 | 1828 - 488 pages
...had furnished it, it could scarcely be said to have a leg to 'stand upon. Then there was, in truth, " The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a cliest of drawers by day ;"— " The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread, The humid wall, with... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...place; The white washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that ticked behind' the door, The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by...royal game of goose;. The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aspin boughs, and flowers and fennel gay; While broken teacups,, wisely kept... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...cheat, conti iv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, H dies* of drawers by day ; The pictures pluc'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goosey The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...: The wime-wash'il wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that clicktt behind the door; r0 9 ; < E s%$ )Q r3 ) : N V Q Зs '} Y6 ÑS...> 7K j w 0G <L k 1&H ^ , 1 _ f : nee, The twelve good rules, the royal game of gooes. "Captain Hogan, I have tuard, found great difficulty... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...that clicked behind the door; The chi st, contrived a cloub'e debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest oí drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aepeu boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The cheat, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The Twelve Good Rules, the Royal Game of Goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...wall, the nicely sanded floor,. The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers fay day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use. The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose... | |
 | 1825 - 500 pages
...'('he white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a ch"st of drawers by day : The pictures placed for ornament and use ; The twelve good rules ; the royal... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...had furnished it, it could scarcely be said to have a leg to stand upon. Then there was, in truth, The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; and, The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread. The humid wall, with paltry pictures spread.... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The pictures plac*d, for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.— Goldmlth. arts. THE eighteenth of the month Ab is a Hebrew fast, because that in the time of Ahab the... | |
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Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers... 
