 | Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 254 pages
...to the custom of the antient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake, should that night have a vision of the man or...mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell upon honest Humphrey and his spouse, who were bedded in an upper room, with the usual ceremony of throwing the... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 254 pages
...designed should be his or her Bedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell upon honest Humphrey and his spouse, who were bedded in an upper room,...throwing the stocking. This being performed, and the com-> pany withdrawn, a sort of catterwatiling ensued, when Jack found means to introduce a real cat... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 354 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or...fell upon honest Humphry and his spouse, who were beaded in an upper room, with the usual ceremony of throwing the stocking. This being performed, and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1831 - 472 pages
...woman whom Heaven had designed should be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell on honest Humphry and his spouse, who were bedded in...Jack found means to introduce a real cat, shod with walnut-shells, which, galloping along the boards, made such a dreadful noise as effectually discomposed... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - English fiction - 1836 - 430 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or woman whom Heaven had designed should be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell on honest Humphry... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1836 - 436 pages
...hallowed cake should that night have at. vision of the man or woman whom Heaven had designedshould be his or her wedded mate. The weight of Wilson's waggery fell on honest Humphry and his spouse, who were bedded in an upper room, with the usual ceremony of throwing... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or woman whom Heaven designed should he his or her wedded mate." So the Spectator : " The writer resolved to try his fortune, fasted all... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or...Heaven designed should be his or her wedded mate." So the Spectator : " The writer resolved to try his fortune, fasted all day, and, that he might be... | |
 | Edward J. Wood - Marriage customs and rites - 1869 - 344 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or...heaven designed should be his or her wedded mate." The " Spectator " says : " The writer, resolved to try his fortune, fasted all day, and, that he might... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - Marriage - 1873 - 404 pages
...to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person who ate of this hallowed cake should that night have a vision of the man or...Heaven designed should be his or her wedded mate.' — Vide Smollett's 'Humphry Clinker.' will not escape injury. It is needless to say that the near... | |
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Cybele, while the benediction posset was drank ; and a cake being broken over the head of Mrs Tabitha Lismahago, the fragments were distributed among the by-standers, according to the custom of the ancient Britons, on the supposition that every person... 
