servant on eac, and bore a silver dised s mout formality at table. t t made its appearance truck up a ?ouris t from t comic gravity, an old carol, t verse of which was as follows

    to ness many of ttle eccentricities, from being apprised of t, yet I confess troduced someil I gation of t it  to represent trelsy and song at great tables on Cmas Day. quot;I like tom,quot; said t;not merely because it is stately and pleasing in itself, but because it  t Oxford at  brings to mind time s loitering about in t;

    t ed by sucions, and ext timent, objected to t from t sung at college.  on, ator, to give tations, addressing  ?rst to t large; but, ?nding ttention gradually diverted to otalk and ots, one as ors diminisil o a fat-leman next ly engaged in teful of turkey.*

    <span style="color:grey">* tmas Day is still observed in t may be acceptable to sucters, I give it entire:

    Bodeckd able erally loaded ed an epitome of country abundance in tinguis ted to quot;ancient sirloin,quot;

    as mine  termed it, being, as ;tandard of old Englisality, and a joint of goodly presence, and full of expectation.quot; tly decorated, and raditional in ts, but about o appear overcurious, I asked no questions.

    I could not,  notice a pie magni?cently decorated ation of tail of t bird,  of table. ttle ation, ainly t autical; but tality among t  prevail upon o have one killed.*

    * tly in great demand for stately entertainments. Sometimes it o a pie, at