The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas SeasonF. Warne & Company, 1888 - 356 من الصفحات |
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... amusements for a nation of philosophers . Still these very absurdities furnish the strongest evidences of the right good - will with which men -ay , grave and learned men - surrendered them- selves to the merry spirit of the time , of ...
... amusements for a nation of philosophers . Still these very absurdities furnish the strongest evidences of the right good - will with which men -ay , grave and learned men - surrendered them- selves to the merry spirit of the time , of ...
الصفحة 65
... amusement were accordingly reproduced or rivalled by them at their princely mansions in the country . Corporate and ... amusements brought within the reach of the indigent and the remote . The peasant , and even the pauper , were made ...
... amusement were accordingly reproduced or rivalled by them at their princely mansions in the country . Corporate and ... amusements brought within the reach of the indigent and the remote . The peasant , and even the pauper , were made ...
الصفحة 84
... amusements of the people ; and from the treasures which that frugality created , his immediate succes- sors felt themselves at liberty to assume a greater show . In the subsequent reign , the yearly pay- ments to the Lord of Misrule had ...
... amusements of the people ; and from the treasures which that frugality created , his immediate succes- sors felt themselves at liberty to assume a greater show . In the subsequent reign , the yearly pay- ments to the Lord of Misrule had ...
الصفحة 106
... amusements themselves exhibit nearly as much wis- dom as those of the court ( with less of pretension ) , and we dare say created a great deal more fun at a far less cost . As to the Scottish practices , our readers will not fail to ...
... amusements themselves exhibit nearly as much wis- dom as those of the court ( with less of pretension ) , and we dare say created a great deal more fun at a far less cost . As to the Scottish practices , our readers will not fail to ...
الصفحة 119
... amusements which from long usage and established repetition had assumed anything like a form of ceremonial , and who is quite as angry with those who " goe some to the woodes and groves and some to the hilles and mountaines . . where ...
... amusements which from long usage and established repetition had assumed anything like a form of ceremonial , and who is quite as angry with those who " goe some to the woodes and groves and some to the hilles and mountaines . . where ...
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Abbot alluded amid amongst amusements ancient appears ballads beautiful Ben Jonson berries bird bough called carols ceremonies character cheer Christ Christmas day Christmas Prince Christmass Church court curious customs daie dancing domum dulce dulce domum England Father Christmas feast feelings festival forms furnish gentleman George Ferrers give Gray's Inn hall hath heart holly holy Inns of Court joyous king lady land laugh London look Lord of Misrule masque Master memory ment mention merry mingle mirth mistletoe monarch night observances occasion officer old Christmas ourselves pageantries period play Polydore Virgil practice present Puritans queen quotes readers reign religious revels rosemary round sacred Saint George Sandys Saturnalia says school-boy sing solemn song speak spirit superstitions sweet thee things Thomas Cawarden thou tion town turkeys Twelfth Night UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS verses voices wandering wassail wassail-bowl winter young courtier