Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... Elson Grammar School Readers - Page 88by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911Full view - About this book
| 1871 - 902 pages
...'Twas the night before Christmas, when »II through the house Not a creature was stirring, not eren a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with...care. In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds. While visions of sugar-plums danced in their hen... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...and leave good gifts behind. Little Bell, for thee ! " THOMAS WESTWOOD. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. age ; Thestockingswerc hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there :... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...and leave good gifts behind, Little Bell, for thee ! " THOMAS WESTWOOD. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. monse ; The stockings werehungbythe chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... | |
| Nathan Boughton Warren - 1872 - 310 pages
...Christmas-eve, inspired, doubtless, by the near approach of St. Nicholas, and the witching hour — When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse." He sang — or perhaps I dreamed that he sang ; for, as I said before, I was in a state between sleeping... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...oh ! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator 's surely enough! A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. [Thomas Moon. 'TwAs the night before Christmas, when all through...care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced through their... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...and I have composed them al as carefully and correctly as I could." A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. 'T WAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house...stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by thechimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all... | |
| Oliver Optic - 1868 - 868 pages
...(awl through the) (house), (knot) a crea (tea) (ewer) w (ass) tir (ring), (note) ven a (mouse) — 'Twas the night before Christmas, when, all through...house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. 943. I. Wrap. 2. Rotunda. 3. Imp. 4. Tame. 5. Enter — WRITE, PAPER. 944. Regal, lager, glare. 945.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...behind, Little Bell, for thee ! " A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. 'T WAS the night before Christmas, when «11 e, and be my love. CHRiSTOPHtE MARLOWE. THE NYMPH'S REPLY. IF that th stockingswere hung by thechimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there : The children... | |
| Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...them blunders, For I should be Inside-out ! — " Lilliput Levee." A. VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. 'T WAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house...care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads... | |
| 1875 - 212 pages
...MOORE. [To lie spolcenin a lively and forcible way."] 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring — not even...care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, "While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads... | |
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