 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...lies 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, framed... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1886 - 300 pages
...black champaign. 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 - English poetry - 1887 - 254 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane; 5 There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...lay; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; 10 The humid wall with paltry pictures spread : The royal game of goose was there in view, And the... | |
 | English poetry - 1887 - 842 pages
...Parson's black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drurylane; There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug ; A window patch'd with paper, lent :i ray, That dimly show'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...found Scroggeu stretched beneath a rag ; A window patched with paper lent a ray. That dindy showed 7 hum hl wall with paltry pictures spread ; The ruyal g:une of goose was there in view And the twelve... | |
 | Austin Dobson - Authors, English - 1888 - 252 pages
...described somewhat this way : — " 'The window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That feebly shew'd the state in which he lay. The sanded floor, that...: 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Harpsichord - 1891 - 332 pages
...black champaign, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury lane ; There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...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 - 1891 - 168 pages
...old china is used. In a letter to his brother Henry we have an earlier version of the above : — " The sanded 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, framed... | |
 | 1893 - 486 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 exposed to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew : The seasons fram'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1894 - 112 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane ; 6 There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; 10 The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The royal game of goose was there in view, And the... | |
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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... 
