...shadow, and vanished away into darkness. Faces, clumsily carved in oak, on the back of his arm-chair Laughed in the flickering light, and the pewter plates...reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of song the old man sang, and carols of Christmas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

...shadow, and vanished away into darkness. Faces clumsily carved in oak, on the back of his arm-chair, Laughed in the flickering light, and the pewter plates...reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of son^ the old man sang, and carols of Christinas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

...clumsily carved in oak, on the hack of his arm-chair Laughed in the flickering light, and the pewtei plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of song the old man sang, and carols of Christmas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

...shadow, and vanished away into darkness. Faces, clumsily carved in oak, on the back of Ms armchair, Laughed in the flickering light ; and the pewter plates...reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of song the old man sang, and carols of Christmas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

...shadow, and vanished away into darkness. Faces clumsily carved in oak, on the back of his arm-chair, Laughed in the flickering light, and the pewter plates...reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of song the old man sang and carols of Christmas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

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...mode of treatment. He is quoting the description of the farmer's cozy kitchen." It ends thus : — And the pewter plates on the dresser, Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. " Here," says the author, " is a piece of singularly good description quite ruined, as far as regards...

...into darkness. Faces clumsily carved in oak, on the back of bis arm-chair, Laughed in the nickering light ; and the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, ai shields of armies the sunshine f Here is a piece of singularly good description quite ruined, as...

...clumsily carved in oak, on the back of his arm-chair Laughed in the flickering light, and the pewtei plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Fragments of song the old man sang, and carols of Christmas, Such as at home, in the olden time, his...

...evening dimly revealing the checked woollen coverlet of the bed in one far-off corner, while in another " the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame as shields of armies the sunshine." Tradition has preserved many incidents of life in the garrisons. In times of unusual peril the settlers...