![]() ![]() He is a strenuous advocate for the revival of the old rural games and holiday observances, and is deeply read in the writers, ancient and modern, who have treated on the subject. My father, however, from early years, took honest Peacham 1 for his textbook, instead of Chesterfield he determined in his own mind that there was no condition more truly honorable and enviable than that of a country gentleman on his paternal lands, and therefore passes the whole of his time on his estate. He is a tolerable specimen of what you will rarely meet with nowadays in its purity, the old English country gentleman for our men of fortune spend so much of their time in town, and fashion is carried so much into the country, that the strong rich peculiarities of ancient rural life are almost polished away. My father, you must know, is a bigoted devotee of the old school, and prides himself upon keeping up something of old English hospitality. "He knows where he is going," said my companion, laughing, "and is eager to arrive in time for some of the merriment and good cheer of the servants' hall. IT was a brilliant moonlight night, but extremely cold our chaise whirled rapidly over the frozen ground the postboy smacked his whip incessantly, and a part of the time his horses were on a gallop. ![]() 3056 The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon (1819) - Christmas Eve Washington Irving Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight From the night-mare and the goblin, That is hight good fellow Robin Keep it from all evil spirits, Fairies, weezels, rats, and ferrets: From curfew time To the next prime. ![]()
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