The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, 第 3 卷1825 |
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... called MUMMING OF DIS- GUISING - that is , dressing in mas- querade , was then an old custom at Christmas time , and was kept up for many years afterwards . These sports extended to royalty , and were exhi- bited occasionally with great ...
... called MUMMING OF DIS- GUISING - that is , dressing in mas- querade , was then an old custom at Christmas time , and was kept up for many years afterwards . These sports extended to royalty , and were exhi- bited occasionally with great ...
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... called Christ - mass ; the box called Christ- mas box , or money gathered against that time , that masses might be made by the priests to the saints to forgive the people the debaucheries of that time ; and from this , servants had the ...
... called Christ - mass ; the box called Christ- mas box , or money gathered against that time , that masses might be made by the priests to the saints to forgive the people the debaucheries of that time ; and from this , servants had the ...
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... called " THE CHURCH OF ALL DENOMINATIONS , " This institution sprang from no par- ticular order of Christians , and it is to be confined to none - but it owes its origin to the Society of Free- Masons . ( Columbian Register , 23d June ...
... called " THE CHURCH OF ALL DENOMINATIONS , " This institution sprang from no par- ticular order of Christians , and it is to be confined to none - but it owes its origin to the Society of Free- Masons . ( Columbian Register , 23d June ...
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... called Bohdo , who was immensely huge and power- ful , spread terror through all the land . Before him trembled all the giants , both among the Bohemians and Franks . But Emma , the daugh- ter of the king of the Riesen - gebirge [ the ...
... called Bohdo , who was immensely huge and power- ful , spread terror through all the land . Before him trembled all the giants , both among the Bohemians and Franks . But Emma , the daugh- ter of the king of the Riesen - gebirge [ the ...
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... called , the DEVIL'S DANCING - PLACE , from the triumph there of the spirits of hell . Emma looked down in hor- ror , and her horse trembled , for the rock stood like a tower more than a thousand feet over the abyss below . From beneath ...
... called , the DEVIL'S DANCING - PLACE , from the triumph there of the spirits of hell . Emma looked down in hor- ror , and her horse trembled , for the rock stood like a tower more than a thousand feet over the abyss below . From beneath ...
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第 48 頁 - There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
第 7 頁 - ... or else by blind harpers, or such like taverne Minstrels, that give a. fit of mirth for a groat, . . . their matter being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical rimes, made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christmasse dinners and brideales, and in tavernes and alehouses, and such other places of base resorte.
第 112 頁 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
第 98 頁 - Wycherley from that instant entertained hopes. He did not fail waiting on her the next morning : and with a very melancholy tone begged to know, how it was possible for him to have so much disobliged her Grace? They were very good friends from that time; yet, after all, what did he get by her?
第 3 頁 - Tower, pretending only curiosity of seeing the regalia there, when, stabbing the keeper, though not mortally, he boldly went away with it through all the guards, taken only by the accident of his horse falling down. How he came to be pardoned, and even received into favour, not only after this, but several other exploits almost as daring both in Ireland and here, I could never come to understand. Some believed he became a spy of several parties, being well with the sectaries and enthusiasts, and...
第 129 頁 - Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great ' pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was played ' that day ? He (being angry to be stayed upon so frivolous a demand) * answered, that he might see what play was to be played upon every