 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...less fortunate. HEROI-COMICAL POEM. • 131 " ' The window, patched with paper, lent a ray That feebly show'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor...tread, The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there exposed to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew ; The Seasons,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish literature - 1851 - 476 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane : There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly shew'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; The' humid wall... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...may be described somewhat in this way : " ' The window, patched with paper, lent a ray That feebly show'd the state in which he lay: The sanded floor...tread. The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there exposed to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew ; The Seasons,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 576 pages
...bloods of Drury-lane ; There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse fnund Scroggen stretch' d beneath a rug. A window patch'd with paper lent a...The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; The hum id wall with paltry pictures spread ; The royal game of gooac was there in view. And the twelve... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...found Scroggen, stretched beneath a rug. A window, patched with paper, lent a ray That dimly showed the state in which he lay: The sanded floor that grits...pictures spread ; The royal game of goose was there hi view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew; The seasons, framed with listing, found a place,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane : There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly shew'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 564 pages
...streteh' J beneath a rug ; A window, pateh'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly show'd the state in whieh he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread : The humid wall with paltry pietures spread : The royal Game of Goose was there in view, And the Twelve Rules the royal martyr... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 pages
...The window, patched with paper, lent a ray, That feebly show'd the state in which he lay. The sandy floor, that grits beneath the tread : The humid wall with paltry pictures spread : The game of goose was there exposed to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew; The seasons fram'd... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 512 pages
...The window, patch' d with paper, lent a ray, That feebly shew'd the state in which he lay. The sandy floor, that grits beneath the tread : The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there expos'd to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew ; The seasons fram'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 580 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane ; There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...floor that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall wiih paltry pictures spread ; The royal game of goose was there in view, And the twelve rules the royal... | |
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That dimly show'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall with paltry pictures spread... 
