| Anna Maria Hall - 1847 - 862 pàgines
...Christmas, which he thought she would understand and like. The following were some of the lines:— " Heap on more wood ! the wind is chill, But, let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. And well our Christian sires of old Xiov'd when the year its... | |
| 1847 - 436 pàgines
...true, Grace, nothing but a pair of spectacles — Christmas-box for old Mre. Martin, and that ù all." HEAP on more wood ; the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will We'll keep our Christmas merry still. And well our Christian sires of old Loved, when the year its... | |
| 1847 - 446 pàgines
...Christmas, which he thought she would understand and like. The following were some of the lines : — " Heap on more wood ! the wind is chill, But let it whistle aa it will, We'll keep our Christinas merry still. And well our Christian sires of old Lov'd when tlie... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 772 pàgines
...should array For march against the dawning day. TO i RICHARD HEBER, Esq. Mtrtoun-House1 Christmat r HEAP on more wood! — the wind is chill; But let...We '11 keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem'd the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer : Even, heathen yet, the savage Dane . •... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 306 pàgines
...— strike the proudest tone Of thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own ! CHRISTMAS. Heap on more wood ! — the wind is chill ; But let...We '11 keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem'd the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer : Even, heathen yet, the savage Dane At... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pàgines
...— strike the proudest tone Of thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own ! CHRISTMAS. Heap on more wood ! — the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, AVe '11 keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deem'd the new-bom year The fittest time for festal... | |
| Frederick Edwyn Forbes - 1848 - 438 pàgines
...of Chinese Ladies. — Other curious Fancies. — Marriage and its Ceremonies. — Funeral Rites. " Each age has deemed the new-born year, The fittest time for festal cheer — In China, as well as elsewhere." ON the 26th of February, 1845, while walking through the streets... | |
| 1847 - 508 pàgines
...the previous speaker. The following is a sample, in which eight persons join : A. Heap on more coals, the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We 'II keep our merry Christmas still. B. Still linger in our northern clime Some remnants of the good... | |
| 1850 - 484 pàgines
...the previous speaker. The following is a sample, in which eight persons join : A. Heap on more coals, the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will. We Ml keep our merry Christmas still. B. Still linger in our northern clime Some remnants of the good... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pàgines
...characteristic of Poetry. Heap on' more wood' ! the wind' is chill' ; But lef it whis'tle as' it will', We'll keep' our Christ'mas mer'ry still' : Each age' has...new'-born year' The fit'test time' for fes'tal cheer' !— SCOTT. Here every other syllable is accented, and every other syllable unaccented. When we understand... | |
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