 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 Edinburgh Magazine - Page 831822Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 422 pages
...beard left? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. HUE AND CRY AFTEK CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good...to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true; The poor from the gates were not chidden... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 404 pages
...left? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas. A in in might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good...to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had weleome true ; The poor from the gates were not chidden... | |
 | 1884 - 410 pages
...old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred yeare No malice then we knew, But all things plentie were. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to curbe the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbours were friendly bidden, And all had welcome... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 pages
...beard left ? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. HUE AND CRY AFTER CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat fur great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...left? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him." — HUE AND CRY AFTER CHRISTMAS. " A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall,...to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 280 pages
...of long-departed years" ... . 233 Retrospect . . . . . .236 A man might then behold At Christinas, in each hall Good fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pages
...scorned ; 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,...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 170 pages
...left ? Well, I will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. — Hue and Cry After Christmas, A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall,...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. — Old Song. THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 218 pages
...beard left ? Well, 1 will have that, seeing I cannot have more of him. ' HCB AND GEY AFTER CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good...to curb the cold, And meat for great and small. The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden... | |
 | William Francis Dawson - 1902 - 402 pages
...Rehearsal, what brave dayes he knew a great while agone, when his old cap was new," says : — " A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall,...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... | |
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