The Christmas Dinner: From "The Sketch Book"G. A. Nelson, 1923 - 29 sidor |
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The Christmas Dinner: From "The Sketch Book" Washington Irving Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1938 |
The Christmas Dinner: From the Sketch Book by Washington Irving Washington Irving Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1929 |
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affirmed Ancient Christmas antique armour authentical bachelors banquet black-letter blue-eyed boar's head Bracebridge brown bowle butler carol church churchyard companionship costume crusader custom Dame Mince Pie decorated deep canne delight dinner dish drawing-room effigy fairies fat-headed old gentleman figure finery fond frolic gambol gave girl gling goblin goodly gossip gravity hall happy hear heart holly honest host housekeeper humour jovial kind ladies laughter little eccentricities Lord of Misrule mask Master Simon ment merriment merry minuet mirth nose occasion old English old family portraits old song Oxonian pageant parson pause peacock physiognomies picture porter's wife pretty PRIVATELY PRINTED quaint quaintly rare reader Roast romp rosemary round rustic scene season seemed silver SKETCH BOOK sound of minstrelsy sport stories supernatural superstitions talk tion tomb trophy ture uproar vant versation verse wardrobe Wassail whim whole widow wine worthy squire wreathed young officer
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Sida 14 - ... not exactly do for a lady's ear ; and though I cannot positively affirm that there was much wit uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small, and the laughter abundant.
Sida 5 - Though prepared to witness many of these little eccentricities, from being apprised of the peculiar hobby of mine host; yet, I confess, the parade with which so odd a dish was introduced somewhat perplexed me, until I gathered from the conversation of the Squire and the parson...
Sida 13 - The dinner-time passed away in this flow of innocent hilarity, and, though the old hall may have resounded in its time with many a scene of broader rout and revel, yet I doubt whether it ever witnessed more honest and genuine enjoyment. How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making every thing in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!
Sida 11 - ... about the surface.* The old gentleman's whole countenance beamed with a serene look of indwelling delight, as he stirred this mighty bowl. Having raised it to his lips, with a hearty wish of a merry Christmas to all present, he sent it brimming round the board, for every one to follow his example, according to the primitive style; pronouncing it " the ancient fountain of good-feeling, where all hearts met together.
Sida 28 - If, however, I can by any lucky chance rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy heart of one moment of sorrow; if I can now and then penetrate through the gathering film of misanthropy, prompt a benevolent view of human nature, and make my reader more in good humour with his fellow beings and himself, surely, surely, I shall not then have written in vain.