And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king.

Hence the practice in Italy of decking mangers at Christmas time with moss, sow-thistle, cypress, and holly.

The boy did as he had said; and when the cow stood with a full manger in front of her, he thought that at last he should get some sleep.

His Horse is likewise very vicious, for which Reason I am forced to tie him close to his Manger with a Pack-thread.

Now, heaps of authorities take it for granted, that you are not to sit downyou are to stand; and, as to the place, that any place will do"any corner of the forum," says Galen, "any corner that you fancy;" which is like referring a man for his salle à manger to Westminster Hall or Fleet Street.

" Then there is "Our Lady's bed-straw," which filled the manger on which the infant Jesus was laid; while of the plant said to have formed the Virgin's bed may be mentioned the thyme, woodroof, and groundsel.

Soon it will be Christmas, and they will have nothingno candles for the church, no little manger for the holy child, nothing for the poorest ones.

PAÎTRE, manger en broutant (s'emploie en parlant des animaux).

On the morrow all the village went to see the image of the Christ Child lying in a manger near the high altar of the church.

Of course you will say nothing?" "Not a word, m'sieur," and he gathered up the notes plus twenty roubles with which I paid my bill, and taking my hat I followed him to the end of the salle-à-manger behind a high wooden screen, across the huge kitchen, and then through a long stone corridor at the end of which sat a gruff old doorkeeper.

The publication of these spurious guides to knowledge infuriated the Academy, until in 1674 the dog permanently occupied the manger by inducing the King to issue a decree "forbidding all printers and publishers to print any new dictionary of the French language, under any title whatsoever, until the publication of that of the French Academy, or until twenty years have expired since the proclamation of the present decree."

The bonfire was broken up, and every householder took home with him a brand, which he washed in the water-barrel and laid for some time, as a treasure of great price, in the manger from which the cattle were fed.

He told of the love that is gentle as a little child, that is willing to be poor and humble as the Baby who was laid in a manger among the cattle.

Early in the year our peace was rudely broken by the advent of a commercial mana short, grey-haired being of an activity so foreign to our usage that a feeling of unrest was imparted to the salle-à-manger throughout his stay.

There were saints with glories or nimbi round their heads, Madonnas and kneeling Magi, the manger under a kind of penthouse, and similar subjectssubjects the highest that could be chosen.

But the figure on which he had lavished his utmost skill was that of the little Christ Child, which was not to be placed in the manger until Christmas night itself.