 A man might then behold , At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new.  Blackwood's Magazine - Страница 511822Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Grant - 1870 - 460 страници
...days, when, as the old ballad says, — "A man might then hchold, At Christmas in each hall, Good fues to curb the cold, And meat for great and small ; The neighbours kindly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The poor from gates not chidden When this old cap was new."... | |
 | 1871 - 778 страници
...little book, whose only fault is that it is so small. WHB THE GREEN TABLE. CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all h.ld welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden.... | |
 | Christmas - 1872 - 234 страници
...adorned, When this old cap was new. The holly tree was polled At Christmas for each hall ; There was fire to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : The neighbours were fairly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The poor from the gates were not chidden When this old cap... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 194 страници
...ECHOING BACK THE JOVIALITY OF LONG-DEPARTED YEARS" RETROSPECT PAGE 153 154 157 159 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. OLD SONG. • HERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 страници
...fangles then none knew ; Then modesty women adorned, When this old cap was new. Л man might then behoM, ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition...counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, Black jacks to every man Were filled with wine and beer; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 216 страници
...JOVIALITY OF LONG-DEPARTED YEARS" . . . . . . . .157 RETROSPECT . . . . . . . -159 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb...great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden, A..J all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. OLD... | |
 | J C Hutchieson - 1878 - 634 страници
...Fond fangles then none knew, Then modesty women adorned, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : Then neighbours were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 страници
...1 will have that, seeing I canuot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas.1 A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to curb...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Old Song.1 THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 страници
...adorned, When this old cap was new. A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, Good flres to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : The...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Black jacks to every man Were filled with wine and beer No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear... | |
 | 1880 - 976 страници
...At Christmas in each hntl Good flrea to curh the cold, And meat for great and small ; The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true ; The...the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new.*1 It was a No Sinn's Land, a land of Cockaigne, during the rest of the year, but at Christmas... | |
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