 But in the depth of winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness and desolation of the landscape, the short gloomy days and darksome nights,...  Old Christmas - Page 8by Washington Irving - 2005 - 68 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The drearinei and desolation of the landscape, the gloomy days and darksome nights, while they circumscribe our wanderings, shut in oar feelings also from rambling abroad, and make us mure keenly disposed for the pleasures of Ihe social... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapt in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turrt for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...circumscribe our wanderings, shut in our feelings also from wandering abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Heart calleth... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapt in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...circumscribe our wanderings, shut in our feelings also from wandering abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Heart calleth... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...our feelings also from rambling abroad, and make us mpre keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...winter, when Nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...winter, when Nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. The dreariness...rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for the pleasures of the social circle. Our thoughts are more concentrated ; our friendly sympathies more aroused.... | |
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