 Shakespeare ; an exhibition of fireworks ; and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were fired ; and bands of music paraded the streets. The concourse of persons of rank to assist in this poetical festival was so great, that...  Handbook for Visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon - Page 231860 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 846 pages
...Shnkspeare; an exhibition of fire-works ; and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were fired ; and bands of music paraded the...to procure beds in the town, and are said to have I--TM constrained tn sleep in their carriages. The weather was wet and unfavourable, but much good... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1814 - 872 pages
...works ; and a horse-race for et silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were filed ; and bauds of music paraded the streets. The concourse of persons...procure beds in the town, and are said to have been constrained to sleep in their carriages. The weather was •wet and unfavourable, but much good humour... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 842 pages
...and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were filed ; and Imnds of mnsic paraded the streets. The concourse of persons of rank...procure beds in the town, and are said to have been constrained to sleep in their carriages. The weather was wet and unfavourable, but much good humour... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 396 pages
...Shakspeare ; an exhibition of fire- works ; and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were fired ; and bands of music paraded the...procure beds in the town, and are said to have been constrained to sleep in their carriages. The weather was wet and unfavourable, but much good humour... | |
 | Stratford-upon-Avon guide - 1837 - 52 pages
...breakfast at the Town Hall; the perfonnance of the Oratorio of Judith, in the church of Stratford ja public ordinary was provided at the amphitheatre,...referred to Mr. Wheler's History of Stratford. The Shakspearean Club, consisting chiefly of the inhabitants of Stratford, have instituted an annual Festival... | |
 | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) - 1851 - 62 pages
...of a public breakfast at the Town Hall; the performance of the Oratorio of Judith, in the church of Stratford ; a public ordinary was provided at the...referred to Mr. Wheler's History of Stratford. THe Shakspearean Club, consisting chiefly of the inhabitants of Stratford, have instituted an annual Festival... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 740 pages
...Shakespeare ; an exhibition of fireworks ; and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town waa illuminated; cannon were fired; and bands of music paraded the...procure beds in the town, and are said to have been constrained to sleep in their carriages."* This festival has been since celebrated triennially ; and... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - Warwickshire (England) - 1914 - 474 pages
...Shakespeare ; an exhibition of fireworks ; and a horse-race for a silver cup. The town was illuminated ; cannon were fired ; and bands of music paraded the...procure beds in the town, and are said to have been constrained to sleep in their carriages. The weather was wet and unfavourable, but much good humour... | |
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