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The “ Northumberland House Book ” for 1512 gives the dinner - hour as ten . ... When dinner was taken at such early hours it was a kind of knife - and - fork breakfast , the actual breakfast being a very light meal indeed .
The “ Northumberland House Book ” for 1512 gives the dinner - hour as ten . ... When dinner was taken at such early hours it was a kind of knife - and - fork breakfast , the actual breakfast being a very light meal indeed .
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At first the common hour was seven o'clock ; then it was gradually advanced to eight , and in some places to nine o'clock . In Scotland ten o'clock was not an unusual hour ; at Dundee I believe that hour is observed to this day .
At first the common hour was seven o'clock ; then it was gradually advanced to eight , and in some places to nine o'clock . In Scotland ten o'clock was not an unusual hour ; at Dundee I believe that hour is observed to this day .
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She knelt there hour after hour , holding the dear hands ; not weeping much , but going over the whole life that ended here , from the pretty babyhood to the beautiful girlhood . How she had ever had the courage to part with her darling ...
She knelt there hour after hour , holding the dear hands ; not weeping much , but going over the whole life that ended here , from the pretty babyhood to the beautiful girlhood . How she had ever had the courage to part with her darling ...
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Contents
I | 193 |
Athens under the Franks By WILLIAM Miller M | 257 |
Clifford Harrison By EDITH GRAY WHEELWRIGHT | 271 |
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