CHRISTMAS.
loomy days and darksome nig in our feelings also from rambling abroad, and make us more keenly disposed for ts are more concentrated; our friendly sympaty, and are brougoget. calleto , and recesses of our bosoms, and o, furnis of domestic felicity.
tc makes t dilate on entering ti?cial summer and sunss up eacenance in a kindlier welcome.
face of ality expand into a broader and more cordial smile, , ter ?reside? and as t of ry door, t, and rumbles do can be more grateful t feeling of sober and sered security able cic y?
t prevalence of rural t every class of society, ivals and errupt tillness of country life, and ticularly observant of tes of Cmas. It is inspiring to read even tails e abandonment to mirtival ed. It seemed to t. It broug and together, and blended all ranks in one warm, generous ?ow of joy and kindness.
tles and manor-mas carol, and t of ality. Even t cottage ive season ions of bay and s rays ttice, inviting to raise tc -told Cmas tales.
One of t pleasing effects of modern re?nement is t y old oms. It ely taken off touced reliefs of ts of life, and y into a more smoot certainly a less ceristic, surface. Many of tmas irely disappeared, and, like taff, are become matters of speculation and dispute among commentators.
times full of spirit and lusti ily and vigorously--times uresque, s ric materials and ts most attractive variety of cers and manners. tion, and less of enjoyment. Pleasure o a broader, but a sream, and