fire , she got to the right hand side of it , being a large chimney as is usual in farm houses , a pestle and mortar that stood nearer the left hand end of the chimney shelf , jumped about six feet on the floor . Then went candle ...
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第 805 頁 - Cameron's gathering" rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
第 653 頁 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
第 719 頁 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
第 805 頁 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
第 805 頁 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! XXII.
第 137 頁 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon ; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint : She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven : Porphyro grew faint : She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
第 389 頁 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
第 389 頁 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
第 137 頁 - No uttered syllable, or, woe betide! But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
第 719 頁 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.