"Built in the eclipse and rigged with curses dark."  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

The author reveals that his aim in the book is to kill a passing moment.  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, 1868.

The phrase "Cupid's mustache" delivers zero Google results.  The best we could find is a mustache taming wax called "Cupid's Blend," though "Cupid's mustache" is not explicitly mentioned.  From Welcome Guest, 1860.

Here's a banquet arrangement called "Third form of enchantment," including "candied matters" and the Platonic ideal of a sponge cake among other sweets, arranged around an ornamental centerpiece.  From Once a Week, 1860.

Here's a bogey from an 1865 issue of Fun magazine.

Fortune tips the balance, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.

The appearance of six moons, two within the clock tower and the rest courtesy of double-vision, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.

Here's the mystery of the linking skeleton keys, from an 1863 issue of Fun magazine.

"A huntsman is enveloped by a sudden fall of snow from an overhanging tree branch, causing him to drop his rifle which discharges accidentally." Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner, ca. 1860.

"Unlocks a secret," from Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1869.

From A Bunch of Keys: Where They Were Found and What They Might Have Unlocked, 1865.

From Salmon-fishing in Canada by William Adamson, 1860.

For what this means, see (or course) our very own One-Letter Words: A Dictionary (and though the hardcover is out of print, the e-version remains "out there").  Our illustration is from The Galaxy magazine, 1866.

Here's how Father Time gets around, from Fun magazine, 1864.

From Fun magazine, 1864.  This should also be of interest: How to Be Your Own Cat.