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....................................................................... 65 AT CHRISTMAS TIME ............................................................... ... now, aha!” “Y ou didn’ t see anything.” “Didn’t I! And this winter before Christmas on the Day of the T en Martyrs of Crete, when the storm lasted fo... ...ed up her courage and made up her mind. 75 The Witch and other stories AT CHRISTMAS TIME I “WHAT SHALL I WRITE?” said Yegor, and he dipped his pen in... ...but the old father could not write, and there was no one to write. But now Christmas had come, and V asilisa could not bear it any longer, and went to... ...g abiding for ever.’ “ “W ritten; fire away .” “‘ And we wish them a happy Christmas; we are alive and well, and I wish you the same, please the Lord ... ...d been their want the year before, how their corn had not lasted even till Christmas, how they had to sell their cow. She ought to ask for money , oug... ...X OH, WHAT A GRIM, what a long winter! Their own grain did not last beyond Christmas, and they had to buy flour. Kiryak, who lived at home now, was no...

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...int of having it on the 11th. The Fussells would have pre- ferred it after Christmas, but they were very nice about it. There is Dolly’s photograph—in... ...eady. The crisis opened with a message: Would Miss Schlegel come shopping? Christmas was nearing, and Mrs. Wilcox felt behindhand with the presents. S... ...ft, though. In fact, I’d rather not.” “Why?” “Because I’ve odd ideas about Christmas. Because I have all that money can buy. I want more people, but n... ...heir usual exhortation against temperance reform, invited men to “Join our Christmas goose club”—one bottle of gin, etc., or two, according to subscri... ...two, according to subscription. A poster of a woman in tights heralded the Christmas pantomime, and little red devils, who had come in again that year... ...ittle red devils, who had come in again that year, were prevalent upon the Christmas-cards. Margaret was no morbid ideal- ist. She did not wish this s... ...that ever hints at a personal- ity beyond our daily vision. “No, I do like Christmas on the whole,” she an- nounced. “In its clumsy way, it does appro... ...ill. But oh, it is clumsier every year.” “Is it? I am only used to country Christmases.” “We are usually in London, and play the game with vigour—caro... ...at the Abbey, clumsy midday meal, clumsy dinner for the maids, followed by Christmas- tree and dancing of poor children, with songs from Helen. The dr...

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...ter door open after her, and through it is seen a PORTER who is carrying a Christmas Tree and a basket, which he gives to the MAID who has opened the ... ...ves to the MAID who has opened the door.) 4 A Doll’s House Nora. Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until t... ...ld, this year we really can let our- selves go a little. This is the first Christmas that we have not needed to economise. Helmer. Still, you know, we... ...pose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year’s Eve a slate fell on my head and kill... ...money.) Do you think I don’t know what a lot is wanted for housekeeping at Christmas-time? Nora (counting). Ten shillings—a pound—two pounds! Thank yo... ...ease do! Then I will wrap it up in beautiful gilt paper and hang it on the Christmas Tree. Wouldn’t that be fun? Helmer. What are little people called... ...f that; besides, you gave me your word—(Going up to her.) Keep your little Christmas se- crets to yourself, my darling. They will all be revealed toni... ... crets to yourself, my darling. They will all be revealed tonight when the Christmas Tree is lit, no doubt. Nora. Did you remember to invite Doctor Ra... ... to think of, isn’t it? Nora. It’s wonderful! Helmer. Do you remember last Christmas? For a full three weeks beforehand you shut yourself up every eve...

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...t cheerful in the Rostovs’ home. 40 War and Peace – Book Seven CHAPTER IX CHRISTMAS CAME and except for the ceremonial Mass, the sol- emn and weariso... ...ISTMAS CAME and except for the ceremonial Mass, the sol- emn and wearisome Christmas congratulations from neighbors and servants, and the new dresses ... ...ed to call for some special celebration of the season. On the third day of Christmas week, after the midday din- ner, all the inmates of the house dis... ...hey started sing- 48 War and Peace – Book Seven ing, dancing, and playing Christmas games. The countess, when she had identified them and laughed at ... ...ht through the frosty windowpanes. 59 Tolstoy CHAPTER XIII SOON AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Nicholas told his mother of his love for Sonya and of hi...

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...ntation. I remember seeing his there perhaps once a year, that being about Christmas time. In some way, dur- ing the war, by running away and followin... ... as this one. Chapter IX. Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights T he coming of Christmas, that first year of our resi dence in Alabama, gave us an opportu... ...ht into the real life of the people. The first thing that reminded us that Christmas had arrived was the “foreday” visits of scores of children rappin... ...t all the Southern states to give the coloured people a week of holiday at Christmas, or to allow the holiday to continue as long as the “yule log” la... ...eek the coloured people in and around Tuskegee dropped work the day before Christmas, and that 86 UP FROM SLAVERY it was difficult for any one to per... ...hought it quite the proper thing to indulge in it rather freely during the Christmas week. There was a widespread hilar- ity, and a free use of guns, ... ... season seemed to have been almost wholly lost sight of. During this first Christmas vacation I went some dis- tance from the town to visit the people... ...d work in the fields and were lounging about their homes. At night, during Christmas week, they usually had what they called a “frolic,” in some cabin... ...ere might be some shooting or cutting with razors. While I was making this Christmas visit I met an old coloured man who was one of the numerous local...

