SYLVAN WINTEB. 



I. 



WINTRY OUTLOOKS. 



INTER, as it is pre- 

 sented to the mind in 

 its ideal form, is com- 

 monly associated with 

 thoughts of cold and 

 frost ; of cutting wind 

 and chilling rain ; of 

 snow - covered fields 

 and ice-bound streams 

 and lakes ; of barren- 

 ness, bleakness, and cheerlessness. When Shake- 

 speare refers to ' The Winter of our discontent ' 

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