The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) / or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

by William Hone

[147] Groves.

[148] Royal.

[149] The Indicator.

[150] This is not king Charles the Second’s celebrated “Royal Oak,” but the “King’s Oak” so often mentioned in the novel. To make it standing in 1651 is another anachronism by the by. Ωνωφιλτατος.

[151] Sic in orig. Why the other two days are passed over silently I know not.—Ωνωφιλτατος.

[152] Plumptre.

[153] The Examiner.

[154] The Times, May 3, 1826.

[155] Whifflers, see vol. i. p. 1444, note, and 1488.

[156] This differs a little from the Argument prefixed to the Poem, but the impartial Historian of a future age will weigh the authorities on either side, and record the truth according to the evidence.