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At christenings folk will even smuggle in a reel or two, if 'tis no further on than the first or second chiel.
RETURN OF THE NATIVETHOMAS HARDY"Mr. Carlyle does not like christenings made into festivals," Lady Isabel dreamily observed, her thoughts buried in the past.
EAST LYNNEMRS. HENRY WOODHis infant would be baptized eight days old—one of the longest deferred christenings of the year.
AULD LICHT IDYLSJ. M. BARRIEThat reminds me, you mentioned christenings I think, Dr. Chasuble?
DRAMATIC TECHNIQUEGEORGE PIERCE BAKEREtiquette, touching the important ceremonies of buryings and christenings, is much more observed in the country than in towns.
TREVLYN HOLDMRS. HENRY WOODIt is the voice of rejoicing at festivals, at christenings, at marriages, and of mourning at the departure of the soul.
BAY STATE MONTHLY, VOLUME I, NO. 2, FEBRUARY, 1884VARIOUSHe says: I shall begin with the year 1593, being the first year in which any account of the christenings and burials was kept.
A HISTORY OF EPIDEMICS IN BRITAIN (VOLUME I OF II)CHARLES CREIGHTONChristenings, birthdays, house-warmings—anything served as an excuse for a celebration among these Northern Neckers!
THE STRONGHOLDMIRIAM HAYNIEI did not find, in the book you gave me, that it was wrong to marry young women who assisted at christenings.
VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCESFRANOIS-MARIE AROUETMingled with these had been accounts of dances, weddings and christenings and of curious funeral rites.
HIS FAMILYERNEST POOLE