Christmas in the Olden Time, Or, The Wassail BowlH. Hurst, 1846 - 141 páginas |
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... past no sigh . For the other , should the recollection of days gone by be mingled with sorrow and regret , still they will think of careless child- hood , when the dear old home was the first and priceless thought , and its fireside the ...
... past no sigh . For the other , should the recollection of days gone by be mingled with sorrow and regret , still they will think of careless child- hood , when the dear old home was the first and priceless thought , and its fireside the ...
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... past be chequered teach us to avoid that rock - ribbed shore , where so many human hopes and joys are wrecked and shattered , of what avail are they ? Trials and heart - aches are not ordained for the mere purposes of temporary anguish ...
... past be chequered teach us to avoid that rock - ribbed shore , where so many human hopes and joys are wrecked and shattered , of what avail are they ? Trials and heart - aches are not ordained for the mere purposes of temporary anguish ...
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... past . Not far from its spreading branches , Tom , my good old mother sleeps the long , long sleep of death ; and the greensward , covering her narrow grave , always , to me , looks more speckled than the rest with daisies , violets ...
... past . Not far from its spreading branches , Tom , my good old mother sleeps the long , long sleep of death ; and the greensward , covering her narrow grave , always , to me , looks more speckled than the rest with daisies , violets ...
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... past still beset- ting me , and the utter hopelessness of the future , all tended to render me hardened and desperate . To drown every thought and feeling of remorse , I sought the coward's remedy in drink , and as soon as its effects ...
... past still beset- ting me , and the utter hopelessness of the future , all tended to render me hardened and desperate . To drown every thought and feeling of remorse , I sought the coward's remedy in drink , and as soon as its effects ...
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... past . " " Still , sir , " replied one of my companions , trembling to find by whom he was con- fronted , " you'll deal mercifully with us ? " " Justice should be always tempered with mercy , " rejoined the Squire ; " but there OR , THE ...
... past . " " Still , sir , " replied one of my companions , trembling to find by whom he was con- fronted , " you'll deal mercifully with us ? " " Justice should be always tempered with mercy , " rejoined the Squire ; " but there OR , THE ...
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added asked the Squire bad company blood brambles breath cause cheek cheer Chequers Christmas revel close cold continued crack cried dark deep don your kirtles drink drop echo ejaculated endeavoured exclaimed exer eyes faggot fear felt finger fire flames gibbet give ground hallooed hand Harry Bluff head hear heard heart hoar frost hope hundred quarters kirtles sheen knife laugh laughter length light limbs lips listen looked loud maidens don merry mingled mirth miseltoe Mistress Bright Ned Terrywig never night numbers OLD ENGLISH old hall Peter Crummy quired rejoined the Squire repeated replied Harry replied the Squire returned Harry returned Mary scarcely shadow Shep shout snapping sound speak special constable stood strange Stranger tell Terrywig there's thick thought tick-tack tinued Tis Christmas Tis Christmas-eve to-night told ye tone tongue turned voice wassail bowl ween whistle wood words yule log
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Página 112 - Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves.
Página 61 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven : the fated sky Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Página 124 - And drink to your hearts desiring. With the last yeeres brand Light the new block, and For good successe in his spending, On your psaltries play, That sweet luck may Come while the log is a teending.
Página 35 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist...
Página 124 - Come, bring with a noise, My merrie, merrie boys, The Christmas log to the firing; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your heart's desiring.
Página 1 - Oh, hear that pattering shower! Haste, boy ! — this gloomy hour Demands relief; the cheerful tapers light. Though now my home around Still roars the wintry sound, Methinks 'tis Summer by this festive blaze ! My books, companions dear, In seemly ranks appear, And glisten to my fire's far-flashing...
Página 108 - Luke, it is put forth to show that "joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety-and-nine just persons who need no repentance.