The Corner cupboard, by the ed. of 'Enquire within upon everything'.1858 |
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... hand ; gather the mistletoe ! " 8. THE MISTLETOE AS A KISSING BUSH . - That oracle of all out - of - the - way information , Notes and Queries , has searched in vain for a satisfactory account of Why the mistletoe came to be adopted as ...
... hand ; gather the mistletoe ! " 8. THE MISTLETOE AS A KISSING BUSH . - That oracle of all out - of - the - way information , Notes and Queries , has searched in vain for a satisfactory account of Why the mistletoe came to be adopted as ...
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... hand to hand . This game cannot be played more than once of an evening , unless a visitor Ladies , as well as gentlemen , may be made may happen to enter , who has not seen it . knights . ] to 17. CATCH THE RING . - A good game follow ...
... hand to hand . This game cannot be played more than once of an evening , unless a visitor Ladies , as well as gentlemen , may be made may happen to enter , who has not seen it . knights . ] to 17. CATCH THE RING . - A good game follow ...
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... hand a cup with soap suds , and a tobacco pipe , or a large quill . He then calls one of the company , and tells him to go and pull somebody's nose - of course he does so making as much fun as possible the while . The person whose nose ...
... hand a cup with soap suds , and a tobacco pipe , or a large quill . He then calls one of the company , and tells him to go and pull somebody's nose - of course he does so making as much fun as possible the while . The person whose nose ...
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... hand , and at the bidding of the forfeit - holder , make your face express , in the following order - smiles , tears , laugh- ter , hatred , love , terror . IV . Goody Two - shoes . - You are requested to take two chairs , and then ...
... hand , and at the bidding of the forfeit - holder , make your face express , in the following order - smiles , tears , laugh- ter , hatred , love , terror . IV . Goody Two - shoes . - You are requested to take two chairs , and then ...
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... hand , and walk round the room . [ This is suited only to gentlemen . ] Then , in come acquainted with them . allotting the forfeits , when they are called thus : " HERE'S A PRETTY THING , AND A VERY PRETTY THING , AND WHAT SHALL THE ...
... hand , and walk round the room . [ This is suited only to gentlemen . ] Then , in come acquainted with them . allotting the forfeits , when they are called thus : " HERE'S A PRETTY THING , AND A VERY PRETTY THING , AND WHAT SHALL THE ...
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Seite 121 - March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
Seite 237 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Seite 311 - In what brown hamlet dost thou joy To tell thy tender tale ; The lowliest children of the ground, Moss.rose and violet blossom round, And lily of the vale.
Seite 175 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Seite 124 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Seite 94 - who was dead, and is alive again ; — who was lost,
Seite 3 - Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky, O love of God, how rich and pure!
Seite 293 - Till vernal suns and vernal gales Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast. Yes, hide beneath the mouldering heap The undelighting slighted thing ; There in the cold earth buried deep In silence let it wait the Spring. Oh ! many a stormy night shall close In gloom upon the barren earth, While still, in...
Seite 213 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him on the other side, I began to cross the pond with, my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable. I was only obliged occasionally to halt a little in my course, and resist its progress, when it appeared that, by following too quick, I lowered the kite too much ; by...
Seite 338 - ... you will never be forgotten. No ; your name, your deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind, as the stars on the brow of the evening. Good deeds will shine as brightly on the earth as the stars of heaven.