The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas SeasonGeorge P. Putnam, 1852 - 220 psl. |
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... less vague , abstract , and unimaginable - than that eternity of which it is a part . He who can conceive of the one , must be able to embrace the awful image of the other . We think of time as of a section of eternity , 2 INTRODUCTORY ...
... less vague , abstract , and unimaginable - than that eternity of which it is a part . He who can conceive of the one , must be able to embrace the awful image of the other . We think of time as of a section of eternity , 2 INTRODUCTORY ...
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... less awe , before the solemn visions which his conjuration has awakened ! Oh ! the mysterious shapes which time takes , when it rises up into the mind , as an image , at those hours of lonely inquisition ! " And he said unto her , What ...
... less awe , before the solemn visions which his conjuration has awakened ! Oh ! the mysterious shapes which time takes , when it rises up into the mind , as an image , at those hours of lonely inquisition ! " And he said unto her , What ...
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... less philosophical , we love all old traditions and holiday customs . Like honest Sir Andrew Ague - cheek , we " delight in masques and revels , sometimes altogether . " Many a happy chance has conducted us , unpremeditatedly , into ...
... less philosophical , we love all old traditions and holiday customs . Like honest Sir Andrew Ague - cheek , we " delight in masques and revels , sometimes altogether . " Many a happy chance has conducted us , unpremeditatedly , into ...
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... less wanderer , and feed the starving child , and clothe the naked mother , and spread a festival for all . Those seasons which , in their observance by our ancestors , kept alive , by periodical re- awakenings , the flame of charity ...
... less wanderer , and feed the starving child , and clothe the naked mother , and spread a festival for all . Those seasons which , in their observance by our ancestors , kept alive , by periodical re- awakenings , the flame of charity ...
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... less re - established - at a less generous rate ; and though we will , for our parts , do what lies in our power , yet it is not within the reach of any private gentleman's exertions or finances , to set them on their legs again . It ...
... less re - established - at a less generous rate ; and though we will , for our parts , do what lies in our power , yet it is not within the reach of any private gentleman's exertions or finances , to set them on their legs again . It ...
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The Book of Christmas Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions ... Thomas Kibble Hervey Visos knygos peržiūra - 1837 |
The Book of Christmas Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions ... Thomas Kibble Hervey Visos knygos peržiūra - 1888 |
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amid amongst amusements ancestors ancient appears ballads beautiful birds Brand called carols celebration ceremonies character cheer Christ Christian Christmas-day Christmas-eve church court curious customs dance districts of England domum door England exhibited Father Christmas feast feelings festival forms furnish gentleman George George Ferrers give grave Gray's Inn hall hath head heart honor Inns of Court joyous king lady land laugh Leigh Hunt light London look Lord of Misrule masque Master memory mentioned merry mingled mirth misletoe night observances occasion old Christmas pantomime performed period play pleasant plum-pudding practice present Prince queen quoted readers reign revels rich rosemary round Sandys Saturnalia says season sing Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek solemn song speak spirit Stephen's day superstitions sweet thee things Thomas Cawarden thou tion Twelfth-night verses voices Washington Irving wassail wassail-bowl winter young courtier
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84 psl. - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope " springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
106 psl. - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest...
161 psl. - 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.
105 psl. - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
198 psl. - Thou wilt not wake, Till I thy fate shall overtake; Till age, or grief, or sickness, must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves; and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb.
105 psl. - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
77 psl. - Collection, compared with another printed among some miscellaneous "poems and songs" in a book intitled, " Le Prince d'Amour," 1660, Svo. AN old song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman, who had a greate estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And the queen's old courtier.
201 psl. - FULL knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing : Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying.
199 psl. - To-night I saw the sun set: he set and left behind The good old year, the dear old time, and all my peace of mind ; And the New-year's coming up, mother, but I shall never see The blossom on the blackthorn, the leaf upon the tree.
189 psl. - The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family's great, I pray you, good landlady, give us a treat.