Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons: Exhibiting the Pleasures, Pursuits, and Characteristics of Country Life for Every Month in the Year, and Embodying the Whole of Aikin's Calendar of NatureMary Botham Howitt H.G. Bohn, 1862 - 567 pages |
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... Queen Elizabeth crowned . Battle of Corunna , 1809 . Benjamin Franklin born , 1706 . The Helleborus niger blooms . James Watt born , 1736 . Independence of America , 1783 . St. Agnes . Louis XVI . behd . Lord Byron born , 1788 . 23 ...
... Queen Elizabeth crowned . Battle of Corunna , 1809 . Benjamin Franklin born , 1706 . The Helleborus niger blooms . James Watt born , 1736 . Independence of America , 1783 . St. Agnes . Louis XVI . behd . Lord Byron born , 1788 . 23 ...
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... queen of the mid - May ; And every leaf , and every flower Pearled with the self - same shower . Thou shalt see the field - mouse peep Meagre from its celled sleep ; And the snake , all winter - thin , Cast on sunny bank its skin ...
... queen of the mid - May ; And every leaf , and every flower Pearled with the self - same shower . Thou shalt see the field - mouse peep Meagre from its celled sleep ; And the snake , all winter - thin , Cast on sunny bank its skin ...
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... Queen Elizabeth , from which it may be as well to transcribe a few items only by way of specimen- " Money ( sometimes to the amount of twenty pounds ) , diamonds , pearls , petticoats , smocks , garters , fans , pots of preserves ...
... Queen Elizabeth , from which it may be as well to transcribe a few items only by way of specimen- " Money ( sometimes to the amount of twenty pounds ) , diamonds , pearls , petticoats , smocks , garters , fans , pots of preserves ...
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... queen , are to be ministers of state , maids of honour , or ladies of the bed- chamber . Often the host and hostess , more by design , perhaps , than accident , become the king and queen . According to Twelfth - Day law , each party is ...
... queen , are to be ministers of state , maids of honour , or ladies of the bed- chamber . Often the host and hostess , more by design , perhaps , than accident , become the king and queen . According to Twelfth - Day law , each party is ...
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... queen wassailing ; And though with ale ye be whet here ; Yet part ye from hence As free from offence As when ye innocent met here . This has generally been supposed to be in honour of the Three Kings of Cologne ; but in all probability ...
... queen wassailing ; And though with ale ye be whet here ; Yet part ye from hence As free from offence As when ye innocent met here . This has generally been supposed to be in honour of the Three Kings of Cologne ; but in all probability ...
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Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons: Exhibiting the Pleasures, Pursuits, and ... Mary Botham Howitt,John Aikin No preview available - 2015 |
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amongst ancient animal aphides appear autumn beautiful bees begin birds blossoms blue bough branches bright called Candlemas Christmas clouds cockchafer cold colour cuckoo custom daisies dark delight Druids earth eggs female festival field fieldfare fire flies flowers forest frost gad-fly garden geese gnats grass green Hallow-eve harvest mouse hath head heart heaven hedge heliacal rising hour insects labourers larvæ leaf leaves light look MARY HOWITT meadows merry Michaelmas misletoe month morning nature nest night nightingale o'er observed passed PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY plants Plough Monday poet quadrupeds queen rising Roman rose round Saxon says season seems seen sheep Shrove Tuesday sing snow song species spring stars stream summer swallow sweet thee thou thrush torpid trees walk weather whole wild wind wings winter woods yellow young