 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 pages
...dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when so Old Christmas bronght his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale ; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest talc ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart throngh half the year. Still linger,... | |
 | Harriet Burn McKeever - 1871 - 348 pages
...lines may well apply to the island kingdom in the olden times. "England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year." CHAPTER VI. THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD. a time of unrestrained revelry, when all the -•- inhabitants of... | |
 | Acrostics - 1871 - 312 pages
...his four fountains on the Apennine." 7 " Down — down — a measureless depth ! down — down." 8. " 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale ; 'Twas...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year." EH 276. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EOTAL ACADEMY, 1869. I, 1. " AVhose name, among the greatest now, Had... | |
 | Harriet Burn McKeever - 1871 - 346 pages
...denials came, they were received as renewed declarations of enmity. '-England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas...tale: A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor ma»'« heir' through half the ye»r " VI. THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD. rTlHOUGH a time of unrestrained revelry,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 200 pages
...England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'T was Christmas broached the mightiest ale ; 'T was Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. " ," Refer to Biographical Dictionary, and enter In note-book an abstract of the life of Sir Walter... | |
 | 1901 - 458 pages
...nnmclodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong. England was merry England when Old Christinas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. [In the following selection the numbered stanzas can be given in concert with a muoiciil accompaniment.]... | |
 | George Briggs Aiton - 1901 - 236 pages
...did merry-men go, To gather in the mistletoe. 'T was Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale ; 'T was Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. EXERCISE 322 Words from Scott's Marmion — Introduction mis tle toe rose mar y cer e mo ny so bri... | |
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - 1905 - 364 pages
...light ! England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale ; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale. A Christmas gambol, oft would cheer A poor man's heart through half the year." Such was the manner of keeping Christmas in... | |
 | William Francis Dawson - 1902 - 402 pages
...what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light '. England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas...cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1808. Lyson's " Magna Britannia " (1813) states the following as an OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM.... | |
 | William Francis Dawson - 1902 - 388 pages
...what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England when Old Christmas- brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas...merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The pxir man's heart through half the year. SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1808. Lyson's " Magna Britannia " (1813)... | |
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Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. 
