...of Chinese Ladies. — Other curious Fancies. — Marriage and its Ceremonies. — Funeral Rites. " Each age has deemed the new-born year, The fittest time for festal cheer — In China, as well as elsewhere." ON the 26th of February, 1845, while walking through the streets...

...the previous speaker. The following is a sample, in which eight persons join : A. Heap on more coals, the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We 'II keep our merry Christmas still. B. Still linger in our northern clime Some remnants of the good...

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...the previous speaker. The following is a sample, in which eight persons join : A. Heap on more coals, the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will. We Ml keep our merry Christmas still. B. Still linger in our northern clime Some remnants of the good...

...characteristic of Poetry. Heap on' more wood' ! the wind' is chill' ; But lef it whis'tle as' it will', We'll keep' our Christ'mas mer'ry still' : Each age' has...new'-born year' The fit'test time' for fes'tal cheer' !— SCOTT. Here every other syllable is accented, and every other syllable unaccented. When we understand...

...the introduetion to the sixth canto of " Marmion." CHRISTMAS IN THE OLDEN TIME. (SIR WALTER SCOTT.) HEAP on more wood !— the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal...

...vengeance due; Empire is on us bestow'd, Shame and ruin wait for you. COWPER. ON CHRISTMAS. Heap on the wood ! the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We 'l1 keep our merry Christmas still. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course...

...INTRODUCTION TO CANTO SIXTH, HEAP on more wood — the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed...yet, the savage Dane At lol more deep the mead did dram ; High on the beach his galleys drew, And feasted all his pirate crew ; Then in his low and pine-...

...SIB WALTER SCOTT. HEAP on more wood ! — the wind is chill ; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed...the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer. And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had rolled, And brought blithe Christmas...

...*. . \ .* ^-vC-^' ' C '*.- - - \' "" "> '. •— . ' CHRISTMAS ES THE OLDEN TIME: SIR WALTER SCOTT. HEAP on more wood ! — the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas mem- still. Each age has deemed the ncw-born year The fittest time for festal...