 Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds,...  Dictation Day by Day: A Modern Speller - Page 91by Kate Van Wagenen - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds,...visions of sugar-plums danced through their heads j And rnamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas* soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds,...; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had jusi settled our brains for a long winter's nap — When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,... | |
 | Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled, all snug in their beds,...in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter nap, When, out on the lawn, there arose such a clatter, I sprung from the bed, to see what was... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas* soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced o'er their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas* soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds,...heads ; And mamma in her 'kerchief and I in my cap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter :... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions .of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and I in mv cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap, When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like... | |
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