| James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...the parents, he gives them the intended presents, as if they came out of heaven from Jesus Christ. Or, if they should have been bad children, he gives...children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it. 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an well as his unsurpassed Table... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...the parents, he gives them the intended presents, as though they came out of heaven from the Lord. Or, if they should have been bad children, he gives...children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it. COLERIDGE.' III. 128. END OF THE PLAY. THE play is done—... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...the parents a rod, and in the name of his master recommends them to use it frequently. About ssven or eight years old, the children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it. COLERIDGE.' 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an well as his unsurpassed... | |
| William Howitt - 1888 - 412 pages
...from the parents, he gives them the intended present, as if they came out of heaven from Jesus Christ. Or if they should have been bad children, he gives...and it is curious how faithfully they keep it." The bough mentioned by Coleridge as yew, is by other writers said to be of birch. The Christ-child is said... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1895 - 514 pages
...rod, and, in the name of his Master Jesus, recommends them to use it frequently. About eight or nine years old, the children are let into the secret ; and it is curious, how faithfully they all keep it. There are a multitude of strange superstitions among the bauers ; — these still survive... | |
| William S. Walsh - 1909 - 258 pages
...heaven from Jesus Christ, or if they should have been bad children, he gives the parents a rod, and, in name of his Master, recommends them to use it frequently....secret, and it is curious how faithfully they keep it." CHAPTER X THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA Coleridge's letter, as we have seen, was written... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1911 - 334 pages
...the Parent, he gives them the intended Present, as if they came out of Heaven from Jesus Christ. — Or, if they should have been bad Children, he gives...secret, and it is curious how faithfully they keep it ! ' " Over the Brocken " must occupy a chapter of itself.] [' Letter XCVII repeats 83, XCVIII follows.]... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2001 - 552 pages
...from the parent, he gives them the intended present, as if they came out of heaven from Jesus Christ. Or, if they should have been bad children, he gives...children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it. CHRISTMAS OUT OF DOOES. The whole lake of Ratzeburg is one... | |
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