 ... laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying...  The Magazine of Poetry - Page 3801891Full view - About this book
 | John Fanning Watson - New York (N.Y.) - 1830 - 902 pages
...the stockings, then turned with a jerk ; And laying his finger aside of his nose ' And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...And away they all flew like the down of a thistle ; And I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...the stockings ; then turned with a jirk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night !" The verses of James Nack, the deaf and dumb poet, are by no means the least pleasing... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...stockings ; then turned reith a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, sp the chimney he rose.* He sprang to his sleigh, to...flew like the down of a thistle ; But I heard him erclaim, ere he drove out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night !" » There il... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 336 pages
...the stockings, then turned with a jerk ; And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; And I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night."... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 350 pages
...to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle ; And I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night" In my youthful days it was a great sport with the boys to sled down hills in the city,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...his stockings : then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, 29. THE cow AND THE ASS. — Anonymous. Hard by a green meadow a stream used to flow, So clear one... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American literature - 1837 - 278 pages
...the stockings ; then turned with a jirk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night !" ON SEEING A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY WHOSE HEALTH WAS IMPAIRED BT THE AGUE AND FEVFB. BY... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...the stockings ; then turned with a jirk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to...out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night !" The verses of James Nack, the deaf and dumb pocl, are by no means the least pleasing... | |
 | Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he goes. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,...out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night! " ' " I have seen a very pretty picture, drawn from these lines, which represents St. 'Eclaus... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...the stockings ; then turn'd with a jerk, And, laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to..." Happy Christmas to all. and to all a good-night !" Lucy HOOPER. THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS. Lines written after seeing among a collection of beautiful... | |
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