| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament ana us*, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
| English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
| Rose and crown lane - 1840 - 152 pages
...occupied as a work-room ; it has also a press bedstead, like that described by Goldsmith, " Contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." This is occupied by Miss Harris, and a little E servant girl, who is kept to carry the child about,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...festive place ; The white- washed wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish' d clock that click' d behind the door: The chest contriv'da double debt...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill' d the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The Twelve Good Rules, the royal game of Goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...Wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictares placed for ornament and ose, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goon. ' Captain Hogan,... | |
| Joseph Hewlett, Theodore Edward Hook - 1841 - 342 pages
...part of his lifting desk, and, letting down the front of a piece of furniture which was " Contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day," made as much noise as he could during the operation. He then, without undressing himself, put out his... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1842 - 326 pages
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnished clock that ticked behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when... | |
| Scotland - 1842 - 1552 pages
...chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose : The hearth, except wheo winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs and floweri and fennel g«y, While broken tea-cups,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The Twelve Good Rules, the Royal Game of Goose; The hearth, except when... | |
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