The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May-games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeW. Tegg, 1868 - 420 Seiten |
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