The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent: No. I[-VII].C.S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich Street, 1820 |
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الصفحة 24
... briskly about , putting their dwellings in order , and the glossy branches of holly , with their bright red berries , began to appear at the windows . The scene brought to mind an old writer's account of Christmas preparations 24.
... briskly about , putting their dwellings in order , and the glossy branches of holly , with their bright red berries , began to appear at the windows . The scene brought to mind an old writer's account of Christmas preparations 24.
الصفحة 25
... companions . They had been looking out of the coach windows for the last few miles , recognising every tree and cottage as they ap- proached home , and now there was a general NO . V. 4 burst of joy . " There's John ! and there's 25.
... companions . They had been looking out of the coach windows for the last few miles , recognising every tree and cottage as they ap- proached home , and now there was a general NO . V. 4 burst of joy . " There's John ! and there's 25.
الصفحة 27
... window , in hopes of witnessing the happy meeting , but a grove of trees shut it from my sight . In the evening we stopped at a village where I had determined to pass the night . As we drove into the great gateway of the inn , I saw ...
... window , in hopes of witnessing the happy meeting , but a grove of trees shut it from my sight . In the evening we stopped at a village where I had determined to pass the night . As we drove into the great gateway of the inn , I saw ...
الصفحة 37
... windows jutting out and over - run with ivy , from among the fo- liage of which the small diamond shaped panes of glass glittered with the moonbeams . The rest of the house was in the French taste of Charles the Second's time , having ...
... windows jutting out and over - run with ivy , from among the fo- liage of which the small diamond shaped panes of glass glittered with the moonbeams . The rest of the house was in the French taste of Charles the Second's time , having ...
الصفحة 53
... window . I had scarce- ly got into bed when a strain of music seemed to break forth in the air just below the window . I listened , and found it proceeded from a band , which I concluded to be the waits from some neighbouring village ...
... window . I had scarce- ly got into bed when a strain of music seemed to break forth in the air just below the window . I listened , and found it proceeded from a band , which I concluded to be the waits from some neighbouring village ...
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ancient antique Bantam beautiful beef bosom bustle carol chaise cheer choir Christ Christmas carol Christmas eve church yard coach countenance dame dance decorated delight dinner dish door enjoyment face fairy Falstaff fat-headed old feelings fellow festival fire place fond Frank Bracebridge frosty gate girl glittered glow gravity greens hall hands happy head heard heart holyday customs honest hostler humour hung jokes joviality kind kitchen laughing laughter light look Lord of Misrule manor houses mansion masque Master Simon ment merriment merry mince pie minstrelsy minuet mirth morning neighbouring night oaken observed old bachelors old Christmas old English old English games old family old gentleman Oxonian parson passed peacock peasantry pheasant poor present quaint romp round scene season seemed servants smiling sound sound of music spirit squire's tail talk thee tion trees village Wassail whimsical window worthy old young Yule clog