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" In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of paradise, But in the oxen's stall. He neither shall be rocked In silver nor in gold, But in the wooden manger That lieth on the mould. "
Drifting Round the World: A Boy's Adventure by Sea and Land - Page 280
by Charles Winslow Hall - 1880 - 372 pages
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88

1860 - 796 pages
...the parishschool, who had been brought into the hall, sung the following old English carol : — " As Joseph was a-walking, He heard an angel sing, This night shall be born Our heavenly King. He neither shall be born In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise,...
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...his father's porch, and he heard, one voice under another, these simple and solemn strains : — " As Joseph was a-walking He heard an angel sing, This night shall be born Our heavenly king. He neither shall be born In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise,...
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 1

1847 - 828 pages
...dim, With folded hands repeat to God The holy Angels' hymn. The second is AS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING. As Joseph was a-walking, He heard an Angel sing, " This night shall be the birth time Of Christ the heavenly King. " He neither shall be born In housen nor in hall, Nor in the...
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The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...very strange, and even profane, in these later and more enlightened times. Thus runs the carol : " As Joseph was a-walking, He heard an angel sing, ' This night shall be bom Our heavenly King ! " ' He neither shall be born In houscn nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise...
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Notes and Queries

1901 - 578 pages
...not included in his I collected poems, ed. 1895. The carol consists of seven verses, and begins :— As Joseph was a-walking He heard an angel sing—...be the birth-night Of Christ, our heavenly King." i Where did Kingsley meet with it ? JONATHAN BOUCHIEU. CAPT. CRADOCK.—Where can I find a reference...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 3

Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...dreams, did the voices of the waits in harmonic order, one under another, fall upon them : — • "As Joseph was a-walking, ' He heard an angel sing, ' This night shall be born, Our heavenly King. He neither shall be born, In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise,...
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Lucy Ashcroft

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1853 - 128 pages
...Blessed was the womb that bore Thee ! Mary, mother, meek and mild, Blessed was she in her child.1 n. As Joseph was awalking He heard an angel sing, This night shall be the birth time Of Christ the heavenly king. He neither shall be born In housen, nor in hall, Nor in the...
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Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh ..., Volume 1

Charles Kingsley - 1855 - 394 pages
...spoke, Amyas, who had been grumbling to himself some Christmas carol , broke out full-mouthed : — "As Joseph was a-walking He heard an angel sing —...our heavenly King. His birth-bed shall be neither In houscn nor in hull, Nor in the place of paradise, But in the oxen's stall. He neither shall be rocked...
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Westward Ho! Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh ..., Volume 1

Charles Kingsley - 1855 - 394 pages
...been grumbling to himself some Christmas carol , broke out full-mouthed : — "As Joseph was a-walklng He heard an angel sing — 'This night shall be the...heavenly King. His birth-bed shall be neither In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of parad isc , But in the oxen's stall. He neither shall be rocked In...
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Westward ho! Or, The voyages and adventures of sir Amyas Leigh, Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - 1855 - 372 pages
...spoke, Amyas, who had been grumbling to himself some Christmas carol, broke out fullmouthed : — " As Joseph was a-walking He heard an angel sing —...be the birthnight Of Christ, our heavenly King. His birth bed shall be neither In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of paradise, But in the oxen's stall....
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