Old ChristmasPutnam, 1916 - 115 Seiten |
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ancient antique Bantam beautiful bustle cere ceremonials of Christmas chaise cheer Christmas day CHRISTMAS DINNER Christmas eve church coachman commissions to execute cottage countenance customs dame decorated delight dish enjoyment face fairy Falstaff favourite feeling festival fire fireplace fond Frank Bracebridge frosty gate girl gossip knot huddled green hall hands happy heard heart holiday hospitality hostler humour hung jokes kind kitchen knot huddled round laughing laughter light look Lord of Misrule mansion Master Simon merriment merry Mince Pie minstrelsy minuet mirth mistletoe morning neighbours night oaken observed old English old family old gentleman Oxonian parson rebuking passed peacock peasantry poor porter's quaint RODE THROUGH CLOSED romping sagest knot scene season seemed servants sexton small voices chanted song sound sound of music spirit squire squire's STAGE COACH thee tion train came trooping villagers doffed walls Washington Irving Wassail window worthy old young Yule clog
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Seite 10 - gainst that season comes Wherein our saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Seite 99 - ... not exactly do for a lady's ear ; and though I cannot positively affirm that there was much wit uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small, and the laughter abundant.
Seite 87 - Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Their ovens they with bak't meats choke And all their spits are turning. Without the door let sorrow lie, And if. for cold, it hap to die, Wee'le bury 't in a Christmas pye, And evermore be merry. WITHERS
Seite 50 - Since ghost there's none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber: What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light Like tapers clear without number. Then Julia let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me; And when I shall meet Thy silv'ry feet My soul I'll pour into thee.
Seite 36 - Lear. The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet-heart, see, they bark at me.
Seite 61 - Which of thy kindness thou hast sent; And my content Makes those, and my beloved beet, To be more sweet. 'Tis thou that crown'st my glittering hearth With guiltless mirth; And giv'st me wassail bowls to drink, Spiced to the brink.
Seite 50 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. But on, on thy way, Not making a stay, Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Then let not the dark thee cumber; What though the moon does slumber, The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Seite 42 - Herrick mentions it in one of his songs : — Come, bring with a noise, My merrie, merrie boyes, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts desiring. The Yule clog is still burnt in many farmhouses and kitchens in England, particularly in the north, and there are several superstitions connected with it among the peasantry. If a squinting person come to the house while it is burning, or a person barefooted, it...
Seite 51 - Then let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber, The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number. " Then, Julia, let me woo thee, Thus, thus to come unto me, And when I shall meet Thy silvery feet, My soul I '11 pour into thee.
Seite 92 - Though prepared to witness many of these little eccentricities from being apprised of the peculiar hobby of mine host; yet, I confess, the parade with which so odd a dish was introduced somewhat perplexed me, until I gathered from the conversation of the squire and the...