 Druidism prevailed the houses were decked with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and •cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes.  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - Page 279by Simpkin Marshall & Co. - 1868Full view - About this book
 | James Townsend Mackay - Botany - 1836 - 682 pages
...Dr. Chandler, houses were decked with them, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, unnipped by frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes. — Many elegant varieties of this ornamental tree are cultivated in the gardens and plantations of... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 788 pages
...evergreens during whiter, " that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." In England, perhaps the earliest record of this custom is in a carol in praise of the holly, written... | |
 | Leveson Venables V. Harcourt - 1838 - 540 pages
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their favourite abodes." But there was one evergreen which the Druids took under their particular protection,... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...with evergreens at Christmas, so that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped by frost and cold winds until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their abodes." This romantic idea is illustrated by Mr. Hitchings in the following charming lines : — "... | |
 | Leveson Venables Vernon-Harcourt - Bible - 1838 - 560 pages
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their favourite abodes." But there was one evergreen which the Druids took under their particular protection,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...wilh evergreens in December, that the Sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped wilh or their darling abodes." f The morning of the Nativity was ushered in with the chaunting of Christmas... | |
 | The Westminster Review January-April 1841 - 1841 - 582 pages
...evergreens during winter, ' that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes.' In England, perhaps the earliest record of this custom is in a carol in praise of the holly, written... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby - Forests and forestry - 1842 - 488 pages
...during winter, with evergreens, "that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes ;" but it is more likely to have been first adopted by the early Christians, at Rome, where the Holly... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...with evergreens in December, that the Sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped will) t he should find ease in a short lime f The morning of the Nativity was ushered in with the chaunting of Christinas Carols, or Pious Chansons.... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - Christmas - 1845 - 436 pages
...with evergreens in December, that the sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, until a milder season had renewed the foliage of their darling abodes." In England, the practice, whencesoever derived, has existed from the very earliest days ; and, in spite... | |
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