Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bohn, 1853 |
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Page xvi
... poor encomiums . When I call Gray to remembrance , the Poet of Humanity , who , had he left no other works behind him , would have transmitted his name to immortality by Reflections , ' written among the little tombstones of the vulgar ...
... poor encomiums . When I call Gray to remembrance , the Poet of Humanity , who , had he left no other works behind him , would have transmitted his name to immortality by Reflections , ' written among the little tombstones of the vulgar ...
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... poor , We pray now let us in , With our Wassel . Our Wassel we do fill With apples and with spice , Then grant us your good will , To taste here once or twice Of our good Wassel . If any maidens be Here dwelling in this house , They ...
... poor , We pray now let us in , With our Wassel . Our Wassel we do fill With apples and with spice , Then grant us your good will , To taste here once or twice Of our good Wassel . If any maidens be Here dwelling in this house , They ...
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... poor man had been confined to his bed for a year and a half , having almost entirely lost the use of his limbs . On the evening of Handsel Monday , as it is called , ( i . e . the first Monday of the New Year , O.S. ) , some of his ...
... poor man had been confined to his bed for a year and a half , having almost entirely lost the use of his limbs . On the evening of Handsel Monday , as it is called , ( i . e . the first Monday of the New Year , O.S. ) , some of his ...
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... poor clodpole , to whose lot the knave falls , is as unfortunate as the Roman , whose hard fate it was to throw the damnosum Caniculum . It appears that the twelfth cake was made formerly full of plums , and with a bean and a pea ...
... poor clodpole , to whose lot the knave falls , is as unfortunate as the Roman , whose hard fate it was to throw the damnosum Caniculum . It appears that the twelfth cake was made formerly full of plums , and with a bean and a pea ...
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... many allusions to the belief may be traced even in late works . The following notice of it occurs in Poor Robin's Almanack for 1734 : - " Saint Agnes Day comes by and by , When 34 ST . AGNES'S DAY , OR EVE . St Agnes's Day or.
... many allusions to the belief may be traced even in late works . The following notice of it occurs in Poor Robin's Almanack for 1734 : - " Saint Agnes Day comes by and by , When 34 ST . AGNES'S DAY , OR EVE . St Agnes's Day or.
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Page xvii - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : but when the planets In evil mixture to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents, what mutiny, What raging of the sea, shaking of earth, Commotion in the winds, frights, changes, horrors, Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixure ! O!
Page 539 - PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution. With AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN by Dr.
Page 238 - ... having of May games, Whitsun ales, and morris dances, and the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used: so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service...
Page 539 - Engravings on Steel. Miller's History of the Anglo-Saxons. Written in a popular style, on the basis of Sharon Turner. Portrait of Alfred, Map of Saxon Britain, and 12 elaborate Engravings on Steel. Milton's Poetical Works. With a Memoir by JAMES...
Page 215 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Page 26 - This night as ye use, Who shall for the present delight here ; Be a king by the lot, And who shall not Be Twelfe-day queene for the night here.
Page 468 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts