Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of mr. Bourne's Antiquitates vulgares. revised by sir H. Ellis, Volume 11849 |
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... speaking of the May games , Midsummer Eve rejoicings , & c . , anciently used in the streets of London , " which open pastimes2 in my youth 1 Discord they say doth so possesse the land , ' Tis thought they will not let the organs stand ...
... speaking of the May games , Midsummer Eve rejoicings , & c . , anciently used in the streets of London , " which open pastimes2 in my youth 1 Discord they say doth so possesse the land , ' Tis thought they will not let the organs stand ...
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... pro Strenulis . Pueri autem pro consuetudine ipso Calendarum Januariarum die , velut ominis boni gratia , carmina componunt , eaque vel Præposito vel Præcep- Sir Thomas Overbury , in his Characters , speaking of NEW YEAR'S DAY . 15.
... pro Strenulis . Pueri autem pro consuetudine ipso Calendarum Januariarum die , velut ominis boni gratia , carmina componunt , eaque vel Præposito vel Præcep- Sir Thomas Overbury , in his Characters , speaking of NEW YEAR'S DAY . 15.
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John Brand sir Henry Ellis. Sir Thomas Overbury , in his Characters , speaking of " a Timist , " says , that " his New Yeare's Gifts are ready at Al- halomas , and the sute he meant to meditate before them . " 66 The title - page of a ...
John Brand sir Henry Ellis. Sir Thomas Overbury , in his Characters , speaking of " a Timist , " says , that " his New Yeare's Gifts are ready at Al- halomas , and the sute he meant to meditate before them . " 66 The title - page of a ...
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... speaking of " Orders for Government - Gray's Inne , " cites an order of 4 Car . I. ( Nov. 17 ) , that " all playing at dice , cards or other- wise , in the hall , buttry , or butler's chamber , should be thenceforth barred and forbidden ...
... speaking of " Orders for Government - Gray's Inne , " cites an order of 4 Car . I. ( Nov. 17 ) , that " all playing at dice , cards or other- wise , in the hall , buttry , or butler's chamber , should be thenceforth barred and forbidden ...
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... speaking of the sixth of January , the writer tells us , " This day , about the houres of 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 ; yea , in some places till midnight well nigh , will be such a massacre of spice - bread , that , ere the next day at ...
... speaking of the sixth of January , the writer tells us , " This day , about the houres of 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 ; yea , in some places till midnight well nigh , will be such a massacre of spice - bread , that , ere the next day at ...
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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 fixture...
Page xvii - The heavens themselves, the planets and this centre, Observe degree, priority and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order...
Page 99 - tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto the hungry soul. It is to fast from strife, From old debate And hate To circumcise thy life. To show a heart grief-rent ; To starve thy sin, Not bin ; And that's to keep thy Lent.
Page 435 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
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 wish thee long.
Page 214 - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Page 471 - 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' desiring. With the last year's brand Light the new block, and For good success in his spending On your psaltries play, That sweet luck may Come while the log is a-teending.
Page 386 - This hempseed with my virgin hand I sow, Who shall my true love be, the crop shall mow.
Page 149 - made his maund in our Lady's chapel, having fifty-nine poor men, whose feet he washed and kissed ; and, after he had wiped them, he gave every of the said poor men twelve pence in money, three ells of good canvass to make them shirts, a pair of new shoes, a cast of red herrings, and three white herrings ; and one of these had two shillings.
Page 341 - St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.