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" 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 - Page 51
1822
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Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern: Including the Most Popular in the West ...

William Sandys - 1833 - 370 pages
...Rehearsal, what brave dayes he knew a great while agone, when his old cap was new," sings, A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Blackjacks to every man Were fill'd with wine and beer ; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear...
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Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern: Including the Most Popular in the West ...

William Sandys - 1833 - 368 pages
...agone, when his old cap was new," sings, A man might then behold, At Christmas, in each hall, Good Tires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small : The...gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new. Blackjacks to every man Were fill'd with wine and beer ; No pewter pot nor can In those days did appear...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...seeing I cannot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas* VOL. II. CHRISTMAS. 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. THERE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination, than...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...have ttiat, .'rin;; I cannot have more of him . • HUB ASD CRT ATTEK CHRISTMAS. • A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall Good fires to curb...had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chiddcu, When this old cap was new. OLD SONO. There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.], Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1836 - 274 pages
...that, seeing I cannot have more of him. HUE AND CRY AFTER CHRISTMAS. A2 CHRISTMAS. A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hall, Good fires to curb...for great and small. The neighbours were friendly hidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new....
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 5; Volume 11

1838 - 716 pages
...Rehearsal, what brave days he knew a great while agone, when his 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 : The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden,...
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The Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...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...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,...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq

Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...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...welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, \Vnen this old cap was new. Old Sony. THESE is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...Fond fangles then none knew ; Then modesty women adorn'd, When this old cap was new. Л man might then rves no less than stabbing ; Yet stab at thee who...NigMngok.'} As it fell upon a dny, In the merry month of M ; Thi> poor from the gate« were not chidden, When this old cap was new. lihick jack« to every man...
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The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions ...

Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
...to his song of the Guildhall Giants, viz., — " Dinnertime and mournful. — " " 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 had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden,...
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