New curiosities of literature and book of the months, المجلد 1Churton, 1847 |
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الصفحة vii
... say a few words in explanation of the numerous extracts occurring in the notes . No doubt , I appre- hend , can exist as to the propriety of minute and correct references to the authorities on which any his- torical work has been based ...
... say a few words in explanation of the numerous extracts occurring in the notes . No doubt , I appre- hend , can exist as to the propriety of minute and correct references to the authorities on which any his- torical work has been based ...
الصفحة xxi
... Say , ii . 21 , Scadding of Peas , ii . 266 . SCALDS AND BURNS , i . 205 . School of the Angles , ii . 126 . SCOT - ALES , i . 282 . Sea , Custom at , ii . 265 . Seasons , Astronomical , ii . 281 . Popular , id . SEEK , to blow a , ii ...
... Say , ii . 21 , Scadding of Peas , ii . 266 . SCALDS AND BURNS , i . 205 . School of the Angles , ii . 126 . SCOT - ALES , i . 282 . Sea , Custom at , ii . 265 . Seasons , Astronomical , ii . 281 . Popular , id . SEEK , to blow a , ii ...
الصفحة 2
... says " Januarius Junoni esset sacer . " - January was sacred to Juno . -GENIALES DIES , Lib . iii . cap . 24 , p . 835 . * " Bruma novi prima est , veterisque novissima solis ; Principium capiunt Phoebus et annus idem . " FASTORUM , Lib ...
... says " Januarius Junoni esset sacer . " - January was sacred to Juno . -GENIALES DIES , Lib . iii . cap . 24 , p . 835 . * " Bruma novi prima est , veterisque novissima solis ; Principium capiunt Phoebus et annus idem . " FASTORUM , Lib ...
الصفحة 8
... says that Libanius alludes to the consul . COCKAL is a game in which four pastern bones of certain animals properly marked were thrown like dice ; and hence among the Romans it had the name of TALUS , which signifies the pastern - bone ...
... says that Libanius alludes to the consul . COCKAL is a game in which four pastern bones of certain animals properly marked were thrown like dice ; and hence among the Romans it had the name of TALUS , which signifies the pastern - bone ...
الصفحة 21
... says , " I shall mention one law with relation to holydays , by virtue of which the twelve days after the Nativity of our Saviour are made holydays . " § There is certainly nothing improbable in the idea that it might thus be named as ...
... says , " I shall mention one law with relation to holydays , by virtue of which the twelve days after the Nativity of our Saviour are made holydays . " § There is certainly nothing improbable in the idea that it might thus be named as ...
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الصفحة 109 - And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you.
الصفحة 264 - Church; and as for our good people's lawful recreation, our pleasure likewise is, that after the end of divine service our good people be not disturbed, letted, or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as dancing, either men or women; archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any other such harmless recreation, nor from 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...
الصفحة 168 - I have never yet heard any account of the origin of this English custom; but it is unquestionably very ancient, and is still kept up even in great towns, though less in them than in the country.
الصفحة 27 - 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.
الصفحة 164 - Most musical, most melancholy" bird! A melancholy bird? Oh! idle thought! In Nature there is nothing melancholy. But some night-wandering man whose heart was pierced With the remembrance of a grievous wrong, Or slow distemper, or neglected love, (And so, poor wretch!
الصفحة 53 - On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
الصفحة 27 - Now, now the mirth comes With the cake full of plums, Where beane's * the King of the sport here ; Beside we must know, The pea also Must revell as Queene in the court here.
الصفحة 54 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I early rose, just at the break of day, Before the sun had chased the stars away; A-field I went, amid the morning dew, To milk my kine (for so should...
الصفحة 63 - The hen is hung at a fellow's back, who has also some horse-bells about him ; the rest of the fellows are blinded, and have boughs in their hands, with which they chase this fellow and his hen about some large court or small enclosure. The fellow with his hen and bells shifting as well as he can, they follow the sound, and sometimes hit him and his hen, other times, if he can get behind one of them, they thresh one another well...
الصفحة 163 - Gently o'er the accustomed oak; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chantress, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy even-song...