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... wood ; The wild wind hums his sullen song to - night : Haste , boy ! this gloomy hour Demands relief ; the cheerful tapers light . " " TIS Christmas ! the season of hope , of joy , and revelry ! see where he comes , hoary- locked and ...
... wood ; The wild wind hums his sullen song to - night : Haste , boy ! this gloomy hour Demands relief ; the cheerful tapers light . " " TIS Christmas ! the season of hope , of joy , and revelry ! see where he comes , hoary- locked and ...
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... wood fire , the Squire proceeded to exer- cise his right of selecting from the company one to comply with the ... woods let ' s go , Gathering in the miseltoe . Then maidens don your kirtles sheen , For happy all shall be , I ween ...
... wood fire , the Squire proceeded to exer- cise his right of selecting from the company one to comply with the ... woods let ' s go , Gathering in the miseltoe . Then maidens don your kirtles sheen , For happy all shall be , I ween ...
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... woods in the autumn - time , gather- ing woodnuts and mushrooms . It seems but yesterday , Mary , that you stood by the old well - that loitering - place for lad and lassie when I asked you to become my wife . All this seems but ...
... woods in the autumn - time , gather- ing woodnuts and mushrooms . It seems but yesterday , Mary , that you stood by the old well - that loitering - place for lad and lassie when I asked you to become my wife . All this seems but ...
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... wood until the scorching flames licked half way up the yawning chimney , and threw such a heat into the room , that it soon became like a suffocat- ing oven . Fast and furious the devilish scene pro- gressed . The Stranger placed a high ...
... wood until the scorching flames licked half way up the yawning chimney , and threw such a heat into the room , that it soon became like a suffocat- ing oven . Fast and furious the devilish scene pro- gressed . The Stranger placed a high ...
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... wood he hewed this , " said he , whirling and flourishing the tube of his pipe above his head , " declaring it to be a piece of the cross on which the Saviour of man- kind was crucified . The impious falsehood brought thousands of ...
... wood he hewed this , " said he , whirling and flourishing the tube of his pipe above his head , " declaring it to be a piece of the cross on which the Saviour of man- kind was crucified . The impious falsehood brought thousands of ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 35 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.