 These were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious songs as are current at this day with the common people, under the same title, and which were substituted by those enemies of innocent and useful...  A New Dictionary of the English Language - Page 111by Charles Richardson - 1839 - 886 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Smith - English literature - 1833 - 382 pages
...Worde printed a set of Christmas carols. " These were festal chansons, for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...enemies of innocent and useful mirth, the puritans. The boar's head, Housed, was anciently the first dish on Christmas day, and was carried up to the principal... | |
 | Carols - 1833 - 94 pages
...containing " a sett of Christmas Carols," which " were festal chansons, for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...day with the common people, under the same title." After the Reformation the " Christmas Carol " was still continued, as one of the peculiarities of that... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - English imprints - 1834 - 1082 pages
...Hearne's books in the Bodleian library. ' These were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity : and not such religious...enemies of innocent and useful mirth the puritans.' — Warton. Christmas Canilles newely imprinted. London, by Richard Kele. 8vo. Copious extracts from... | |
 | Horace Smith - Amusements - 1836 - 372 pages
...Worde printed a set of Christmas carols. " These were festal chansons, for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...current at this day with the common people, under th« same title, and which were substituted by those enemies of innocent and useful mirth, the puritans.... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 pages
...of our Lorde, MDxxi"1." These were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christinas celebrity ; and not such religious songs as are current...enemies of innocent and useful mirth the puritans. The boar's head soused was anciently the first dish on Christinas day, and was carried up to the principal... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 572 pages
...of our Lorde, MDxxi™." These were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christinas celebrity ; and not such religious songs as are current...enemies of innocent and useful mirth the puritans. The boar's head soused was anciently the first dish on Christinas day, and was carried up to the principal... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 548 pages
...These were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not sucb religious songs as are current at this day with the...enemies of innocent and useful mirth the puritans. The boar's head soused was anciently the first dish on Christmas day, and was carried up to the principal... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 446 pages
...Wynkyn de Worde in 1521. "These," says Brand, " were featal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...enemies of innocent and useful mirth, the Puritans." We differ from the above antiquary in reference to the puritanical origin of the " religious" Christmas... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 368 pages
...Worde printed a set of Christmas carols. "These were festal chansons, for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...enemies of innocent and useful mirth, the puritans. The boar's head, soused, was anciently the first dish on Christmas day, and was carried up to the principal... | |
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...\Vynkyn de W ordo in 1521. "These," says Brand, "were festal chansons for enlivening the merriments of the Christmas celebrity ; and not such religious...under the same title, and which were substituted by (1) This paper is intended to form part of a volume on Christmas and Christmas Carols, with Engravings,... | |
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