Christmas in the Olden Time, Or, The Wassail BowlH. Hurst, 1846 - 141 páginas |
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... watch- ing the wildness of look , gesture , and man- ner of the Stranger . after bottle of potent He gurgled bottle drinks into a huge bowl , and knocking the ashes from his pipe , stirred them up with it , and set them in a blaze with ...
... watch- ing the wildness of look , gesture , and man- ner of the Stranger . after bottle of potent He gurgled bottle drinks into a huge bowl , and knocking the ashes from his pipe , stirred them up with it , and set them in a blaze with ...
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... with discordant noises . Upon throwing open the window of my cottage , the nipping cold fanned my hot brow with grateful freshness , and with folded arms upon the sill , I remained watch- ing OR , THE WASSAIL BOWL . 35 CHAPTER IV. ...
... with discordant noises . Upon throwing open the window of my cottage , the nipping cold fanned my hot brow with grateful freshness , and with folded arms upon the sill , I remained watch- ing OR , THE WASSAIL BOWL . 35 CHAPTER IV. ...
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John Mills. folded arms upon the sill , I remained watch- ing the thin and fleecy clouds skimming before the gale , and listening to the faint sounds of mirth which occasionally broke from this very hall . For , I should tell ye , that ...
John Mills. folded arms upon the sill , I remained watch- ing the thin and fleecy clouds skimming before the gale , and listening to the faint sounds of mirth which occasionally broke from this very hall . For , I should tell ye , that ...
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... watch- dog and bleating of the folded flock . All else was silent . Whilst I stood , with the moon casting a long shade of my body from behind , I fan- cied , for a moment , that two shadows flitted on the ground . Turning sharply round ...
... watch- dog and bleating of the folded flock . All else was silent . Whilst I stood , with the moon casting a long shade of my body from behind , I fan- cied , for a moment , that two shadows flitted on the ground . Turning sharply round ...
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... which the host of the Chequers mainly profited by . From speculating on the ways and means enabling me to scatter the money freely , my companions set a watch upon my 72 CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME ; CHAPTER VII. ...
... which the host of the Chequers mainly profited by . From speculating on the ways and means enabling me to scatter the money freely , my companions set a watch upon my 72 CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME ; CHAPTER VII. ...
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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.