| 1868
...presently heard the front door, and 318 then the parlour door open, and close again : and after that, " All through the house not a creature was stirring — not even a mouse," till Christmas morning dawned, clear and beautiful. At seven o'clock, as agreed, the parlour was invaded... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...machinery, And very handsome supernatural scenery. 3. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...machinery, And very handsome supernatural scenery. 3. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...of England and other European countries. CHRISTMAS TIMES. /x 'T WAS the night before Christmas, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions... | |
| Howard Paul - American wit and humor - 1852 - 286 pages
...people of America, are fondly reproduced from year to year : — " 'Twas the night before Chribtmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring,...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that ST. NICHOLAS soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| Howard Paul - American wit and humor - 1853 - 336 pages
...being in great vogue with the young people of America, are fondly reproduced from year to year : — " 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that ST. NICHOLAS would soou be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...I have composed them all as carefully and correctly as I could." A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. "Г WAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While... | |
| John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1855 - 686 pages
...the mysterious visiter! The follow ing fine poetry upon the subject must gratify the reader : It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; When what in the air to my eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer; With... | |
| United States - 1856 - 642 pages
...you. In connection with which subject, a striking little episode came off, "off " the Battery, " on the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." At that quiet time about three hundred gallant souls, who had heard the alarm of Nicaraguan war, and... | |
| Women's periodicals - 1856 - 588 pages
...THE NIGHT ILLUSTRATED Л..аШ чWAS the night before Christmas, when, all throngh the houee, Not и creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were neиh-d all snug in their beds, While... | |
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