 Druidism prevailed the houses were decked with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and •cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes.  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - Σελίδα 279των Simpkin Marshall & Co. - 1868Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1804 - 452 σελίδες
...with ever-greens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." ., T ••I. '. . CHRISTMAS BOX. We are told, in the Athenian Oracle, that the *Christmas-'Box-Money... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 σελίδες
...Eter-grccns in Decent* " ber, that the Sylvan Spirits might repair to them, and remain " unnipped with Frost and cold Winds, until a milder Season had " renewed the foliage of their darling Abodes." Travels in Greece. * This illustrates the Spectator's Observation, where he tells us, that our Forefather!... | |
 | Richard Chandler - 1817 - 736 σελίδες
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes. The gods of Greece, at least the inferior class, were conceived liable to like sufferings. They . were... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 σελίδες
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." In the ancient festivities of Christmas, while the cheer was of the most inviting nature to our hale... | |
 | William Jackson Hooker - 1821 - 624 σελίδες
..." houses were decked with them, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them and remain unniped by frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes," J4. POTAMOGETON. I* Upper leaves floating. 1. P, natans (broad-leaved Pond-weed), upper leaves floating... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1821 - 624 σελίδες
..." houses were decked with them, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them and remain unniped by frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." 14. POTAMOGETON. * Upper leaves floating. 1. P. nalans (Iroad-lcaved Pond-iveed}, upper leaves floating... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 σελίδες
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes. Stowe, in his Survey of London, says, that against the Feast of Christmas, every man's house, as also... | |
 | 1827 - 590 σελίδες
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes.' In Shakspeare's time, it was customary among the common people, as soon as the morning of the Nativity... | |
 | George Johnston - 1829 - 288 σελίδες
...CHANDLER, " bouses were decked with them, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them unnipped I iy frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." 53. POTAMOGETON. 1. P. natans, upper leaves oblong-ovate, stalked, floating, coriaceous; lower ones... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1830 - 510 σελίδες
..." houses were decked with them, that the sylvan spirits might repair thither and remain unnipped by frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." — Innumerable varieties of this plant are reared by gardeners, mainly depending upon the variegation... | |
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