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" As we were returning to our Inn, we happened to meet some country People celebrating their Harvest-Home; their last load of Corn they Crown with Flowers, having besides an Image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres, this they keep... "
An excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the summer of 1803 - Page 300
by Edmund Butcher - 1805 - 462 pages
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Windsor Castle, and Its Environs

Leitch Ritchie - Berkshire (England) - 1840 - 356 pages
...Cambridge. As we returned to our inn, we happened to meet some country people celebrating harvest home: their last load of corn they crown with flowers, having...besides an image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres, this they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid servants, riding...
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and ...

Joseph Strutt - England - 1841 - 504 pages
...what he saw here, savs, " as we were returning to our inn, (in or near Windsor) we happened to meet some country people celebrating their harvesthome...by which perhaps they signify Ceres; this they keep movmg about, while the men and women, and men and maid-servants, riding through the streets in the...
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...Hentzner saw at Windsor in 1598: "As we were returning to our inn wi; happened to meet some country-people celebrating their Harvest-home. Their last load of...besides an image richly dressed, by which perhaps they would signify Ceres. This they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants, riding...
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Shakspeare and his times

Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
..." As we were returning to our inn (from Windsor), we happened to meet some country people "Hriijng their harvest-home ; their last load of corn they...besides an image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres; this Ihcy keep moving »b"ut, «bile men and women, men and maid servants, riding...
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Notice of Windsor in Olden Times

John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...college. As we returned to our inn, we happened to meet some country people, celebrating-harvest home : their last load of corn they crown with flowers, having...besides an image richly dressed, by which perhaps they would signify Ceres : this they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants, riding...
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The Patrician, Volume 5

John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...returned to our inn, we happened to meet some country people, celebrating-harvest home : their hist load of corn they crown with flowers, having besides an image richly dressed, by which perhaps they would signify Ceres : this they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants, riding...
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The Odd Fellows' Quarterly Magazine, Volume 9

Fraternal organizations - 1847 - 480 pages
...Elizabeth's time : — " As we were returning to our inn, we happened to meet some country people celebrating harvest-home : their last load of corn they crown...besides an image richly dressed, by which, perhaps, they would signify Ceres; this they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants, riding...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 2

Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...were returning to our inn, we happened to meet some country people celebrating their Harvest Home; their last load of corn they crown with flowers, having...besides an image richly dressed, by which perhaps they would signify Ceres : this they would keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants,...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...saw at Windsor in 1598 : " As we were returning to our inn we happened to meet some country-people celebrating their Harvest-home. Their last load of...flowers, having besides an image richly dressed, by which perhapst hey would signify Ceres. This they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid-servants,...
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Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ...

George Daniel - London (England) - 1852 - 328 pages
...were returning to our inn, we happened to meet some country people celebrating their Harvest Home ; their last load of corn they crown with flowers, having...besides an image richly dressed, by which, perhaps they would signify Ceres, this they keep moving about, while men and women, man and maid servants, riding...
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