 Birthday. Going through the woods, the softness of my tread upon the mossy ground and among the brown leaves enhanced the Christmas sacredness by which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never...  HOUSEHOLD WORDS CHRISTMAS STORIES - Page 22by CHARLES DICKENS - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 804 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...case of one unconscious tree. By Cobham Hall, I came \o V\is vCV\a.%i4 «x&. ^aa ^NatV^xd where the dead had been qxueVYj \tftt\e&, " Va. •Caa ««% «s&... | |
 | American essays - 1871 - 776 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...heal, except in the case of one unconscious tree." Now we found ourselves on the same ground, surrounded by the full beauty of the summer-time. The hand... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - Literary Criticism - 1872 - 370 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...heal, except in the case of one unconscious tree." Now we found ourselves on the same ground, surrounded by the full beauty of the summer-time. The hand... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1874 - 766 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...quietly buried, " in the sure and certain hope" which Christmas-time inspired. What children could I see at play, and not be loving of, recalling who had... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 628 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...and not be loving of, recalling who had loved them I No garden that I passed wa8 out of unison with the day, for I remembered that the tomb was in a garden,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Christmas stories - 1883 - 866 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the whitened stems environed me, I thought how the Founder of the time had never raised his benignant hand, save to bless...and not be loving of, recalling who had loved them I No garden that I passed was out of unison with the day, for I remembered that the tomb was in a garden,... | |
 | Robert Langton - Authors, English - 1883 - 294 pages
...the churchyard ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL AND CASTLE. MINOR CANON Row, ROCHESTER. (See also Edwin Droo1I.) where the dead had been quietly buried, ' in the sure...and certain hope ' which Christmas time inspired. Thus Christmas begirt me, far and near, until I came to Blackheath, and had walked down the long vista... | |
 | George Edward Jeans - Sermons, English - 1886 - 146 pages
...which I felt surrounded. As the " whitened stems environed me I thought " how the Founder of the time had never " raised his benignant hand save to bless " and heal, except in the case of one un" conscious tree. I came to the village, " and the churchyard where the dead had " been quietly buried... | |
 | Robert Langton - Novelists, English - 1891 - 298 pages
...the hoar-frost sparkle everywhere, I felt as if all nature shared in the joy of the great birthday. By Cobham Hall, I came to the village, and the churchyard...and certain hope ' which Christmas time inspired. — Thus Christmas begirt me, far and near, until I came to Blackheath, and had walked down the long... | |
 | Robert Langton - Authors, English - 1891 - 304 pages
...the hoar-frost sparkle everywhere, I felt as if all nature shared in the joy of the great birthday. By Cobham Hall, I came to the village, and the churchyard...and certain hope ' which Christmas time inspired. — -Thus Christmas begirt me, far and near, until I came to Blackheath, and had walked down the long... | |
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