Christmas in the Olden Time, Or, The Wassail BowlH. Hurst, 1846 - Всего страниц: 141 |
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... dropping his eyes gradually , until they fell upon the features of his wife , he brought the palms of his hands together with a slight crack , expressive of a resolved idea . After clearing his voice with sundry hems and hums , he ...
... dropping his eyes gradually , until they fell upon the features of his wife , he brought the palms of his hands together with a slight crack , expressive of a resolved idea . After clearing his voice with sundry hems and hums , he ...
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... dropped in plain and measured words . I recollect that this wonder - exciting faculty was particularly re- markable on an eventful Christmas Eve , on which my story turns . We formed a wide ring about the hearth of the Chequers on the ...
... dropped in plain and measured words . I recollect that this wonder - exciting faculty was particularly re- markable on an eventful Christmas Eve , on which my story turns . We formed a wide ring about the hearth of the Chequers on the ...
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... drop , " said I to my- self . " Oh yes , you will , " replied the Stranger , mingling the flaming contents together , and peering at me from the corners of his eyes . " Oh yes , you will , " repeated he . " We shall all drink . " " A ...
... drop , " said I to my- self . " Oh yes , you will , " replied the Stranger , mingling the flaming contents together , and peering at me from the corners of his eyes . " Oh yes , you will , " repeated he . " We shall all drink . " " A ...
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... but for a little while , Tom , and you'll find a change , a great change . Now you pass long nights in riotous excess and drinking . The coarse oath drops familiarly from your lips , and seldom indeed OR , THE WASSAIL BOWL . 27.
... but for a little while , Tom , and you'll find a change , a great change . Now you pass long nights in riotous excess and drinking . The coarse oath drops familiarly from your lips , and seldom indeed OR , THE WASSAIL BOWL . 27.
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John Mills. oath drops familiarly from your lips , and seldom indeed does your shadow darken the threshold of the church - door . " 66 No , " rejoined I , " because , whenever I go , I am pointed at in the minister's re- marks ...
John Mills. oath drops familiarly from your lips , and seldom indeed does your shadow darken the threshold of the church - door . " 66 No , " rejoined I , " because , whenever I go , I am pointed at in the minister's re- marks ...
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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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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 35 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist...
Стр. 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.
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Стр. 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.