Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs, Past and Current, with Their Classical and Foreign Analogues, Described and Illustrated, Volume 1John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt |
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... King is a thing , " upon which Guilderstein rejoins , " A thing , my lord ? " whereupon Hamlet adds : " Of nothing . Bring me to him . Hide , fox , and all after . " This is supposed to be an allusion to the sport called All Hid ...
... King is a thing , " upon which Guilderstein rejoins , " A thing , my lord ? " whereupon Hamlet adds : " Of nothing . Bring me to him . Hide , fox , and all after . " This is supposed to be an allusion to the sport called All Hid ...
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... King and Queen of a foreign country and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador , and after repeating a ridicu- lous speech dictated by him , is led in great form up to the throne , and seated ...
... King and Queen of a foreign country and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador , and after repeating a ridicu- lous speech dictated by him , is led in great form up to the throne , and seated ...
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... King Arthur , " Shakespear's Hamlet , " the ballad of " William and Margaret , " Dry- den's " Cymon and Iphigenia " ( a very ancient fiction in a comparatively modern dress ) , may be mentioned in passing , as fair samples of the ...
... King Arthur , " Shakespear's Hamlet , " the ballad of " William and Margaret , " Dry- den's " Cymon and Iphigenia " ( a very ancient fiction in a comparatively modern dress ) , may be mentioned in passing , as fair samples of the ...
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... King . A game used at sea , when nearing the Line , or in a hot - latitude . It is performed thus : a man who is to represent King Arthur , ridicul- ously dressed , having a large wig , made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated ...
... King . A game used at sea , when nearing the Line , or in a hot - latitude . It is performed thus : a man who is to represent King Arthur , ridicul- ously dressed , having a large wig , made out of oakum , or some old swabs , is seated ...
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... King Lear , 1608. Mason mentions in his list of the then prevailing supersti- tions : " erecting of a figure to tell of stolne goods . Philip Henslowe has a receipt " To know wher a thinge is that is stolne : -Take vergine waxe and ...
... King Lear , 1608. Mason mentions in his list of the then prevailing supersti- tions : " erecting of a figure to tell of stolne goods . Philip Henslowe has a receipt " To know wher a thinge is that is stolne : -Take vergine waxe and ...
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