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  • On the Twelfth-Night, the three thousand Magyars who had reached Finland had been organized into a new Infantry Regiment 41 "Kossuth Lajos", supported by local Finnish pioneer and artillery units.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • On the Twelfth-Night, the three thousand Magyars who had reached Finland had been organized into a new Infantry Regiment 41 "Kossuth Lajos", supported by local Finnish pioneer and artillery units.

    DBTL 19A: Testvér a Testvérért Johnny Pez 2010

  • In _Twelfth-Night_ there is something singularly Ridiculous and Pleasant in the fantastical

    Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) Nicholas Rowe

  • Towards the end of the feast, when the sun was on its return, and the world was considered to be renovated, a king or ruler was chosen, with considerable power granted to him during his ephemeral reign, whence may have sprung some of the Twelfth-Night revels, mingled with those in honour of the Manifestation and

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • The Eve of Epiphany, or Twelfth-Night, is to the children of Rome what

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various

  • Jonson, resolved upon making the most of his Muse in a remunerative sense, well knew how to obtain the patronage of the highest persons of the country; and his ambition seems to have found satisfaction when, afterwards, a call was made upon him, on the part of the Court, to compose 'Masques' for Twelfth-Night and similar extraordinary occasions.

    Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

  • Papagenus as Shakespeare fools in "Twelfth-Night."

    Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Arthur Symons 1905

  • They looked just like two Christmas angels on the top of a frosted Twelfth-Night cake.

    The Tapestry Room: A Child's Romance 1893

  • Twelfth-Night ball, after which the children and young folks end their evening parties by untrimming the tree of their entertainer amidst peals of laughter, songs, and shouts.

    Yule-Tide in Many Lands Mary Poague Pringle 1894

  • Many of the features of former times are no longer in vogue, but the Twelfth-Night supper still continues in favor, when songs, toasts, and a general good time finishes the holiday season.

    Yule-Tide in Many Lands Mary Poague Pringle 1894

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