The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas SeasonF. Warne & Company, 1888 - 356 páginas |
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... towns at the expense of the country , which has annihilated the yeomanry of England , and drawn the estated gentleman from the shelter of his ancestral oaks , to live upon their produce in the haunts of dissipation , has been , in ...
... towns at the expense of the country , which has annihilated the yeomanry of England , and drawn the estated gentleman from the shelter of his ancestral oaks , to live upon their produce in the haunts of dissipation , has been , in ...
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... town or country , unrestrained by the punctilios of eti- quette , who had the privilege of laughing just when it struck them to do so , without inquiring wherefore , or caring how loud . - Then , what a festival they created ! The land ...
... town or country , unrestrained by the punctilios of eti- quette , who had the privilege of laughing just when it struck them to do so , without inquiring wherefore , or caring how loud . - Then , what a festival they created ! The land ...
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... town , Who brings us good cheer , and good liquor so brown ; To pass the cold winter away with delight , We feast it all day , and we frolick all night . ” In Ellis's edition of Brand's " Popular Antiqui- ties " an old Christmas song is ...
... town , Who brings us good cheer , and good liquor so brown ; To pass the cold winter away with delight , We feast it all day , and we frolick all night . ” In Ellis's edition of Brand's " Popular Antiqui- ties " an old Christmas song is ...
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... Town , Paddington , and Knightsbridge ; Knight of the most Heroical Order of the Helmet , and Sovereign of the same " ! It is admitted that no man can be a great actor who has not the faculty of divesting himself of his personal ...
... Town , Paddington , and Knightsbridge ; Knight of the most Heroical Order of the Helmet , and Sovereign of the same " ! It is admitted that no man can be a great actor who has not the faculty of divesting himself of his personal ...
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... towns or left exclusively in the hands of corporate or public bodies . The quotation which we have already made from Stubs's " Anatomie of Abuses , " refers to a rustic Lord of Misrule ; and while the antics which took place under his ...
... towns or left exclusively in the hands of corporate or public bodies . The quotation which we have already made from Stubs's " Anatomie of Abuses , " refers to a rustic Lord of Misrule ; and while the antics which took place under his ...
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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