New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 1Churton, 1847 |
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... allow of our being likely to clash in other respects . Having thus despatched my rivals , something after the fashion of the redoubted Thomas Thumb , who " made his giants first , and then he killed them , " I wish to say a few words in ...
... allow of our being likely to clash in other respects . Having thus despatched my rivals , something after the fashion of the redoubted Thomas Thumb , who " made his giants first , and then he killed them , " I wish to say a few words in ...
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... allowed at such a season . The obstreperous revellers would knock long and loudly at their doors ; and , the more angry they were , the greater was the delight of their tormentors as well as of the casual passers - by , who thought the ...
... allowed at such a season . The obstreperous revellers would knock long and loudly at their doors ; and , the more angry they were , the greater was the delight of their tormentors as well as of the casual passers - by , who thought the ...
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... allow of no working on their saint's day ; the rest of the world must be as idle and as jovial as themselves . * The uncertainty of the day to which some feasts belong , the date of their celebration having varied probably with time and ...
... allow of no working on their saint's day ; the rest of the world must be as idle and as jovial as themselves . * The uncertainty of the day to which some feasts belong , the date of their celebration having varied probably with time and ...
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... allow the worst of the rabble to play the part of fools in the costume of monks and nuns . * The Bishop of Fools , when elected , would seem to have had somewhat more of gravity , if not of discretion , in his office . Being elected ...
... allow the worst of the rabble to play the part of fools in the costume of monks and nuns . * The Bishop of Fools , when elected , would seem to have had somewhat more of gravity , if not of discretion , in his office . Being elected ...
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... allowing such to be the case , the same cannot be said of the drawing the plough about the fire upon this day , a custom evidently springing from the same source as the many fire - observances already noticed . ‡ TUSSER REDIVIVUS , p ...
... allowing such to be the case , the same cannot be said of the drawing the plough about the fire upon this day , a custom evidently springing from the same source as the many fire - observances already noticed . ‡ TUSSER REDIVIVUS , p ...
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