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...em described chiefly in Brand’s “Popular Antiquities.” It appears that “on Christmas eve the farmers and their men in Devonshire take a large bowl of ...

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... in Moscow, and only awaited the termi- nation of Denisov’s furlough after Christmas to return with him to their regiment. His approaching departure d... ...om home, at dinners, parties, and balls. CHAPTER XI ON THE THIRD DAY after Christmas Nicholas dined at home, a thing he had rarely done of late. It wa...

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...e to go unpunished. My term of actual service to Mr. Edward Covey ended on Christmas day, 1833. The days between Christmas and New Year’s day are allo... ...cted the favor of his master. It was deemed a disgrace not to get drunk at Christmas; and he was regarded as lazy indeed, who had not provided him- se... ...necessary means, during the year, to get whisky enough to last him through Christmas. From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon the slave,...

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...noise he made, but soon a new occupation diverted her mind; beginning from Christmas, she accompanied the little girl to her catechism lesson every da...

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...ashamed of is poverty. To ask them to fight for the difference between the Christmas num- ber of the Illustrated London News and the Kelmscott Chaucer...

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...k about that. Time flew when I least expected it to. Before I knew it, Christmas came and went. I remember coming back from a three or four-week v...

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...f them not being required to do the least service for several days, and at Christmas they have almost univer- sally an entire week to themselves, exce... ...n this point, between the writer and a slaveholding friend in Kentucky, on Christmas morning, 1846. We had asserted, that until mankind were far in ad...

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...would drive a man of any intellectual rank mad. Consider, for example, the Christmas pantomimes. Imagine a judge of the High Court, or an archbishop, ... ... in the second act of Les Huguenots, to the ballets of water nymphs in our Christmas pantomimes and at our variety theatres, the sound hygienic propag...

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...tter stop till the end of the vac.” This he could not do. He was bound for Christmas to the Silts—”as a real guest,” Mrs. Silt had written, underlinin... ...her bad no busi- ness to be so warm in winter. “But it was fiendish before Christmas,” said Agnes. He frowned, and asked, “Do you know a man called Ge... ... 146 The Longest Journey another solution: Agnes must marry Rickie in the Christmas holidays, and they must come, both of them, to Sawston, she as ho... ...ss. Hitherto Varden had lived with his mother; but she had left Sawston at Christmas, and now he would live with Mrs. Orr. “Mr. Jackson, sir, said it ... ...onsequence. At all events, the disastrous term con- cluded quietly. In the Christmas holidays the two masters made an abortive attempt to visit Italy,...

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...us and destructive thing, the harlequinade of a nineteenth century English Christmas pantomime! What was it after all but a stupid attempt to imitate ...

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...nd lengthens life. SLY: Marry, I will, let them play it. Is not a comonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling trick? Page: No, my good lord; it is mo...

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...erican 237 e e cummings trade-marks on them, because in a day or two it’s Christmas I suppose. Jesus it is cold. Dirty snow. Huddling people. La guer... ...vernement français. Pretty good. Les rues sont tristes. Perhaps there’s no Christmas, perhaps the French Government has forbidden Christmas. Clerk at ... ... dag’—short for dago of course. My spirits are constantly improving. Funny Christmas, second 238 The Enormous Room day out. Wonder if we’ll dock New ...

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... or Desolation Island, in the Southern Indian Ocean, and came to anchor in Christmas Harbour, having four fathoms of water. 107 V olume Three This is... ...ops are perpetually covered with snow. There are several harbors, of which Christmas Harbour is the most convenient. It is the first to be met with on... ... every well-regulated human intellect. On the morning after our arrival in Christmas Harbour the chief mate, Mr. Patterson, took the boats, and (altho... ...the schooner to take them off. CHAPTER 15 ON THE TWELFTH we made sail from Christmas Harbour re- tracing our way to the westward, and leaving Marion’s...

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...oked in the mirror for 32 War and Peace – Book Twelve you… at Otradnoe at Christmas? Do you remember what I saw?” “Y es, yes!” cried Natasha opening ...

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...is way through, it must needs appear to him a monstrous development of the Christmas pantomimes, spun out here and there into intolerable lengths of d... ... which, though none the worse for seeming, like The Rhine Gold, the merest Christmas tomfoolery to shallow specta- tors, is the product of a talent im...