. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . on town pop their tickers ? (to use their ownelegant expression) ; nay, do not some of themdevote their fobs to the exclusive reception ofthiir duplicates? And, of those who neverentered a pawbrokers shop—who never Ibant obscuri, sola sub nete [kt umbras, to part with some relic—who know not the fatalthreshold before which, [.liftus, ct ultriccs posucre cubilia Cuto —who has not paused at the windo
. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . on town pop their tickers ? (to use their ownelegant expression) ; nay, do not some of themdevote their fobs to the exclusive reception ofthiir duplicates? And, of those who neverentered a pawbrokers shop—who never Ibant obscuri, sola sub nete [kt umbras, to part with some relic—who know not the fatalthreshold before which, [.liftus, ct ultriccs posucre cubilia Cuto —who has not paused at the window, at all events,and seen the knights armour at the door, and the 88 HEARTS ARE TRUMPS. bust of the popular author (perhaps not there forthe first time), and all the delicate little trinketsthat once adorned white hands, and have been,perhaps, consecrated by tears from bright eyes ? The year in which these events took place hadnow advanced to Christmas, and the earth was inits usual condition—like a huge bridecake sugaredover with snow—and icicles glittered occasionally,. m^® HEARTS ARE TRUMPS. 89 like the crystal drops in a drawing-room chandelier,on the gear and rigging of the ships in the unfortunate naval cadets, who had to see thedecks washed at daylight, might be observedshivering between the guns with very blue feet;and the ol<l quarter-masters walked about the poopknocking their arms about, and swearing that theweather was worse than at Newfoundland. In-deed, it is a peculiarity of quarter-masters, thatthe present harbour, or ship, is always the worstthey were ever in. Captain Fairfax had invited all his officers,and the civilians of his acquaintance, to a granddinner in the cabin, which was elegantly adorned(in a nautical manner) with the flags of the , the roval standard of England hung fromthe beams, in harmonious union with the Frenchtricolor on the one side, and the Austrian eagleon the other; the stars and stripes of Americaglitte
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